Ahh, cute little babies! I love raising babys. Though I don't have any corns right now. I do have snakes and other reptiles right now.....this second ratsnakes (8 or 9), a black kingsnake, couple three milksnakes, hognosed pair, four boas, childrens' pythons, blood, couple of solomon island ground boa, jungle carpet pythons,and a chondro. But hey, I am going to the Hamburg show this Saturday....
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I have to say, I'm liking this little guy (I want another one XD). We did offer a pinkie today (since it's feeding day for my housemate's snakes). No fears about him not eating, he was on that thing in a second....
he's also warmed up more to people being around. He's come out of his hide holes to check things out now, rather than hiding whenever someone walked near the tank. This afternoon when I got him out to go into the feeding tank he didn't nip at all and was visibly more relaxed in my hands. I just can't wait until he's a little bigger, I'm paranoid I'm going to break him he's so tiny!
Good for you. And I have to say I can't think of a mean cornsnake...not in the last 20 yrs anyway. Being nippy is just defense for a baby when everything is bigger than them. You are scary! With very little work they tame down.
And, like potato chips.....they are addictive. I think right now I am down below 30 snakes for the first time in ten years. But then too I am planning on pairing off and breeding several this year.
Do you know what his parents were...colorwise? He looked hypomelanistic (limited or no black) but hard to say from that pict. If his markings vary it could be an aberrant...fancy for a tweak in his patterning.
I've had dozens of Corn, Rat and King snakes, etc over the years and never had a problem keeping them at room temp.
Never messed with the exotics because I always caught my own.
I've only incubated one brood of (Prairie King Snake) eggs so that was a need for temp control. Easy enough because I had a photo dark room at the time and easily kept control of the heat in that room.
As for feeding, I would suggest using a pair of tongs to handle the food. Not that the snake is aggressive but they can get snappy when food is scented and easily mistake hand movement if its holding the mouse/rat/etc.
I never really learned that lesson myself. OUCH!
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