my kids like to kind bugs and stuff like that and they have some roaches that they want to feed the corn snakes my corn snakes is only 2 or 3 weeks old right now
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Corn snakes do not eat insects, and even if they did, the risk of illness or death of the snake from feeding a snake anything that might have come into contact with pesticides, isn't worth it.
Snakes that eat mice in captivity also usually need to be fed less often, have less stool, have less odorous stools, and need their cages cleaned less often than snakes that are fed fish, worms, or insects...so be glad you have a species that will readily eat mice!
I had a corn snake a long time ago and they are so beautiful, amazing to see all the color varieties available now, I want to get another corn snake (although I also love the flame garter snake morphs and want one of those too)
Your local petstore should sell frozen pinky (newborn) mice that can be thawed and cut into smaller pieces if necessary, for baby snakes.
Here are some links to care sheets and other info on proper care of Corn Snakes.
Links including care and feeding of baby corn snakes
http://members.aol.com/kathandcam/hawkhe...
http://www.reptilecare.com/cornsnakecare...
http://www.snakepictures.co.uk/index.htm...
http://www.anapsid.org/corn.html...
http://nationalzoo.si.edu/animals/reptil...
Color varieties (morphs) of corn snakes
http://members.aol.com/guttata319/hawkhe...
no. cornsnakes don't eat insects. they eat rodents, mice rats, gerbils etc, they dont eat insects. the snake wouldnt eat them, the roaches would only annoy him
Do not give your corn snake roaches.You have no idea the bacteria that a roach carries. You would contaminate the snakes housing.
I not even sure a corn snake would eat one, if it gets loose it could try to eat on your corn snake.
Feed it pinkies.
i have a Friend who has a pet store and he said the best thing for big snakes are rodents like mice gerbils next door Nabors cat and also just but them in the cage and if it dont eat it it is not good for them
They can't digest insects, from what I've read.
More worrying, cockroaches will most likely give your corn diseases.
Please stick to mice.
Don't kill the corn snake when it hasn't even lived a full month. You're killing a baby that hardly had a chance at life.
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