Possibly a stupid question...

[Stefan-A]

Did you invent that yourself?

Yeah. It's a neat platitude, isn't it?

[drache]

In my experience the majority of people severely underestimate the size of prey their snakes can handle.

that may be true
I have found though, that when switching from minnows to pinkies, it's better to go smaller than what they might be able to handle, until they're familiar with the shape of the prey.
I offer legless pinkies as soon as a baby can handle a largish minnow. A few will go for that easily. The ones that don't I just keep feeding other stuff, until I deem them plenty big enough for un-mutilated pinkie. Then I make sure the ones I offer are thoroughly scented.

[DeadlyGlories]

Thank you.

Once again, everyone has been very helpful, and it's nice to know there's a place I can come when I have questions and whatnot, about my snake.

[Snaky]

It may be that your snake will not eat pinkies right away. You can always try scenting the pinkie with fish, most of the time that does the trick

[Thamnophis]

Yeah. It's a neat platitude, isn't it?

Those are the best