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Corny, my adopted corn snake
coworker had a friend who felt they weren't giving their 3/4 year old corn snake the best care, so after contemplating if i could take in another snake i decided i'd take the little guy in. i kept the name because the previous owner's kids came up with it, and i thought it was silly like the rest of my bby's names.
so here's me diving head first into the world of colubrids. he's in the ~20gal glass tank that was given to me along with him, he has a UTH + 'stat set at 90°, digital thermometer/hygrometer reading 72°/35%, but i just misted the reptichip so it's at ~65%.
any secret tips, advice or anything else is greatly appreciated!!! i'm so excited to have him home! hopefully will get non-cellphone pics soon!
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Re: Corny, my adopted corn snake
Lovely little guy. I have zero experience with colubrids so im keeping my mouth shut on this one
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What a cutie! It's so nice of you to take him in. :)
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How cute. No advice. I have a small corn myself, just got a week ago. Named Mr. T. Because of his head pattern lol ... but I'll be stalking this thread for advice
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He's a beautiful snake. I love the colors.
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Mr. T! That's awesome!
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absolutely PERFECT name!!! he's beautiful! 😊
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Aww thanks. I love cornsnakes I think they are a must ☺
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90* is actually a little too high. The warm spot for a corn should be 80 to 85 degrees.
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He looks very Happy? Mine refuses to use his hide and buries himself instead. Does yours do that?
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Originally Posted by Spiritserpents
90* is actually a little too high. The warm spot for a corn should be 80 to 85 degrees.
got it, i've lowered the temp. thanks!
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He looks very Happy? Mine refuses to use his hide and buries himself instead. Does yours do that?
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Mine both love to burrow and bury themselves in their substrate. I've found that they love the cardboard Paper Towel rolls too. I just toss them when I do a cleaning and give them a new one. They'll outgrow them at some point, but for now they are great.
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Mine refuses to use his hide and buries himself instead. Does yours do that?
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Mine both love to burrow and bury themselves in their substrate.
one of the first things he did when i placed him into his enclosure was burrow down. he has two hides right now: one is an exo-terra that i had laying around, and the other is a water dish+hide that was given to me along with him, and that's where i found him this morning.
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I've found that they love the cardboard Paper Towel rolls too. I just toss them when I do a cleaning and give them a new one. They'll outgrow them at some point, but for now they are great.
this is a neat idea! i'll definitely save my next one for him.
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Agree on the cooler temps. They are South East US, not primarily tropical.
Mine is full grown and active. He uses every inch of his 36X18 enclosure, and climbs too. I like the 40 gallon Zilla enclosures with the slide out top for utility and economy, and they have the same foot print as the large-tall Exo-Terra (which houses the corn). You may eventually find twenty gallons is a bit tight for an active full grown corn, but I'm just guessing going on my own experience.
Enjoy!
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Agree on the cooler temps. They are South East US, not primarily tropical.
Mine is full grown and active. He uses every inch of his 36X18 enclosure, and climbs too. I like the 40 gallon Zilla enclosures with the slide out top for utility and economy, and they have the same foot print as the large-tall Exo-Terra (which houses the corn). You may eventually find twenty gallons is a bit tight for an active full grown corn, but I'm just guessing going on my own experience.
Enjoy!
i lowered the temp as soon as i got up; the floor was around 83° before i left this am. i'll most likely upgrade his enclosure in the future, but for now he's small enough where the one he's in now seems okay.
how old is your corn snake?
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Very nice corn snake. They are super easy to care for like most colubrids. Since they do like to burrow I focus more on the floor temps than the surface temps. I keep my colubrid temps in the 84-86F range on the hot side and the cool side in the mid 70s. Night time temps can drop into the low 70s and even the upper 60s with no problems.
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i lowered the temp as soon as i got up; the floor was around 83° before i left this am. i'll most likely upgrade his enclosure in the future, but for now he's small enough where the one he's in now seems okay.
how old is your corn snake?
Not sure of his age. He was sold to me as a "proven breeder", but has since put on considerable length and weight. I've had him for a year since January. My guess would be about two and a half, but just a guess. I don't breed, so don't know the earliest age one can make use of a male.
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Not sure of his age. He was sold to me as a "proven breeder", but has since put on considerable length and weight. I've had him for a year since January. My guess would be about two and a half, but just a guess. I don't breed, so don't know the earliest age one can make use of a male.
what's his weight? i plan on weighing Corny and trying to get a good idea of his length later today and post what i find here, see what people think. i want to know if he's at a healthy weight for his approximate age.
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what's his weight? i plan on weighing Corny and trying to get a good idea of his length later today and post what i find here, see what people think. i want to know if he's at a healthy weight for his approximate age.
Haven't weighed him recently. He doesn't miss a meal, but I space them out to keep him on the lean side. A corn should have a more rectangular cross section, not so round, but not sunken anywhere, either. The more healthy corn snakes you look at, the more you will develop an eye for it.
Yours in the pic looks fine to me. They grow at their own pace. While he is still small, feed once a week, a mouse about as big around as he is.
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Haven't weighed him recently. He doesn't miss a meal, but I space them out to keep him on the lean side. A corn should have a more rectangular cross section, not so round, but not sunken anywhere, either. The more healthy corn snakes you look at, the more you will develop an eye for it.
Yours in the pic looks fine to me. They grow at their own pace. While he is still small, feed once a week, a mouse about as big around as he is.
awesome, thank you for your input. he looks good to me, too. i'll let him settle for a few days and try feeding him.
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Corny definitely looks good and healthy to me. And just for reference, my King (I know, not a corn, but very similar) is about a year and a half-two years old based what I was told (but I think he may be a bit older). He is just over 4 feet and weighed 645grams last weigh-in (Feb 9). My corns are still too young to compare weights with Corny I think.
I also keep a water bowl in my Kings enclosure and it's hands down his favorite hide. I recently had to "build it up" because he was starting to drag his scales a bit getting in and out, and would sometimes spill out the sides a bit. I just built it up with some patio block segments because I didn't have the heart to replace his favorite hide. He is housed in a 40 gallon breeder and uses every inch as well, including his climbing branches.
I hope you're enjoying your new buddy, they are definitely very different from BPs. I know he'll be a "happy", healthy snake as long as he's in your care.
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today i asked the previous owner when the last feeding was and i was told over two weeks ago...so tonight was his first feeding with me! he choked the mouse fuzzy down without missing a beat!
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corny weighs 60g as of the other day.
with the few short handling sessions i've had with him, i can say corn that imo corn snakes are almost the exact OPPOSITE of beeps! when i'm near the enclosure checking things, he comes right out to see what i'm doing; he's usually out in the mornings when i wake up; they're quick little buggers! it's been so cool to recognize the differences between him and my pythons. i've only had him a few days and i'm just so happy with him.
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Corny? What a corny name :rofl:
Sorry, I had to after I saw no one had made that joke. He's a cute little guy.
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Glad things are working out for you and Corny! They really are sssoooooooo different from BPs!!! I think the differences are fascinating.
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haven't updated any of my bbys lately; life keeping me busy but things are okay. Corny had his first shed with me! a few pieces but complete nonetheless!
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Corny enjoyed his first longer handling sesh. Zoey was unphased as he borrowed in her fur while she relaxed; she couldn't care less. she ignored him.
he is a good boy. 😊
zoey is a good girl, too.
(if you're worried about snake + cat: she is very old and just wants to nap. i do not recommend cat + snake to anyone as it is not safe for all involved)
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love my little mister. he's doing so well! never misses a meal and is such an awesome pet. he shed about a week ago, and got fed two days ago.
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changed his water out and he decided to come investigate 😊
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Looking good. He'll be on small rats in no time ;).
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Just curious - what the main difference as far as care requirements between a corn snake and a honduran milksnake??
Also, what draws people to corns vs. hondurans??
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Looking good. He'll be on small rats in no time ;).
...dis joke, ya? LOL
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...dis joke, ya? LOL
LOL- yeah I was just joking T. My point is they grow really fast :). One day you're feeding mice fuzzys and before long it's large rats. My Olive python is a perfect example. I got him in early January and he was eating itty bitty rat pups. A few days ago he ate his first medium rat and it barely left a bump.
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LOL- yeah I was just joking T. My point is they grow really fast :). One day you're feeding mice fuzzys and before long it's large rats. My Olive python is a perfect example. I got him in early January and he was eating itty bitty rat pups. A few days ago he ate his first medium rat and it barely left a bump.
i'm really happy to get him on the right track! they really do grow fast...one random day you look at them and actually realize it. that olive python of yours is gorgeous, can't believe he's that big already! hope to see more pics soon! :D
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Aw good job little man! He's so cute and I'm glad he's in great hands!
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Aw good job little man! He's so cute and I'm glad he's in great hands!
i am, too. i'm so glad i took him in; he's such a character. i actually got to meet the kids of the family i adopted him from this past weekend; they were sweet. i guess the littlest one cried the whole night when they brought him to me. :( they're too young to really take the responsibility, and the mom has 4 boys; she decided she couldn't properly care for him anymore. that's where i came in!!!
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Anyone know what morph Corny is? Cause I'm loving those colors :D
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Anyone know what morph Corny is? Cause I'm loving those colors :D
i'm pretty sure he's a hypo! his reds look much better in person.
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Ohhh...I may need to look more into Hypos than :D
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upping his prey size has really started to show! he's a lot less restless in his enclosure.
i just finished a full enclosure cleaning and got a weight on him.
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Corny is up almost 40g since the beginning of June. he's added 1.5 times his body weight since then!
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Nice little growth spurt!!!
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had this guy out for a little handling session. he's 150g and eating medium mice now.
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Somehow I missed out on this entry!! Now I am geeking out over it.:cool: What a beautiful snake. Can't wait to see more of him as he grows. Thanks Taylor!
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now that Corny is on medium mice i've noticed that, while the bulge he gets afterwards looks huge, he has no problems moving about and still shows signs of hunger after 4-5 days. i think i'm finally realizing just how skinny this guy is and how underfed he's been; the bulge he gets looks huge compared to the rest of his body, but it's his BODY that's small, not the bulge that's big.
i think this guy is like, maybe upwards of 100g too small from where he should be. i'm really happy that he's eating, shedding and growing but i feel like i'm still not doing enough or doing right by him. the medium mice already make him look like he's swallowed a football; i can't up his prey size and i don't want to try and power-feed him. i can't catch up to 4 years of underfeeding in the 8 months i've had him.
i'm just rambling and getting thoughts out. thanks for reading. :)
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i think this guy is like, maybe upwards of 100g too small from where he should be. i'm really happy that he's eating, shedding and growing but i feel like i'm still not doing enough or doing right by him. the medium mice already make him look like he's swallowed a football; i can't up his prey size and i don't want to try and power-feed him. i can't catch up to 4 years of underfeeding in the 8 months i've had him.
At the end of the day, it's important to remember that you really don't need to catch up. As long as he's being fed appropriately now, that's the best thing you can do for him. Any damage that's done is done, and it's reasonably likely that there's little to none in the first place because snakes are made for low food conditions. It's what they do best. Just let him grow at his pace. Also, he's very cute.
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