Corn snakes are carnivores and like to eat mice, birds, frogs, eggs, chicks or mice. In addition, geckos, grass lizards, and hemp lizards are also the foods that corn snakes prefer to eat. In fact, they are not as easy to buy as mice. If even mice can’t guarantee the supply, don’t raise corn snakes. Because the corn snake’s favorite food is mice. Especially when they are young, they are relatively small and can only use suckling mice as food. When the corn snake is young, it can be fed to suckling mice. When it grows up, it can be fed to live mice. If it does not strangle the living creature, it is best to kill the living creature before feeding it to avoid hurting the corn. snake.
Feeding precautions for corn snakes:
1. Snakes are very quiet animals. Don’t touch it and make big moves in front of it when eating, otherwise you will spoil its appetite, spit out the food, and cause injury to the esophagus and mouth. Usually once or twice a week. Remember not to play with the snake after eating or it will easily vomit and cause esophagus injury.
2. Smaller corn snakes can be fed with fresh lean meat soaked in warm water. The meat should be cut into long strips in advance, inserted into the snake’s mouth with a tube, and the meat will be poked down through the tube. Small snakes do not need to be fed every day, but once every one or two weeks, the amount of each feeding is equivalent to 10-20th of the snake’s body weight. Feeding should be stopped when the temperature is below 15 degrees.
3. For larger corn snakes, if they have already started eating, it is better to have fresh food such as birds, frogs, eggs, chicks or mice.
