Mischievous new corn snake..

[enoughbubbles456]

Hi, I'm new to corn snakes but I already keep a royal python, so I'm not that new to snake (even though I got my royal in January lol)

First of all I've only had him/her since 7pm (uk time) yesterday and put him/her straight into a 2ft vivarium but I thought the gap in between the glass was too wide as he/she looks TINY!
So I put some cardboard in between the glass just to make sure he/she doesn't come out but I left about an inch of cardboard as I didn't think he/she would get out, like a new snake owner I checked on her alot to see if he/she was ok, then I went to bed and when I woke up this morning REALLY tired, but for some reason I went straight to the cage and looked in the coconut hide and to my shock SHE/HE WAS NOT THERE! I was frantically searching everywhere (even my mum who hates snakes was worried as she thought the dog would eat him/her, but like usual she was probably asleep haha) and I looked under some plastic bags and she was just sitting there, then tried to escape again aha.

I've decided to put her in a rub until she grows big enough to be put back in the 2ft vivarium and as an adult she will be going into a 4ft vivarium that I've already got.


Secondly I'm trying to think of a name? I'm thinking of ash, so if it's a boy I obviously call him ash but if it's a girl a can call it Ashley.
I like other names but because I don't know the sex I have to come up with unisex names.


Third and final question,.. how do you sex a 2 month old hatchling corn?
I cannot pop or probe snakes, I just go with what the person tells me.
The guy I bought him/her off said he didn't know how to sex snakes but I told him could he try find a female by looking at there tails?
Well, my brother went to pick him/her up and the guy said "these two are females"?
When my brother brought him/her to mine and I looked at the tail and it looks quite long? Does that indicate it's a male?


Sorry for a long post..



Thanks in advance

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[distaff]

Mine is an adult, but still quite active. He has a large enclosure, but I make sure he gets out at least once a day. You will need to be very gentle with a baby.

For a pet, I would just go by tail length for sexing. Soderberg's book has tail photos for reference, if you haven't already found some on-line.

Preventing escape is probably your biggest worry while the snake is tiny. They are VERY good at it.

[piedlover79]

When it comes to snake they can get through any hole that their head will fit through, even an adult corn is an escape artist. You're luck to have found him!

Longer tails do mean males, but if you don't have two different sex snakes to compare it's hard to tell what is 'long', so you need to count the tail scales, if you google 'visual sexing cornsnakes' you'll find some tutorials.

Ash is a great name (Ashley is one of those girl/boy names) and of course I'm a huge Evil Dead fan so it works for me.

[enoughbubbles456]

I didn't realise they are continuous escape artists!

I woke up this morning to check if he escaped again(even though I put him in a faunarium) and guess what? HE ESCAPED AGAIN!
But luckily he didn't even get 2 feet away from his enclosure.

I've put him in a tall cricket keep type of cage.

Hopefully he can't get out the cage the little worm haha

If he keeps doing this I will have to call him hudini or dynamo lol

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[Vipera Berus]

My corn figured out how to escape from everyone's shoulders without noticing, I quite seriously suggest never taking your eyes off them. She figured out if she moved about in a certain pattern she could eventually after about 10-15 minutes climb off who evers shoulders it was and go and hide, suffice to say nobody noticed. It got to the point that over 6 years after she died and I still haven't broken the habit of checking every 10-15minutes for her when at home.

[AbsoluteApril]

Corns are notorious escape artists, especially the babies! Lucky you found him/her twice now. Houdini is good choice for a name hahah!
I started out keeping mainly keeping corns (only have 2 now), they are great snakes and pretty easy to care for. I'll never forgive myself for losing a baby snow motely though, got out and never was found. So be careful and they really can squeeze out of very small holes, they don't give up and will keep trying.

A great sexing graphic from one of the corn snake masters Bill and Kathy Love:
http://www.cornutopia.com/Corn%20Uto...%20CAPTION.jpg

Good luck with your new little one!