Solana - Our Scaleless Sunglow Motley Corn

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Nice to see little solana growing up and doing fine. Keep up the good work dakski.

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Thank you EDR!

Honestly, she’s doing fantastic.

I could not have asked for more.

Solana is due to shed any minute now. She pooped today and I cleaned her tank and weighed her. She's a solid 38G. I've been feeding 5-7G fuzzies and I should probably bump up to 7-9G fuzzies, or at least pick some bigger ones out of the bag. They are going down super easy and she's growing much slower now.

Either way, she is growing, and she looks awesome. I cannot wait to see her after this shed. I will definitely post pictures.

Solana shed last night. As promised, pictures.

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She’s looking incredible!!! You and Katie have got some truly beautiful (and enviable) animals!!!!


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Originally Posted by Jessibelle

She’s looking incredible!!! You and Katie have got some truly beautiful (and enviable) animals!!!!


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Awwww, thank you! Solana is certainly a looker! She's got personality to boot! I told Don Soderberg, from South Mountain Reptiles, where I bought her, that I think she's part Boa, she's so chill. He says "it's genetically impossible." That may be true, but her sister Behira seems to be rubbing off on her a little bit then.

We do have some beautiful, and rare animals, and we've added some amazing ones of late, anticipating we are, or are very close, to full up. However, we love them all, and do not love the less expensive, or "less" beautiful ones any different. They all have a place in our hearts.

They say once Corn snakes are on fuzzy's, they really start to pack on the weight. Fuzzy's have much more nutritional value than pinkies and are also bigger meals. "They" aren't kidding.

Solana was 28G at the beginning of October, 2018. Now, at the end of November, 2018, two months later, dry, she's a whopping 44G! She's not only longer, but she's getting much thicker. No more tiny little snake. Now, she's still a little thing, especially compared to everyone else in the house. However, she's not tiny anymore and certainly not so delicate.

At 50G she goes to small hoppers! I cannot believe it! Wow. We got her 5 months ago, at 2 months old, and 8G! "Tear," our baby is growing up!

Anyway, we spent some quality time bonding today, just me and her. Still such a sweet girl. Got some pictures, unfortunately with the iPhone only, but still, pictures. Enjoy.

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Wow she soon packed on some beef there Dave.
She really is so cool. them spots are definitely getting brighter down that great orange body colour

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So true, fuzzies really help them grow up...that's why some kinds of snakes that start off really tiny seem to take forever to size up, but once they get off pinkies,
look out. :snake: But hey, they're only little "once"...enjoy while it lasts. ;)

"Food? Food? Food now?"

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My mother came over today and saw Solana for the first time in a couple of months, or since she was 28G or so (now 44G). I got a video of my mom holding Solana and being calm as can be, as usual.

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So, are you getting your mom a snake for the holidays (or for her birthday, whichever comes first)? ;) She's doing great!

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So, are you getting your mom a snake for the holidays (or for her birthday, whichever comes first)? ;) She's doing great!

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LOL. Nope, my mom lives vicariously through me regarding reptiles. She likes them, but a) would not feed a snake and b) her husband Tom, my stepfather, doesn't understand how/why we like them so much. He's not a hater, but he's a dog lover and doesn't feel reptiles are affectionate at all. He's not scared (he says) and will sit next to me or my mom when we hold them, but refuses to touch or hold them.

On a side note. Both my mother and Tom are the kind of people who feel cars are a necessity and rave about how great their whole home generator is and how they cannot live without it, etc. However, refuse to do basic maintenance on either, and then when a major problem arises, that prevents them from from getting from points A to B, or leaves them in the dark and cold, they are furious.

I've tried to explain the concept of keeping things up so you can count on them, but to no avail. I would have zero faith in them properly maintaining temps and humidity in a reptile enclosure.

My mother repeatedly gives me kudos for how well I maintain the reptile tanks and also praises me for trying to educate others on proper care for their reptiles, both on this forum, and elsewhere. She admits she couldn't do it and thinks it's great for me and the animals.

Also, I meticulously maintain my cars and my whole home generator as well (which I 90% have for the reptiles and because I live in the North East where it can get very cold and we get brutal winter storms).

I used to keep large (240G) fish tanks before my kidneys gave out and I had more energy. That was work. To me, the reptiles are a breeze.

Solana weighed in, dry, today at 50G! WOW!

She has grown so much! She's looking amazing and is still a total sweetie, and, still very calm for a corn snake, or any snake, really.

I am going to feed 7-8G Fuzzy's this week and probably next, and then switch to small hoppers.

Love this girl!

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Solana is looking so bright,I'm sure your colour feeding her,lol like a flamingo.
Can't believe she's 50g didn't seem 5 mins since she was 8g the day you got her, really starting to put length on too. Stunning

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Originally Posted by richardhind1972

Solana is looking so bright,I'm sure your colour feeding her,lol like a flamingo....

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If you get up close she probably has shrimp-breath! :rofl:She's got some electric-color, that's for sure!

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Solana is looking so bright,I'm sure your colour feeding her,lol like a flamingo.
Can't believe she's 50g didn't seem 5 mins since she was 8g the day you got her, really starting to put length on too. Stunning

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Yeah, I can't believe it either, Rich. She's is absolutely gorgeous, and so calm and easy handle. No surprise, she's been that way since day 3 at 2 months old and 8G! It took all of 2 days to get over the attack anything that comes in my tank and rattle my tail phase. I can't blame her, I would be scared if I was 8G and a 200 pound (90,719G) person reached and tried to grab me too!

They do grow fast. It's crazy.

It fairness, it's only been 6 months. She turns 8 months on 12-23-18 and I got her 6-21-18 at 2 days shy of 2 months.

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Originally Posted by Bogertophis

If you get up close she probably has shrimp-breath! :rofl:She's got some electric-color, that's for sure!

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Actually Bogertophis, she has mouse breath, ugh!

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Don't tell Katie I got that close though, okay? However, if you have to tell Katie, please tell her that she is definitely the better kisser. That's the truth! Katie is the only one who sends electricity down my spine too, even if Solana has the electric coloring. :)

Solana ate her first hopper tonight. It was a small hopper, 9G, but the biggest meal Solana has had yet. She gobbled it right down!

I think I forgot to mention, but Solana has been, and will remain on a 7 day feeding schedule (every Sunday like the rest of the crew) at least until full grown, at which point, I will re-evaluate. She's been eating every 7 days since she went to Fuzzy's over 6-7G.

Solana is growing like a weed! Hoppers = growth spurt.

She's 60G and due to shed again.

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Can't believe how well she's filling out, don't seem 5mins since she's was a shoestring, such an amazing colour on her

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Can't believe how well she's filling out, don't seem 5mins since she's was a shoestring, such an amazing colour on her

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Thanks Rich. It's amazing how fast corn snakes can grow, especially when they start eating bigger, more nutritious, meals.

They can also eat big meals relative to their size and just put it to growth with their fast metabolisms. They are NOT boids! LOL.

She's 60G and eating 9-10G hoppers. Feliz, a BCC, is 165G (last dry weight) and eating 15G small mice (although I should bump him soon). Both are eating weekly currently, but obvisouly, proportionately, a much bigger meal for Solana, with no ill effects. If Feliz ate the same meal proportionately, he would be eating a 25G+ adult mouse and that would not be good for him!

I digressed here, but I find it interesting how different snakes have many different needs when it comes to things like food intake, temps, humidity, cage size, etc. I know it's obvious that they would, coming from different regions, but to me, it's part of the fun of having 12 different reptiles (although only 8 different genus and 10 different species); knowing and meeting their individual requirements. Learning about it is fun, but executing and maintaining their environments is very gratifying to me.

Oh, and she's dull as can be, FYI - about to shed. LOL! Look at the difference from the picture above where she is 50G.

Looks amazing. Almost alien like. I am fallowing this thread. interested in if she has any health issues related to being sacless? Happy she is doing well.

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Looks amazing. Almost alien like. I am fallowing this thread. interested in if she has any health issues related to being sacless? Happy she is doing well.

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She doesn't seem to have any health issues at all. I would never feed her live food because she has no "armor" to protect her against claws and bites, etc. However, she happily takes F/T.

I do up humidity a little bit more than I do for my scaled corn when she goes into shed, but that's just an added precaution I take to ensure she has a great shed. Apparently, it's not necessary.

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She doesn't seem to have any health issues at all. I would never feed her live food because she has no "armor" to protect her against claws and bites, etc. However, she happily takes F/T.

I do up humidity a little bit more than I do for my scaled corn when she goes into shed, but that's just an added precaution I take to ensure she has a great shed. Apparently, it's not necessary.

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Good to hear. Keep the updates coming.

Solana is up to 64G and literally going to shed any minute. She feels like a 95 year old woman's hands in the middle of a dry winter.

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Solana shed last night and is looks G-O-O-D!

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She's such a great colour Dave

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Solana bonding with my niece. She's getting so much bigger, and oh, her colors are so rich!

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They're really cute together.

Solana looks so orange today with Megan, she looks like she’s been coloured in with a highlighter


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I went to feed the Leopard Geckos the other day (same tower as Solana) and I am getting them ready, the lights go out, I look down, and not 30 seconds after the lights went out, guess who begging for food.

Solana! That's who!

She ate a 10G hopper 2 days earlier! WOW! She's beginning to take after her brother, Figgy the Piggy!

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what a vibrant and pretty girl!

Solana weighed in at 64G again this week, but I think this is a "true weight." She held a little in going into shed and ate right after. She spent the better part of the week, "emptying out." She's getting pretty good at that. She's definitely a corn snake. Between her and her brother, Figment, then can clear the reptile area. So weird. All the pythons and Boas can go at the same time and it's not as bad. Oh well. Anyway, she's doing great and is as outgoing and sweet as ever. Oh yeah, and gorgeous. Did I mention gorgeous?

She's still young, but when she's of age, wow!

Her scaleless orange skin is going to bring all the male snakes to the corn field!

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Solana, AKA Poop Machine, weighed in dry yesterday at 69G. She's a growing girl! She's still incredibly calm and sweet and gentle. Such an antithesis to her "brother," Figment. He's a sweet guy too, don't get me wrong, he's just active as anything. Solana can move when she wants, but she's generally really calm.

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What a stunner !


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What a stunner !


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Thank you. She's got personality to match! What more could I ask for?

Good news and bad news, but mostly good news.

Solana began a premature shed last week. Some of her body was shedding, but most wasn't. Additionally, she got a little rug burn/had a little skin come off with the premature shed. It's a small spot, but I am keeping it dry and clean in her tank to ensure it doesn't get in infected. I did send pictures and speak with Don Soderberg and he said it would correct itself in a few shed cycles and not to worry; it happens.

I am not sure what precipitated the premature shed, but it's her first, so I will take it in stride. Don also said that she would have 1-2 more before returning to a normal shed cycle.

The good news is a few days of putting her in a moist box and all the shed came off fine yesterday along with eye caps, etc. It ended up a being a thorough shed, even if some came off early.

She looks stunning and I weighed her dry and she's 86G! Wow!

I have been feeding hopper mice (F/T - 8-12G) for a while and will continue to do so for some time. She has some size now and I don't need her growing too fast. Corn snakes are good about putting excess food towards growth, but I don't want to risk her becoming unhealthy. A little less food intake per meal (relative to size) is probably a good thing at this point. At 100-120G I'll move her up to weaned mice.

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Looking really great Dave

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Solana looking good at 89G!!!!!! Wow, she's grown fast!

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Definitely filling that tub out better, amazing colour

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man, she's huge anymore!!!

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Definitely filling that tub out better, amazing colour

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It's tough. She looks too rich with the iPhone, but the DSLR flash washes her out some. She's somewhere in between.

I'll try the DSLR without the flash next.

Yeah, it's amazing. She was 8G when I got her in June at 2 months old. Next month she turns 1 and she will probably be 100G! Amazing.

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man, she's huge anymore!!!

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LOL. Well, not compared to everyone else, but she's getting there. Still a total sweetie. Very pleased with her growth and development.

Ah that makes sense now.
it's her basking spot in the new Viv,cool

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Glowing and growing beautiful young woman!

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He really is so nice dave


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95G! 95G! Solana is doing great! She's still on hoppers, and probably for a while, as she's getting to a substantial weight and sturdiness. No need to rush her. She is still sweet and calm as ever.

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95G! 95G! Solana is doing great! She's still on hoppers, and probably for a while, as she's getting to a substantial weight and sturdiness. No need to rush her. She is still sweet and calm as ever.

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She looks beautiful! How often do you feed her? My girl is about the same size and I’m worried about her getting food too often. I know it’s easy to let corns get fat. Thanks!


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104G Empty!

She's looking good but is going to shed soon and the areas that shed early last time are just starting to flake a little. Apparently, she will do this for a few sheds and be back to normal. She seems in zero discomfort, is sweet as ever, and pounding mouse hoppers.

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104G Empty!

She's looking good but is going to shed soon and the areas that shed early last time are just starting to flake a little. Apparently, she will do this for a few sheds and be back to normal. She seems in zero discomfort, is sweet as ever, and pounding mouse hoppers.

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Really looking great Dave, it's mad to think how tiny she was when you first got ger

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