2nd snake: Woma or Western Hognose?

[TattedLass253]

Nice second snake

I love Corn snakes , one of my oldies is an Amel Stripe Corn - perfect in every way

Nice!

She scared the crap out of me earlier. I noticed she borrowed pretty quickly after I put her in her cage. About six hours later when I went to bed I checked on her, and she hadn't moved an inch. I touched the top of her head that was peeking out and she didn't flinch - my BP would have jerked his head away. I felt her body and it felt kind of cold, because she's been on the cool side. I thought she was dead until she flicked her tongue. Is that normal behavior for corns? I'm guessing she's just anxious.

[Craiga 01453]

Corns are a lot of fun. Definitely very different from BPs.

Yes, they will burrow, especially when acclimating to a new environment. Mine burrow occasionally, but not as often as they used to.

Enjoy your new corn snake, definitely different from a hoggie or a Woma, but a great snake. I love my corns.

[cchardwick]

Not sure I'd get anything venomous, even mild rear fanged with a toddler in the house. If anything happened someone could cry child abuse and you could get into a lot of trouble, especially from people that really don't know snakes (and fear snakes) and find out you have a venomous snake in the house with a toddler.

I had an older woma male that was very difficult to get to eat. I eventually sold him, but I do remember that he seemed pretty high maintenance. I.e. all my other snakes are content to sit in the tub, but the woma would pace the front window wanting to come out to play. He loved being handled. I sold him because I just didn't have the time to spend with him, I sold him to a family with kids. Out of my 20 snakes I have one other one that loves to be out and to be held, my Banana King snake. He is a super aggressive eater but would never try to bite me, I think he is my coolest snake.

Good job on getting the corn snake!

[Craiga 01453]

Not sure I'd get anything venomous, even mild rear fanged with a toddler in the house. If anything happened someone could cry child abuse and you could get into a lot of trouble, especially from people that really don't know snakes (and fear snakes) and find out you have a venomous snake in the house with a toddler.

I had an older woma male that was very difficult to get to eat. I eventually sold him, but I do remember that he seemed pretty high maintenance. I.e. all my other snakes are content to sit in the tub, but the woma would pace the front window wanting to come out to play. He loved being handled. I sold him because I just didn't have the time to spend with him, I sold him to a family with kids. Out of my 20 snakes I have one other one that loves to be out and to be held, my Banana King snake. He is a super aggressive eater but would never try to bite me, I think he is my coolest snake.

Good job on getting the corn snake!

My Kingsnake is by far the most "personable" snake I've ever encountered. He's got a fantastic personality, much more sociable than any of my other snakes and pretty much any snake I've ever encountered. And yeah, heck of an aggressive eater, but sweet as can be otherwise (unless he's in shed, then he's a jerk, hahahaha).
I would get another King in a heartbeat, but I wouldn't want to get another juvenile. Just too small and flighty for my personal tastes at this point.

[TattedLass253]

It's not so much the burrowing I was questioning, it's the behavior that seems weird. This morning she is still in just about the same place?

[Zincubus]

Maybe just going into shed ?

I haven't read all through the thread though ..

[Kcl]

It's not so much the burrowing I was questioning, it's the behavior that seems weird. This morning she is still in just about the same place?

My garters at least have picked up the habit of not moving some of the time when I touch them. They don't bother to move for a minute or two while I pet them since they've decided they don't really care I guess - freaks me out every time. But equally often they're all the way across the tank before my hand gets anywhere near them and more often than either of those, they're busily checking if I have food. I don't know that the behavior is normal for your corn snake, but it's at least definitely possible for colubrids that are acclimated to humans. She might have thought that she was well enough hidden and was just fine with where she was. They don't have the head shyness that ball pythons do.

[enginee837]

A lot of snake behavior will make more sense if you look at the instincts at play. Look at where your species comes from, what they eat, how they hunt and what eats them. These things may give more insight to your snakes behavior.

[TattedLass253]

She snapped out of whatever mood she was in and is much more active now. I know the person who had her temporarily from the rescue didn't feed her so I'm going to offer her a mouse and see what happens.

[TattedLass253]

Here she is.


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