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is it ok to feed one of my baby corns live lizards he want eat dead pinks and i cant get live i tried everything........

I am assuming that you mean anoles..... I don't recomend it but it has been done. Just know that most anoles in pet shops are wild caught and usually carry parasites and diseases. Also, if you meant from outside then No again for the same reason. At least the anoles are usually tick free. Who knows what you have living in your back yard.

On a side note, I don't recomend buying a pet if you do not have a food source........

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.1 Snow Corn "Hope"
1. Orange Albino Black Ratsnake "Chunk" (Goonies)
.1 Orange Albino Black Ratsnake "Peaches"
.1 MO Locale Black Ratsnake "Molly" (Flogging Molly)

"Have you ever tried simply turning off the T.V., sitting down with your kids... and hitting them?"

Absolutly stuning, I want one.
Foot Hill Reptiles

She's a snow. Geez Jason you HAVE been gone a while
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.1 Snow Corn "Hope"
1. Orange Albino Black Ratsnake "Chunk" (Goonies)
.1 Orange Albino Black Ratsnake "Peaches"
.1 MO Locale Black Ratsnake "Molly" (Flogging Molly)

"Have you ever tried simply turning off the T.V., sitting down with your kids... and hitting them?"

Yes I have been a very busy person. One day I plan to settle down and live on the forums agan. That is awsome because I am expecting to hatch hopfully some snows this year as soon as Casper lays her eggs. LOL I was thinking I have to order one of those but hey I will jsut wait for the eggs LOL
Foot Hill Reptiles

I HAVE A FOOD BUT ALL I CAN GET IS FROZEN I HAVE 13 SNAKES AND THEY ALL EAT FROZEN THE PERSON I GOT HIM FROM SAID THATS WHAT HE BEEN EATING BUT GUESS.........

Where are you located that you can not get live mice? I would not mind sending you some breeders for free just so long as you pay for the shipping.
Foot Hill Reptiles

I think you would have to send the 2 little mice air freight..... So those mice would cost over $100
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.1 Snow Corn "Hope"
1. Orange Albino Black Ratsnake "Chunk" (Goonies)
.1 Orange Albino Black Ratsnake "Peaches"
.1 MO Locale Black Ratsnake "Molly" (Flogging Molly)

"Have you ever tried simply turning off the T.V., sitting down with your kids... and hitting them?"

Try scenting the pinks with the lizard.

First wash the pink with soap and water then rub some of the lizard blood and skin on your pinks and see if that helps.

Hows about getting yourself a critter keeper, water bottle, pine shavings and some rodent food and breeding your own mice. I exclusivly breed all my own prey items with a ton of success, When feeding time comes and you have 14 hungery snakes its nice to know you have a cage full of furry critters to give them, I currently use 2 critter cages each with one female and one male mouse that feed 10 snakes every week with no problem thus far
Foot Hill Reptiles

I usually buy an anole and freeze it. I then rub pinkies against it to scent them for the stubborn feeding hatchlings. I have used the same anole sometimes for a couple years in a row.
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Mike Heinrich
mike@amazontreeboa.org
www.boakingdom.com

This method has worked on my grey-band and on my corn snake. Here is what you do: after the mouse is thawed place the mouse in a small container (use the one that you got the snake in if possible) then place the snake in the container (remember air holes), next place the container with the mouse and snake in the snake's cage in a warm spot (turn heat lamp off, I'm not sure if the container would over heat or melt so just turn it off), next leave the room and come back to check on the snake in about 20 minutes.
If all else fails buy some ivory soap and Lizard Maker (try Ebay or a reptile show). Wash your hands first with the ivory soap then wash the mouse with the ivory soap. Then put about 2 drops of the lizard maker on the mouse (1 on the head 1 on the hind legs area). Now just do the first procedure that I wrote above. I hope that this helps.