Well i got my corn snake, got some questions

[TheMadLeper]

So i got my corn snake today. Not sure what i'm gonna name her/him (breeder hadn't checked her so he jumps sexes when i describe her, lol) considering Moby.

He's a snow, and alot more active then my bp. She lunged at me with her mouth closed already (what's that called?). That's okay, she isn't used to me or being owned, that'll go away eventually as she gets used to me(right?).

Anyway i noticed two blue spots on her body, they seem to be inside her. I was just wondering what that was, is it normal? I trust my breeder, a family friend, so if there is somethign wrong with the snake i can have him either take care of it or replace it. I'd get pictures but it's tough to get her to hold still.

[Blue Apple Herps]

With snows, amels, blizzards, etc you can see some of their internal organs until they get older. It's nothing to be alarmed about, it'll go away. And I'd just let her be for the next week and not disturb her: don't handle her and don't try to feed her. This is to let her get settled in. Once she's settled in you can start to offer her food and handle her.

It's been my experience that corns don't calm down much until they get to be ~6 months. The striking will go away fairly quickly, but they're still 'flighty' for a while. Most of them anyways.

[snakelady]

Mine is 1 1/2 years old and she's great in my hands but still does the "rattle snake" thing with her tail when I'm feeding her. She's always been a little shy. Just be confident when holding him and he should settle down fine.

[frankykeno]

Congrats on the new snake! As far as the "marks" you can see, it wouldn't hurt to contact the breeder since you are friends and just ask. It's likely just internal organs but heck, it never hurts to ask the breeder and you'll likely get a very interesting internal structure of your snake kind of lesson.

Colubrids like your corn, really any young snake, are nervous. When you're small enough to be somebody's dinner, well heck - it must be a bit nerve wracking LOL. Their instinctive need to survive makes them tend to be jumpy, makes them nip sometimes or just jab at you (a close mouthed defensive smack like your snake did to you). Some colubrids will also use musking when they are stressed. That really, really stinks - quite amazing a small snake like that can make such a nasty smell LOL.

Like any snake species, you want to make sure your care of it is bang on (housing, temps, hides, etc.) and then leave it be to settle in for a week or so. Then offer it whatever it's been eating at the breeder's home in the same manner it's been fed so it knows that is dinner and it's dinnertime now. Routine works with snakes and some get very put off if their routine changes drastically. Once the little snake has taken some meals, then work on calm handling for short time periods.

Colubrids like cornsnakes (we have a milksnake but they are very similar in a lot of ways) are escape artists. You must have a super secure lid on your enclosure or they will escape. You must keep them in hand at all times or they will end up inside your couch faster than you can blink. They generally are busy, inquisitive, fast moving snakes so handling them is a lot different than your average ball python. BP's are ambush predators, cornsnakes and the like are active predators so that affects how they treat their world and how you interact/handle them. '

Enjoy your new corn! Can't wait to see pics of it.