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My 02 female is only about 25in. She is fed two pinkies every four days.
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I have:
1.1 Kankakee Bulls
1.0 veild chameleon
1.1 corns
0.1 az king
1.2. tiger sals
0.1.11 fox snakes
0.1.10 thamnophis radix
0.1 3-toe box turtle
0.0.1 gray tree frogs
1.1 Crotaphytus collaris
1.1 Crotaphytus binctores

Snakes are just like any other animal in the fact that some are just different. I've had some yearling that were up to breeding size and had some take 3 year to get to that size. Don't worry as long as he/she is eating it will grow in time.

tom

xtremeherps@yahoo.com

Pinkies don't have enough calcium. Larger prey gives more nutrients. I'd go to fuzzies immediately. A 25" snake could probably handle large fuzzies.

>>Snakes are just like any other animal in the fact that some are just different. I've had some yearling that were up to breeding size and had some take 3 year to get to that size. Don't worry as long as he/she is eating it will grow in time.
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>>tom
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>>xtremeherps@yahoo.com
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...and I think to myself, "What a wonderful world."

my corn is about 27-28" and i feed him regular mice. he should be able to handle that

That's not very small as far as I'm concerned. I have one 2002 corn that is 24", the other two 2002s are 26". I do agree that you should be feeding fuzzies or hoppers instead of pinkies though. Mine are currently feeding on hoppers, but I'm thinking they could even go up to weanlings by now.
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alstiver@hotmail.com

Currently own:
1.0 '01 Hypo snow cornsnake (Tesla)
0.1 '02 Ghost (pastel) cornsnake (Banshee)
1.1 '02 Bloodred cornsnakes (Desi and Luci Too)
0.0.3 Goldfish (Kabuki, Isamu, and Yuki)
1.0 '99 American Eskimo x ? mutt (Rusty)

Soon to be added:
1.0 '03 or '04 Type II Anery Nicaraguan boa
0.1 '03 or '04 Hypo Nicaraguan boa

Just consider me another vote to up the size of your prey. Most cornsnakes will put on a growth spurt once they're moved up to whatever the next size is...

A good rule of thumb is that corns can safely handle prey up to 1.5 times their widest point.

Older, closer to adult mice have better nutrients than younger, juvenile mice. Rats of the same size as mice generally have more of everything (protien, calcium, fat)... I don't have the nutrition info on hand, but I know atleast one person on this forum does... Once my corns are big enough to take adult mice, I switch them over to rats of same size. And while corns can do just fine on adult-mouse-sized items, again, most corns will put on growth spurts when offered larger items.

I also reduce the feeding frequency once a snake is on hoppers or so... those get fed once a week. Once a snake is on rat pups (roughly the size of adult mice), I'll slow down to about every week and a half... sometimes every two weeks. I have a few corns that eat small rats (and are capable of eating medium rats without difficulty).

Anyway, goodluck with your corn.
-Kat
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"You keep WHAT in your freezer?"
"Mice. And rats. If that bothers you, I can call them 'cows' instead."

What would you guys say the appropriate feeder size should be for a 36" male.

After reading this discussion I think I may be feeding the wrong sizes. I am feeding him fuzzies once a week, I also have another female about 33" and she is 2.5 years old. I have often wondering why she is so small. I feed her fuzzies as well once every 7-10 days. Should she be getting bigger ones as well?

Obviously i usually feed smaller becuase i guess i am scared or something. I know its not a good idea to feed too big. I know they can fit an adult mouse becuase i have fed them live semi-adult mice in the past on oaccasion - but when they are eating it it looks to big, and it takes like 20 mins to get down. But maybe thats what should happen? Any comments on what I am doing?

I have 2 corns that are roughly about 3.5 feet in length and they are feeding on adult mice. Fuzzies sounds a little small for a snake of that size so i would recommend moving up atleast one size as long as they are only about 1.5 times the width of the snake.

Hi, my June 2002 male normal is 45 in. long and eats one regular size mouse a week. I have always fed him the largest size prey he could handle comfortably, he never has taken over 5 min. to down anything. So my vote would be to up the size of meals, it seems to have worked for me. Good Luck!