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I was feeding my baby corn a f/t pinky and i noticed that he didnt strike at it the way i expected, granted it was a dead pinky. But anyway, he just kinda nudged it with his nose before slowly opening up his mouth to swallow it. It just seemed odd to me that it didnt strike at it, like if it was in the wild. I dont ever plan on feeding it live prey, but it seems to me that it would never be able to capture a live mouse or even a live pinky if is just slowly opens up his mouth and swallows the food. Just wondering if this is typicall behavior for babies or maybe just cb snakes in general.

Think it just depends on the individual. I feed my 15 Corns defrost - four of them have a strike response, the rest just sniff 'n' swallow like yours. The habit doesn't seem to have changed with age, although it seems more intense during the mating season, in the males that do it (probably because they're so wired all the time).

Most of my corns & rats started out that way (with pinkies) and now have varying degrees of strike response. The individual animal, the "mood" they are in, and whether or not you give the thawed prey a little "shake" as you are presenting it can all have impact. As they get older, if you offer the prey & give just a little tug or shake as the snake takes it (I use a hemostat to offer prey), you may often get a very strong strike and/or constriction. Duffy

Thanx alot for the info...