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ER Help Snow Corn Hatchling won't eat

sacredpurr Apr 17, 2007 12:10 PM

While at Havre de Grace show one of my friends gave me a baby corn because it had only eaten 4 times in its whole life, which I am not sure how old it is but its smaller than a no 2 pencil. and he said it hadn'e eaten in weeks. I tryed the braining technique, cut the head off technique and now Iam at a loss. I raised Balls for a few years and had a very few problems eaters. Paperbag trick worked. Is that something to try with corns. I have only owned Balls, a snow King a Pueblan Milk and now this(in snakes) But I am a Gecko/beardie breeder and rescue. So Any quick help would be super. I hate to have to force feed as I have never force feed such a small one. Thanks, Deb
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Replies (2)

draybar Apr 17, 2007 05:41 PM

>>While at Havre de Grace show one of my friends gave me a baby corn because it had only eaten 4 times in its whole life, which I am not sure how old it is but its smaller than a no 2 pencil. and he said it hadn'e eaten in weeks. I tryed the braining technique, cut the head off technique and now Iam at a loss. I raised Balls for a few years and had a very few problems eaters. Paperbag trick worked. Is that something to try with corns. I have only owned Balls, a snow King a Pueblan Milk and now this(in snakes) But I am a Gecko/beardie breeder and rescue. So Any quick help would be super. I hate to have to force feed as I have never force feed such a small one. Thanks, Deb
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>>SACRED CREATURES~
>>www.sacredcreatures.com
>>sacredpurr@yahoo.com
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you really need to get rid of all that signature information.
It's distracting as hell.

Try a couple of things.
easiest first.
wash a pinkie with dial or ivory soap and rinse thoroughly.
place the pinkie and the snake in a small deli dish, place that in it's enclosure and leave it alone for a couple of hours.
have you tried scenting with gecko?
If just washing doesn't work try that.
Do everything the same as above but scent with gecko.
If I use lizard scenting I use anole and will just snip it's tail off and rub that on a pinkie.
I doubt you want to do that to one of your geckos so just rub a live one on the pinkie.
Give it at least three days between attempts.
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Corn snakes and rat snakes..No one can have just one.
"Resistance is futile"
Jimmy Johnson
(Draybar)
Draybars Snakes

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cconstrictors Apr 17, 2007 05:46 PM

I have also always had vey good luck with the washing the pinkie with soap method. Give it a try.
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Arlon Delorge
Classic Constrictors

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