Feed your corn snake the correct prey size with this quick corn snake feeding chart by weight. If you are looking to buy frozen feeder mice for growing snakes, such as hopper mice, frozen jumbo mice, or small pinky mice for sale, this guide helps match feeder size to your corn snake’s body weight for healthy feeding and digestion.
This corn snake feeder guide includes recommended prey gram ranges, feeding intervals, and Big Cheese feeder sizing for hatchlings, juveniles, and adult corn snakes. From Small Pinky Mice to colossal mice, use this chart to select the ideal frozen prey size by grams.
Use ~10% of your corn snake’s body weight per feeding, and keep prey ≤ 1.5× the snake’s width.
| Corn Snake Weight | Target Prey (≈10%) | Big Cheese Feeder Size (by grams) |
| 10–20g | 1–2g | Small Pinky Mice (1.0–1.99g) |
| 20–40g | 2–4g | Large Pinky Mice (2.0–3.9g) |
| 40–70g | 4–7g | Fuzzy Mice (4.0–6.0g) |
| 70–120g | 7–12g | Hopper Mice (7.0–12.0g) |
| 120–170g | 12–17g | Small Adult Mice (13–17g) |
| 170–290g | 17–29g | Adult Mice (18–29g) |
| 290–390g | 29–39g | Jumbo Mice (30–39g) |
| 390g+ | 40g+ | Colossal Mice (40–90g) |
Feeding interval:
- Hatchlings: every 7–10 days
- Juveniles: every 7–14 days
- Adults: every 14–21 days
Hopper Mice and Jumbo Mice for Growing Corn Snakes
As juvenile corn snakes increase in size, many transition to Hopper Mice for appropriately sized meals during active growth stages.
Larger adult corn snakes may eventually require Frozen Jumbo Mice or colossal mice, depending on body weight and feeding schedule.
If your snake falls between prey sizes:
- Choose the slightly smaller feeder
- Monitor digestion and body condition
- Increase feeder size gradually over time
This method often helps reduce feeding refusals and stress during prey transitions.
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