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Anonymous
I've got this cornsnake you see, similar to the one in picture. I've been feeding it thawed frozen rodents ever since it hatched from an egg, however I kinda want to see it eat something else too. In the wild cornsnakes are not picky eaters and would eat lizards, so I'm wondering if it'd be reasonable to buy an anole lizard as a treat for the snake one day.
Problem is that I heard cornsakes won't switch back to dead mice after they're given live mice. Would it be the case for feeding them lizards as well?
>> Anonymous
Anoles are usually wild caught and are often diseased/have some sort of parasite. It would be unwise for you to feed your snake that unless you can get them from a proven breeder(which i doubt would want to sell them to you anyway).

Just stick with the thawed mice. You really think the snake cares?
>> Anonymous
First off, not ALL corn snakes are picky about live food vs. frozen food. Some of them might not eat dead rodents after eating a live one, but that doesn't mean that ALL of them will act that way. Some do, some don't. If you want to feed your snake live prey then it might refuse to eat pre-killed prey in the future, but it's by no means certain.

Wild-caught lizards might have parasites, but again that is no means certain. In fact, if the anole looks healthy then most likely it doesn't have parasites. While feeding wild-caught prey is indeed a risk, it is nothing more than that--a RISK, not a death sentance.

If you wanted to feed other prey you could always get an anole (or whatever), freeze it for a couple of weeks and then thaw it out and feed it. Long-term freezing will kill most parasites so frozen wild-caught prey is very safe.