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i'm a first timer at hatching, and i'm wondering how soon after hatching corn snakes will; one, shed for the first time and two, when they usually eat their first pinky. i'm having trouble finding web resources with this kind of information. thank you!

-Spangles
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Pets:
1.1.0 Albino Corns
0.1.0 Normal Corn
2.0.0 Green Iguanas
0.0.1 Florida King Snake
0.1.0 Rat Snake

Spangles,

Baby corns usually have their first shed, 5-7 days after they leave the egg. Many people will wait until this first shed to offer the first meal. Some will feed right from the egg. I personally feed after they've had their first shed.

Ken

Hi,
We're new to snake keeping as well as looking after hatchlings. Our clutch was a surprise after we'd only had our very first snake 4 days!
Our new babies started to hatch last Monday (2nd). The first 2 shed on Friday, and both of them fed on Sunday. Just waiting for the last 4 out of the egg, 2 of which have pipped! Seems to be taking ages!

Hope this helps.....
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Vicks and Bubbs

0.0.2 baby corn (Smokescreen and Demon - small boys named these two)
0.1 albino corn snake (Doris)
1.0 grey rat snake (Derek)
0.1 brindle pooch (Stella)
1.2 moggies (Sid, Sadie and Puddy)
0.0.5 fish (Bob,Bob,Bob, Long-one and Bob)
2.0 homo sapien monsters (aged 7 and 8)

So let me get this straight...you have your snake 4 days and it lays a clutch of eggs! Wow, that's cool! Talk about "thrown into the fire"

Ken