I got her last year around late August or early September, I’ve been feeding her every week (first pinkies, but my aunt accidentally got me a few rat pinkies instead of the mouse pinkies so just finished those) and have started giving her 2 pinkies since the guy at the pet store near me said she was too small for fuzzies.
I got worried today because I took her out to handle her a bit today and I saw some skin get pushed around. She weighs about 32 grams. I don’t want to bother her much more today so I don’t have a new photo but I can search for some photos later.
I’m just a new snake owner, I don’t wanna be that lady that accidentally abuses her pets T.T
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@noodlehaus @caryl @solarserpents @deanaii @snakesofshadowlake will be able to help you with the feeding regimen of Corn Snakes.
I also reccomend going ahead and taking a photo of the snake in her current condition as that will most accurately help with determining if her body condition is good or not.
I will say that at almost a year old, your Corn snake should definitely be able to move up from pinkies…
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Hey there. At 32g, your corn can handle a 6-7g mouse fuzzy without issue. Or two smaller prey items totaling that weight.
Feed 15-20% of the snake’s weight every 7 days until she’s eating large adult mice. Then feed her one of those every 7 days until she’s 200g. Then every 10-14 days until she’s 300g. Then evaluate body shape and feed accordingly.
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At 32g you can start feeding peach fuzzies (5-6g by weight) or stick with two pinkies for a bit longer. I personally don’t go straight to regular fuzzies because I’ve seen regurg issues depending on the overall size of the snake. There are a few corn snake feeding charts around, some better than others. The one that usually gets thrown around in most groups is this:
I don’t personally like the last few suggestions on this one. I prefer to go 51g-100g snake on smalls (7g-12g by weight), 100g-300g on mediums (12g-18g by weight) and any snake over that on larges (19g-25g by weight) but with the same interval as the chart. Feeding by a percentage of the body weight is fine, however I just find some folks prefer a visual guide.
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