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I recently purchased a male baby snow sunburst corn snake from a reputable breeder. I also purchased two female corns of differtent phases. My male cornsnake the sencond day ate two pinkys that were 1-2 days old, small enough for him. then 1 and a half days later he regugitated them. I kept my cool and two days later fed him again this time he ate 1 pinky the same age and size. about a day and a half later he regugitated it. The females i bought from the same guy are doing well and eating like champs. I keep them in a rack system where one helf the tub gets 83-85 degrees and the other half gets 74-76 degrees. he stays in the heated sid emost of the time. he acts ok, likes to move around and is still a little nippy. Im not sure what is wrong any ideas?

Your mistake was feeding him the second time so soon after a regurg. How is the snake doing at the moment? Wait 10 days and try again with just one, small pinky. In the mean time, concentrate on hydration. Offer a humid hide full of moist (but not damp) moss. Bump up the hot side to the mid 90's, but be sure the snake is not avoiding the cool side. aka, have hiding areas all around the enclosure, which shouldn't be so big that the snake has to cross a field of paper towel before finding another hide.
Provided the initial regurgitation was just a result of stress, following this advice should resolve everything. For now, just remember regurgitation dehydrates a snake and feeding a dehydrated snake causes regurgitation. See how this can snowball?

Good luck

Ian

Thanx for the advise! He's still moving around fine and acting like a corn should, I put another hide box in there, and it seems to be humid in the cage. Im going to take ur adcise and try feeding again in ten days or so. Thanks again