Look what followed me home from the reptile show today...

[John_White]

A bite from an adult corn snake is like a scratch from a thorn bush, bites from subadults are even less than a scratch and a bite from a neonate is nothing. With nonvenomous snake bite, I worry more about the snake hurting its mouth or jaws than it hurting me.

[John_White]

Beautiful corn snake!

[Tigergenesis]

Thanks John! He is evern more gorgeous in person. I need to try and get some new/more recent pics. He's eating small adult mice now and getting bigger by the day.

I'm with you - I'm more worried about my snake getting injured or by me accidentally hurting a snake if it bites me than I am about being biten myself.

[luckylexxi94044]

it opens its mouth and closes it on skin.

[luckylexxi94044]

By the way BEAUTIFUL Corn Snake!

[Tigergenesis]

Thanks!

nice looking corn


and, well, you dont always have to say "snow corn" bite, because a corn is a corn, no matter what the colors are, the bites would alll feel the same

and a bite is barely noticable, just startleing, so if one does bite you, especially a baby, dont jerk your hand back, it could injure your snake

and they dont just come out of no where and bite you, you normally know when they are pissed off, or are guna bite, they get reall tense, then get into the "S" position, and flicker their tongue like crazy, then BAM ! you dont even know what happened

[luckylexxi94044]

He's gorgeous! But I must admit that he does look a bit small.

[Tigergenesis]

Come to find out he was born like December '02. I need to get an accurate weight on him, because now I'm wondering if any of those weights were right. He moves too much and I need to put him in a bowl or something instead of trying to just sit him on the scale. He's growing pretty well. I've had him on small adult mice the past few feedings. He is the most aggressive feeder I've got - even more than my kings. He practically jumps out of the tub.

[luckylexxi94044]

It is a beautiful snake though!