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I have a brand new teeny baby corn snake (born Sunday) When can I feed it and what It seems hungary2007-11-24 2:00:09

Ive heard that I have to wait for its' first shed. Is this true? It's drinking water just fine.

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Some snakes will eat before their first shed. I wont hurt him to wait. You should be feeding him up to 2 newborn pinky mice per week. The food item should be as big or a little bit bigger then the snakes widest point. Here is a good care sheet that explains corn snake care http://www.anapsid.org/corn.html.

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feed it corn (duh)

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A few weeks. The best to start out with is pinky mice. The smaller the better. Good luck!

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Get him new baby rats, w/o hair.

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mice very big juice mice tender crunchy mice's

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Wait for its first shed..if a whole week goes by without it shedding than feed him anyway and then like every 5 days after that.

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Wait until your baby has its first shed than one or two days after feed your baby a live pinky mouse.

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You can offer it food now but you have to make sure the pinky is small enough to eat. A lot of breeders wait to sell their hatchlings after a shed and then after they eat. Your snake, after it pips out of it's egg finished it's yolk before it fully emerged so yeah, it might be hungry now.