We purchased 2 Corn Snake hatchlings on September 9th 2011. The guy said they were born on July 28th 2011. He said their last feeding was August 28th. When we brought them home, we set up their tanks, and left them alone for a week to let them settle in. Then we got some f/t pinkie mice for them. The female ate with no problems and shed right after she ate. The male wouldnt even look at the food. We posted on other forums asking for help, we have tried everything that we were told. So far we have tried:

1. Teasing him with the food, he turns his head away from it or goes in the other direction.

2.Tried feeding him in the little container that he came in, he wouldnt even pay the pinkie any mind at all.

3. We tried Tried feeding him in his aquarium, he wouldnt eat it.

4. We tried putting the pinkie in one of his hides, still wouldnt eat.

5. We tried thawing the pinkie different ways, still wont eat.

6. Tried buying the pinkies from a different place.Nope

7. We tried "braining" the pinkie, nope

8. We tried dropping the pinkie in on him, he pushed it away from him.

9. We tried putting him in a closed paper bag with just the pinkie, still wouldnt eat.

10. We tried scenting the pinkie with one of my pet rats, nope he turned the other way.



Somebody told us to soak him in warm water for about 15 mins so we did and he used the bathroom, it looked like green balls of slime and white grit, and it smelled worse than death. so we started soaking him 2x a day thinking he was constipated and couldnt use the bathroom and that might have been why he didnt wanna eat. A day or so ago he actually shed, it came off in one solid peice. We thought for sure he would eat since he has used the bathroom and shed, but he still hasnt eaten. Supposedly his last meal was Aug 28th but im not even sure he was eating when we got him...



What should we do? Were at a loss here and i really dont wanna lose him.



We havent rried live because no place near here sells live.

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