in my own expireince corn snakes are smaller and thinner, which means that they move faster than a ball python would. It depends on what age and size you want to get the corn. I recommend the ball python to anybody, i trust my snakes more than i trust some people. Ball pythons have great patters and amazing attitudes. That just my opinion on the matter, maybe someone that has a corn would like to give u the other side of the story.....