The funny poop could just be from not eating in so long. I know people may be hesitant to spend a lot of money on a snake that only cost them 20 bucks or maybe a litle more. Corns snake babaies are notorious for refusing to eat. Sometimes entire clutches eat with no problem one year, then the offspring from the same parents have a 50% eating success. There seems to not be any rhyme or reason for it. Many of my babis prefer live over f/t, and they take a while to switch over. Some prefer lizards, or skinks. Then they can be switched over to scented pinks. Some respond to tease feeding, but ye some must be forced fed, at least for a while to get their appetites stimulated. I use to methods of force feeding. One is to force a small dead anole into their mout and use a sexing probe which is very round on the tip and can't scratch the snake, to push it have way. I always try to allow the snake to take in down the rest of the way. This get's his instincts a kick. You may have to repeat this many times untill he starts to eat. Meanwhile always give him the option to eat voluntalrily, maybe rub some lizard feces on the pinky. The second method, and I got railed for even mentioning this one on the King forum, is a pinky pump. The cost have gone down a bit from the 70 dollar price tags they used to have, I have found them as low as 30 bucks. The trick there is not to over feed. You don't want to make him fat, just give him a small dose to keep him alive untill his hunger kicks in. I have had a lot of success in the past with tease feeding, but I have found that it works best with a live pinky! Here is link to a video I made a while back. Having said all this if the snake is indeed sick then he will probably need the help of a vet. I hope the little guy makes it for you!
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