Another ignorant pet store.

[ConcinusMan]

I know of somebody local that bought baby corns from petco. The dang things nearly starved themselves to death because they will only eat crickets. That's what petco feeds their baby corns. Stupid.

[aSnakeLovinBabe]

I know of somebody local that bought baby corns from petco. The dang things nearly starved themselves to death because they will only eat crickets. That's what petco feeds their baby corns. Stupid.

corn snakes wont actually eat crickets... thats just what some petcos THINK they eat so they put them in with them! idiots.

[ConcinusMan]

corn snakes wont actually eat crickets... thats just what some petcos THINK they eat so they put them in with them! idiots.

No seriously. Baby corns are induced to feed by the visual motion of a cricket and some will eat them. So will small ribbon snakes. They want to hunt! In my opinion they offer baby corns for sale as pet before the snakes are ready. Before anyone has time to assess the young they are already up for sale. Nobody cares because these are mostly "excess" young produced by breeders as "by product" if you will, and are mostly unwanted snakes. Nobody has taken the time to rear these young properly and see that they are eating rodents before being offered for sale. I would only buy such a batch of unproven feeders or hatchling snakes if I got them at a rock-bottom price and I would probably only use them as feeders for snake-eating herps.

Bottom line is, most will not make it from pet store to adult. A very sad fact.

[aSnakeLovinBabe]

I don't buy it! I want video footage of a corn snake catching and eating a cricket! and then, i want to slap whoever took that footage for even offering the snake a cricket!

I have seen a photo of a corn with a cricket in it's mouth, but the owner of the photo willingly stated that the snake grabbed it on impulse and immediately spat it out in disgust. He did it to prove to himself that they will bite just about anything that's moving.