Normal corn behavior

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Thank you both for your replies & I apologize for not being more specific!
I guess this is all just a bit confusing to me after researching bps for months and months and them being so sensitive
So they hide when they're stressed? They still use the hides for other reasons sometimes, right? Do they ever go on hunger strikes like bps or is it always stress/bad husbandry that causes them to stop eating?
Sorry for all the questions, I feel really dumb all of the sudden. Also, love the term snarents, that one made me laugh out loud haha

If you can get along with a ball python, you'll find corn snakes quite easy. A world apart...they do NOT go on hunger strikes ever, unless genuinely ill, though many
will refuse food in shed also. I avoid feeding snakes that are in blue. They happily eat f/t mice of appropriate size, & no, you don't have to warm them, just thaw.

In the wild they would brumate thru winter, but given reasonable temperatures in your house [& by extension, in their cages] they eat ALL winter, happily. The only
reason to cool them in winter would be for fertility to breed, & since their immune system functions very little if at all when they're cold, it's a health risk to avoid if
you aren't breeding them. IF your house is kept cooler than 70*, like if you lower the temps. at night only, a corn snake probably won't care either as long as the day
temperatures are where they should be (70-72* ambient plus UTH about 85*).

They do great with plenty of fresh air in their cage, & since the ambient temps in our houses are comfortable for them, this works out great. As I've said before, my
home heat is set to 70* in winter & summer a/c is set to come on at 80*. I use only UTH heat for corns & ONLY in one corner of their tank for them to use as needed.
A small overhead warming light can also be used over their branches during the day- it's optional & too much heat will repel them...these are NOT BPs. In the summer
it's really hot & humid here & I turn off their UTH at that time. They stay healthy much easier than BPs...they are not prone to RI for example.

Corn snakes use hides to sleep in, & like many other snakes, they often cannot resist peeking out. NO snake ever wants to miss a meal going by, lol. Have I mentioned
that they're adorable...? And so are most rat snakes...easy like corn snakes, good to handle & they don't stress out & refuse food because you handled them. They are
nosy & personable pets, with easier care than BPs. Corn & other rat snakes typically live to upper teens or early 20's.

One difference is that they don't have heat-sensing pits. And they are NOT "ambush-predators" like BPs, they ACTIVELY go after motion, so if you want, you can dangle
their f/t mouse from tongs & they'll chase it across their cage before you let them catch it. And you can communicate with rat/corn snakes that you aren't food: a
snake in it's cage seeing motion may start to chase it, even if it's you! but all you need to do is blow some air across your hand thru the screen for them to sniff...they'll
recognize your scent & back off. Easy. One of my Florida rat snakes was in her branches today when I went by...my motion made her do a double-take ("food?") until
I gave her my scent, ("yuk, not rodent!"), and then she caught sight of my dog walking by... (ever the optimist, LOL!) They were all fed a week ago, & for adults, I feed
them about every 2 weeks. Don't over-feed them...UNLIKE BPs, they'll always act hungry...much like a boa would. Hatchlings feed weekly at least, & gradually lengthen
time between feedings as their prey gets bigger & takes longer to digest.

Anything else?