Care Sheet for Corn SnakesAverage Rating Given To This Care Sheet Is 0 (1=lowest, 5=highest) Last Updated: 03/12/2007 |
Main Category: | Snakes |
Sub Category: | Corn Snakes |
Care Sheet Submitted By: | Treada |
Years Experience: | 3 to 5 Years |
Species: | Corn snakes |
Other Species or Phases this Care Sheet May Cover: | n/a |
Sexing and Characteristics: | Sexing
well sexing a snake is not an easy or fun thing to do some of the techniques that we use are called "probing" or "popping"
u should not try this unless you have years of experience and have learned from an expert Popping can only be done on very young snakes and involves applying pressure on the vent in a way that the hemipenes will pop out. probing is usually used on more older snakes but can be used on Any age it deals with using a long stainless steal apparatus and inserting it into the vent AGAIN AND I STRESS THIS IS NOT FUN FOR YOUR SNAKE AND CAN CAUSE SOME SERIOUS PROBLEMS!! SO ONLY DO IT IF YOU HAVE EXPERIENCE OR YOU CAN GET A SPECIAL REPTILE VET TO DO IT the last method of sexing a corn snake is visually the male tends to be skinner then the females the males tail will be slightly longer and broader then the females and you may see larger bulges in the male due to the hemipenes just behind the vent
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Mostly Active During: | Night |
Substrate and Water Needs: | Water
I would change my water every other day sometimes once a day depending if they defecate in it or just make sure to check it every day to see if it soils
Substrate
Newspaper, paper towels but make sure if you use newspaper that you soak it in water the day before and let it dry so the ink doesn’t poison the snake if you are going for a more natural look in your tank i would go with ASPEN SNAKE BEDDING MADE BY ZOO MED i have been using it and it works great!! spot clean about once a week and clean the whole cage out once a month |
Lighting and UVB: | There is no special lights that you need to use but if you really feel that u want to it probably wouldn’t hurt as long as the lighting doesn’t make it to extra warm so make sure to use a small watt light bulb |
Temperatures and Humidity: | Humidity
40-60%
Temperature
i would say 75 is a comfortable temp. for corn snakes some hobbyist don’t even have heaters they just keep the house temp. 75 all the time the snakes live just as comfortable as any other snake that has heating supplements |
Heating and Equipment: | Heat rocks- NEVER EVER USE HEAT ROCKS THEY CAN CAUSE SEVERE BURNS ON THE SNAKE BEFORE THEY EVEN REALIZE IT
Heating pads and tape- i think these are the most use full of them all and the thing about tape that hobbyist find use full is that they can be used for a number of tanks at the same time |
Caging Provided: | When the snakes are hatching’s put them in a 10 gallon tank when they get a little older put them in a 20-30 gallon maybe even bigger like a 40-50 like they say "the bigger the better" |
Diet: | Carnivorous |
Description of Diet: | Hatchlings eat pinkies twice a week and fuzzies once a week when they get a bit older mice and sometimes when they get bigger( but not usually) a rat |
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Maintenance: | Size- 4 feet is average but sometimes getting as big as 6 feet but no bigger then that
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Some Words on this Species: | They are a tender loving species if you love them back!! |
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