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Corn snakes' diets are made up of all kinds of small animals. Such animals include; field mice, rats, lizards, and birds. Corn snakes kill their prey by constriction before they swallow it whole. Some pet dealers recommend small crickets for baby corn snakes, but please be cautious with crickets; They have a history of causing damage to snakes by seeking moisture from their eyes.

Store-bought mice are the most recommended food for your snake. They can readily be purchased alive or pre-killed/frozen at your neighborhood pet or snake shop and are a complete source of nutrition. Baby corn snakes should begin feeding on pinky mice, then move up to fuzzy mice, small mice, medium mice, large mice to finally baby rats. A snake can eat something that's 1 times bigger than the diameter of the widest part of its body.


Pinky Mice
NOTE: Once you begin feeding your snake mice with open eyes and teeth, we recommend the mice be killed before giving them to your snake. A live mouse may bite your snake, causing serious damage.

Wild-caught rodents are not recommended for they may contain parasites that can be passed to your snake. They will eat their food dead or alive. It is also important that if you have two or more snakes living in the same cage, that you separate them while feeding.

FEEDING

You should feed your snake every 5 to 7 days. Make sure the temperature is between 75 and 85 degrees F so your snake will feel comfortable enough to eat. You snake should eat in its cage, but if it gets fussy, try dangling the food in front until your snake strikes and constricts. If that doesn't work, put your snake in a small container or paper bag with air holes along with the mouse until it eats. See photo below:


Use this feeding method if your snake doesn't eat in its cage.

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