I iz maaaadd!!

Well, tonight was the night I always dread - time to clean evil Betty's tub! I have 30 pythons & colubrids, ranging in size from 3-6ft, and guess who scares me the most? This pretty little ~400g Miami Phase corn, who bites and whips me every chance she gets. I've had her for a few years now, but she just hasn't tamed up at all... so I pretty much leave her alone, except for the fun of cleaning day. Snapped a few pictures this time, since it's both scary and adorable when a widdle corn gets all aggressive-like. :D

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She sure is pretty, though...
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After a bit of a struggle, safe & sound in her "holding cell!"
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Wow, shes gorgeous! have you tried working with her in any way to tame her??

She's very lovely :) Here's hoping she can be tamed a bit!

WOW! She is gorgeous! I hope my miami phase will turn out that pretty! Mine is only at 80g or so...so she's still got quite a bit of growing to do.

Betty says thanks for the compliments! I honestly haven't worked with her that much, since I do have 29 other snakes (plus 3 cats, a dog, and a full-time job) to worry about... and she's perfectly content just being a "look but don't touch" snake. I've tried finding her a new home, where she'd get more handling time, but for some odd reason nobody even wants her for free. :P

FYI: She was kind of a rescue snake, since my friend went to buy some tanks off Craigslist, and the seller threw in a few snakes too. He isn't into corns, so gave her to me... that was about 3 years ago, but unfortunately she still hasn't gotten used to me. Oh, and I don't even know for SURE she's a female, and know nothing of her genetics. So if she seems particularly attractive for a Miami, it's always possible there's something else going on there!

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Betty says thanks for the compliments! I honestly haven't worked with her that much, since I do have 29 other snakes (plus 3 cats, a dog, and a full-time job) to worry about... and she's perfectly content just being a "look but don't touch" snake. I've tried finding her a new home, where she'd get more handling time, but for some odd reason nobody even wants her for free. :P

FYI: She was kind of a rescue snake, since my friend went to buy some tanks off Craigslist, and the seller threw in a few snakes too. He isn't into corns, so gave her to me... that was about 3 years ago, but unfortunately she still hasn't gotten used to me. Oh, and I don't even know for SURE she's a female, and know nothing of her genetics. So if she seems particularly attractive for a Miami, it's always possible there's something else going on there!

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I see you live in my area! :D I'd be more than happy to try and socialize her a bit for you if you'd like :) I work with aggressive dogs for a living, I am 100% not bothered with being bitten by snakes, especially such a lovely girl as her <3

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I see you live in my area! :D I'd be more than happy to try and socialize her a bit for you if you'd like :) I work with aggressive dogs for a living, I am 100% not bothered with being bitten by snakes, especially such a lovely girl as her <3

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Hmmmm... that might be an idea. I'll send you a private message later!

P.S. I live in San Jose - but my mother lives in the East Bay, so we could always meet there (about halfway between us). ;)

Ha ha corns hate me for some reason i have yet to meet one that didnt wanna bite me or wasnt on the evil side. My buddy has one that won't kill it's rat crawlers before it it's it. He will just start swollowing a little rat butt end first no strike nothing.

All the corns I met were pretty nice.
I have held a few from PetSmart or PetCo that were evil little buggers.... but I solely blame the behavior on the stores, not the snakes.

I had a hatchling Okeetee Corn that didn't eat right, and passed away 3 months later..... unfortuately I think the person who sold the snake to me knew this and gave me no warning about it when I bought it off of him.
He didn't even tell me what kind of phase it was.... he just said "when it gets older, it'll look like a white man with the flu"
I should've backed out of the deal right then, but I loved the cuteness of the hatchlings too much.
And no refund... but that's ok though, because from that corn's death I got my beloved Triple Hybrids to replace it :P
sucks that it passed, I actually really liked the temperment and look of the snake. Really chill, and liked people.

The last picture looks like she's saying "You wanna go?". Very pretty though.