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I was feeding my CS his pinkie, When I checked back on him, when he was still in the container, he started to shake his tail (much like a rattler would :O), and struck at me, I never seen him do this before, or show any sign of aggression.
Has anyone seen this behavior before?

Also, I got my CS on 12/18/06, he was 34cm long, He just shed a few days ago and its 36cm. He is only a few grams (if that much) heavier, he doesn't look thin though. Is it normal to only grow that much in 4 months or so? All the temps/humidity are right, I also have a UTH set up for him, I feed him once a week. I keep him on paper towels. Should I up the feeding to every 5 days or so?

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Originally Posted by Malaika

I was feeding my CS his pinkie, When I checked back on him, when he was still in the container, he started to shake his tail (much like a rattler would :O), and struck at me, I never seen him do this before, or show any sign of aggression.
Has anyone seen this behavior before?

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I love it when they do this. yea its normal he was feeling venerable and thats his way of saying back off

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Also, I got my CS on 12/18/06, he was 34cm long, He just shed a few days ago and its 36cm. He is only a few grams (if that much) heavier, he doesn't look thin though. Is it normal to only grow that much in 4 months or so? All the temps/humidity are right, I also have a UTH set up for him, I feed him once a week. I keep him on paper towels. Should I up the feeding to every 5 days or so?

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I can't speak on this I don't keep corns so their growth rate is a mystery to me.

He probably needs more than a pinkie a week, can he take fuzzies?

The rattling is normal. My corn does not do it, but my fiance's king does and its the cutest thing ever.

As for the feeding and growth rate. I fed my corn a fuzzy a week (now he's up to hoppers) and I tracked his weight for a month. He started out at 50g and ended at around 57.

You can't use the shed skin to tell how much a snake has grown. YOu'd need to weigh or measure the snake itself. If that's what you did, then I misread, sorry.
My one cornsnake rattles her tail too. She gets all full of herself. I think it's cute.
Sometimes snakes will grow slower, then suddenly take off in a growth spurt. If you can up the size of the prey that is usually preferable to increasing frequency of feedings.
The skin is sooo stretchy though, that it may be much longer or shorter once shed. I have a near 7 foot ball python shed(or did, the cat ate part of it) and I KNOW none of the ball pyhtons are that long! LOL.
Wolfy

My corn snake has grown about 10 inches since i got him at the start of december.he was about 10 inches when i got him and now he is 20 inches long.havnt ever weighed him but im gonna do it this weekend.i was surprised how much he grew,and he has shed 3 times for me since i got him, and is goin into shed mode now again.he is still on linklies though as he regurges fuzzies if i try them.going to trry some smaller fuzzies this weekend.

all my corn snakes do that it is very cute they are so little and think they are so intimadateing