ok so we all know some corns just wont eat as babys this is our 3 year breeding corns and our first time with non feeders so my question is how long should you keep trying be for you give up we have tryed all the tricks i know. Teasing leaving a pink in overnight blah blah blah any way i know noone wants to do it but when do you give up and when you give up what is the most humane way to take care of the situation

thanks a lot
chris

So you have tried all the washing the pink with dish soap, dipping it in boiling water and all that? If all the tricks have been tried, I usually put them in the freezer after about a month or when I notice they are getting skinny. Or if you know someone with kings......

i had some cal kings go 2 months before they eat they started to get skinny but they did eat when they got hungry

Send em over here I got a cal king that loves him some non-feeder corns lol. Otherwise just try what Ron was saying, I didn't have too many troubles with my corns when I had them so I can't really speak from experience. That Norsmis guy has been around the block a few times though :D

Did you try scenting them with tuna? Only other trick I know that doesn't involve a pinky pump -- which I don't suggest because it is way beyond gross. If all those fail....and they are skinny they go to the freezer.

If your looking for a time line it really depends on the temps and what they burn etc....I've had some go 4-5 months before they eat the first time but most don't go more than 2 months before they start getting really wasted away.

The most humane way to me is the freezer at that point...

But congrats on going 3 years without a non feeder!

They make good Kingsnake food if you have little Kings.