Blizzard Corn Snake (my first corn!)

Well, apparently I'm just not having any luck with Ball Pythons, because both times I've gone in meaning to get a Ball... I end up with something else LOL I have my Jungle Carpet, but my sister is wary around him and wanted a snake to care for and handle. Because we'll be living together this summer and for the next year at least, I figured why not? Both our minds immediately went to BPs, but I realized that given her knack for becoming disinterested in pets and her iffy sense of responsibility, a hardier snake would do. Of course, I'd always be there to make sure that the snake is never anything but fully content, safe, and healthy, but even then it'd be good to stack the odds in our favor.

Finally found the corn snake we were looking for - a gorgeous adult blizzard (2010 male) and he arrived at the doorstep yesterday morning!


He is partially my sister's first snake, and partially mine as well. She'll be caring for him and I'll be there to make sure nothing goes wrong. We are both impressed by his temperament and he's absolutely adorable!! I couldn't resist taking a few pictures, but made sure not to crowd him. He was only held for a few minutes while we made sure everything was set up in his enclosure, though he insisted on exploring my hands and hair.


The box arrived right on time, around 10:20 AM
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annnnd there he is! We may or may not have squealed. He's a 2010 blizzard corn snake!
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Gorgeous color
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We were checking temps and everything in the enclosure, so I held onto him for a bit
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Threw in an empty paper towel tube on a whim, and of course that's his hide of choice...
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I'll admit though, it's ridiculously cute
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We still have a few more things we'll be adding to the enclosure, especially as we see what he does and doesn't use. For now, we'll just leave him be for the next couple of weeks, and after he's had a feeding or two, I'll get more pictures!

And a Ball Python will DEFINITELY be next (I think).

Oh I love him! His colors are beautiful, and he's so cute in his paper towel roll. Mine love to slither through them too. I consider them to be snake toys lol. But awesome new addition he's wonderful. Thanks for sharing [emoji4]


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:OOMG!!! He is the cutest little stinker ever!!!:gj: IF I ever get a snake it will be a corn, they are so perfect to me!

That last picture of him looking out of his PT tube is *adorable*! :)

Congats, maybe he will keep your sister interested.

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Oh I love him! His colors are beautiful, and he's so cute in his paper towel roll. Mine love to slither through them too. I consider them to be snake toys lol. But awesome new addition he's wonderful. Thanks for sharing [emoji4]


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Thanks so much!! I'm so in love with him! And yeah, after having a Jungle Carpet Python that doesn't really care for his hides, it was really adorable seeing him just slide in and make himself at home!

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:OOMG!!! He is the cutest little stinker ever!!!:gj: IF I ever get a snake it will be a corn, they are so perfect to me!

That last picture of him looking out of his PT tube is *adorable*! :)

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He really is!! I wasn't completely sold on corns before (just because I think I'm more into the morelia genus, and carpet pythons in particular), but wow! His temperament is so lovely, and the patternless morphs are so lovely. He is partially my sister's snake, and I thought a corn would be perfect for her first. I think there will be more patternless corns in my future!

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Congats, maybe he will keep your sister interested.

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Thanks! And yeah, hopefully. She does love him a lot already and her heart is in the right place, so we'll see. But on the bright side, if she gets bored with him, I get to take him with me when I move out!! I'll try to anyway, but this way I won't have to fight her for him ;)

He's a really gorgeous blizzard! I think they don't usually have so much yellow, but I think the little bit of color is what makes him so eye catching. Lovely! And so cute in the paper towel roll. Love it when they fold themselves up in those like that.

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He's a really gorgeous blizzard! I think they don't usually have so much yellow, but I think the little bit of color is what makes him so eye catching. Lovely! And so cute in the paper towel roll. Love it when they fold themselves up in those like that.

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Thank you! And absolutely agree - I'm not very familiar with morphs but had not expected this much yellow when I said I wanted a blizzard. But now that I've seen him in person and through the pictures I've taken... I love it!!

He really does love that paper towel tube! It's a snug fit and I was worried at first he couldn't get out, but nope, he was just very comfy in there!

Cool corn, blizzards are awesome