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This my favorite corn, feminem, constricting his favorite food! This was taken last year, figured with all the problem feeder posts this time of year it might help a few of you that believe everything you read on the forums.

kk

I always suspected that most wild hatchling snake species go after insects as prey at some point. I never thought that I'd see a captive one do it! Thats pretty interesting. Does it have traceable wild corn blood in it, or is it from a long line of CBB's? Plus, if you think about it, it makes a lot of sense....lizards (anoles) are very fast and agile & can probably dodge a baby snake pretty well unless ambushed. Other option for baby snakes, besides pinkie field mice, would be dead prey... corns are most likely scavengers in the wild too?? who knows... I have a friend that dipped a pinkie mouse in campbell's chicken broth to give the food a 'bird-like' smell and it worked for a non feeder once! plus i heard that trick works sometimes for arboreal species as well.

One more thing, did you leave the cricket in with the snake? and can it do damage to the snake, or nibble on the snake at all?
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carl3
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Thanks for the positive comments. Last time I posted this picture I was labelled a troll by most of the board.

This snake is just a regular sunglow albino, he preferred crickets from the start. After a few months he began to take pinkies.

About your corn vs. anoles question, corns don't have any trouble at all catching them. Corns are nocturnal, anoles are strictly diurnal. The anoles sleep at night in tall grass, weeds, shrubs, and bushes and are easy prey for the night prowling baby corns. They climb right up and help themselves to as many sleeping anoles as they can eat. Baby corns will also eat anole eggs.

I'm not sure why everyone is hell bent on dismissing insect prey for baby snakes. Racers love locusts and grasshoppers and copperheads go nuts over cicadas.

kk

Hey ken kaniff...do you feed those dead? ummmm all the shops are out of pinkies....do you think I could feed my baby corn a grasshopper I caught in my garden? I dont use pesticides.

Thanks
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"Isn't it funny you hear a phone ring and it could be anybody, but a ringing phone has to be answered doesn't it?"

If your snake has been eating pinkies so far, don't mess things up and feed it insects. Keep it on mice if you can. Good luck.

kk

lol thanks, so how come u feed urs crickets? =P
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"Isn't it funny you hear a phone ring and it could be anybody, but a ringing phone has to be answered doesn't it?"

Because some hatchlings prefer crickets over pinkies. I don't try to starve the poor snakes to death and make them eat mice, if they want crickets that's what I give them. I prefer to feed mice but it doesn't always work out like that. The snakes decide for themselves usually.

Baby snakes grow better once they are eating mice though.

kk