Corn Snakes = good show snakes?

I want to get one snake that I can put in a tank and it will happily show it self around most of the time. Is a corn snake a good choice for this? :-)

GTP's are so nice and I love the way they perched but might be too advance for me.

thanks guys!

Corn might be a lil bit active for a show snake? albino nelsoni is a heck of a showy milksnake.

My first pick would be a BP morph of your liking.

The best of our collection for that is our Vietnamese Blue Beauty snake. She is ALWAYS out. Never in her hides except maybe the day she is fed and part of the day after. Once she digests, she is out and about. She likes to perch and climb and makes use of all of her cage.

Another good one is a Children's python. Mine is almost always out, perched on his branches. He is not too colorful, but stays small and manageable and is handleable. Also a good feeder.

I would say corns make better display snakes than balls, for sure. Our BP's are always hiding in their caves.

Perhaps my favorite snake in the world is the Okeetee Corn Snake. I ALWAYS have to have one in my collection. They do come out and are active in the evenings - at least that's been my experience.

My Nelson Milk is also fairly active and a beautiful, vibrant red.

I know that Corns are "beginner snakes", but after 30 years of keeping various snakes, the Corn is still my favorite.

False Water Cobra. Hands down the best display snake in the world.

My BP's also stick to their hide most of the day, that is why I was looking for something else, so corn snakes are nocturnal too and do the same thing right? Which is hide during the day?

Rather than suggest one of the dozens of other species that also make good display animals, I'll just answer the question directly:

Yup, they're fine display animals! Much of the display aspect will be in the caging, you can certainly entice them to spend all their time hiding if you decorate "wrong".

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False Water Cobra. Hands down the best display snake in the world.

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I have to agree with you on that...I have a male FWC and he is out and about from sun up till' sundown everyday with the exeption of when he's in shed or just after a meal. Along with being a great display snake he's also my fav in my collection to handle. He's a little a cage aggressive but once he's out he's literally puppy dog tame. I can let him free roam in my living room while keeping an eye on him and he doesn't try to make an escape, crawl in or under the couch or any of the sort. He just cruises around, checks stuff out, and occasionally slithers up into my lap to check in....Awesome snake!!

Corn snakes are diurnal, they actually are more active during the day, meaning the times they will be out will be while you are awake!

They are an awesome display snake!! They are easy to care for, most of the morphs are pretty cheap, and just downright good snakes! Color and sizewise to be impressive to those who don't know much about snakes and active and adorable enough to be amazing for those who do know about them! :D Good feeders and pretty easy care requirements.. They don't seem to get stressed to easily as long as you provide a great amount of hides, you can have them in a larger enclosure and they make good use of the space!

I'm dying to get a corn snake! My boyfriend would rather get a bigger animal though, like a coastal carpet python. :rolleye2: Can't we get both?? I'm going to go with yes. ;) He'll just have to deal with it.

We have corns that spend all their time hiding, and corns that are out a lot. I've found that if you stretch their feeding out a bit to 14 days or so, they are out cruising more. We don't breed, so we don't worry about keeping weight on-- our adults do fine on a 14 day schedule.

Some of my corns just seem to like being out. We have one, Valen, who is a ghost and he is ALWAYS out and seems to want to be held and to go to new places.

My old corn was always out and about, and constantly trying to get out of his cage. His name was Houdini for obvious reasons.

To me, they are great display animals, and they are also so wonderfully stress free when I had them. Houdini NEVER turned down a meal. He would always eat, which was such a nice relief from anyone who's got picky balls. My balls tend to give me a hard time when eating, but Houdini always knew when it was time to eat, and was ready to go always.

He was also very tame and didn't mind being held. Great display snake for sure.

My made is made up, corn it is then for my office :-)

Mite even get a "Pacman" frog for inside my office as the snake will stay out of the air conditioned room :-)

Yeah, as others have said corns are pretty good display snakes IMO. Some never ever come out of their hides, I have a few like this. They only come out when its feeding time, other than that I never see them out.

I have others that never ever use their hides and are always out and about. Most however, are somewhere in between. If its a display snake, put lots of branches and climbing places in addition to its "main hide". They'll readily climb up and make a place to lounge up there.

And the good thing about corns, is that just about every color/morph is fairly affordable, so you can really pick out one you really like.

Pacman frogs are AMAZING...but if you have one expect to see a tank full of dirt except on feeding days! They hide a lot!

Corn Snakes = good show snakes? yes..

The reptile program at Panola Mountain State Park in GA [link below] sports a corn and a gray rat. (The rat is a climber too) My daughter also has a *creamsicle corn and that thing never hides!

* actually, it's a great plains red rat snake (Ga has some goof-ball herp laws)

SHOW OFF YOUR CORN!

Thanks :) Too bad corns arn't as affordable here, they start off at about $79 without papers and about $113 with papers and microchip :). That is already the proce of A BP there right?

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Originally Posted by mainbutter

Rather than suggest one of the dozens of other species that also make good display animals, I'll just answer the question directly:

Yup, they're fine display animals! Much of the display aspect will be in the caging, you can certainly entice them to spend all their time hiding if you decorate "wrong".

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What would the right way to decorate be? Thanks.

I have to say that our Woma is one of my favorite display snakes.. he is always out. But there aint nothin wrong with corns!

I have two corns and they were my first snakes. I rarely see my ball (although Ive only had it for barely over a week) I see the corns all the time. They like to just chill on a branch or slither around. You can get so many pretty colors too for much cheaper than balls for instance. Easy to care for, usually easy to feed, easy to hold. I love corns.

It depends on their personality. I have my corns on top of my racks in tanks to display them (and possibly because they have decided to escape the rack). My bloodred is very elusive and she rarely leaves her hide. My snow, on the other hand, is usually out by mid-afternoon. I can usually count on seeing her out and about around 3-4 in the afternoon and continually moving around her tank until I get up in the morning. The only time she hides is after she eats or in the mornings.

I have two rough green snakes now and they are an awesome display snake. I have their tank set up with perches and vines and they climb all over.They are active most of the day and even when they are sitting still they strike poses...


The downside is I have been unable to find then captive bred and the wild caught ones at pet stores are very frail. I had one die and I felt awful. I avoid handling them now and I plan on getting a huge tank for them in a few weeks, with soil and a lot of plants and vine to climb on.