Handling New Corns?

[Alicia Marie]

Hey everyone. This saturday I got my first corn snakes . My question is, how long do you have to wait to handle them? The breeder recommended waiting until thursday, which is their schedualed feeding day. I know some people say 2-3 days. . . any opinions? I'm getting impatient, but I'll do what's right. I just wish I could hold them .

[Alicia Marie]

anyone????

[Shaun J]

Hey everyone. This saturday I got my first corn snakes . My question is, how long do you have to wait to handle them? The breeder recommended waiting until thursday, which is their schedualed feeding day. I know some people say 2-3 days. . . any opinions? I'm getting impatient, but I'll do what's right. I just wish I could hold them .

A full week.

Do not feed them on thursday. Wait until your no-handling week is over to feed them

[recycling goddess]

i've fed during my no handling week if that's their normal feeding day... but remember don't handle them on feeding day or for another 48 hours afterwards (this is forever... not just the first week )

congrats... what kinda corn did ya get and where are the pics?

[Alicia Marie]

And my turtle squishey



He's a HUGE suck. lol

[Shaun J]

I recommend getting each corn their own enclosure...
snakes don't need and don't benefit from company..

You should definately seperate them. No good ever comes out of keeping two snakes together.

-If one poos, and it's runny, how are you going to know who did it?

-Even though it isn't something that happens much, the bigger one could eat the smaller one.

-Stress. Ball pythons get stressed from being housed together and will either compete for a spot, or compete for heat.

same applies to corns

[Alicia Marie]

they will only be together for two weeks at the most. their other enclosures are under construction still. Hopefully i'll get them done this week.

[Shaun J]

they will only be together for two weeks at the most. their other enclosures are under construction still. Hopefully i'll get them done this week.

OK, just wanted to clarify

[Alicia Marie]

OK, just wanted to clarify

Thanks for the concern though. . . that's why I love this forum. . .

[Smynx]

As a word of warning, baby corns aren't easy to handle. They're usually pretty flighty and like to squirm and try to jump away from you. I would be too if I were that tiny. Once they grow a little they'll calm down. My 2 year olds are a docile as anything now. I just purchased a few new ones, and I'll only handle them to transfer them from one container to another during feeding and cleaning. I don't see any sense in stressing them out. When they're a little bigger and not so insecure, I'll handle them more.