Feeding Question

[littlequeen]

When do you know when it's time to increase the meal size for a cornsnake? Mine recently has been eating the pinkies i've been feeding her way quicker than when i first got her should i be increasing the size of the meal i give her?


Michelle

[kaley]

I've always found that people tend to give feeders that are far too small for their animal - Usually you give a meal that is about the same size around as the snake...So if your snake the same girth as your thumb, then the feed should be about the same...

It's hard to wrap your head around the size of prey that snakes can actually get down...but remeber that those jaws are really amazing, and MOST (not ALL) snakes will just refuse a meal that is way too big...

Hope that helps!!

Kaley

[Shawn(snakebite)]

Cornsnakes are capable of eating bigger meals unlike some other snakes.A good guideline is that you take the thickest part of your snakes body and then(say thumb width for example).A corn can eat a prey item that is 1-1.5 times that thick.That is another thumb and a half . Corns have more of a capacity for engulfing larger prey and their their jaws are more stretchy , for lack of a better term at the moment.I'd keep it it down to just once more the thickness , just for ease of digestion and less complications.

[minnow]

Just one more thing ..........after your snake eats, you should be able to see a bulge where the mouse is. If you don't it probably is too small.
Caro;