After three or four successful meals, start handling your corn snake for short periods, except for the first two to three days after a meal. It is important to give a new corn snake a few weeks to settle into its new home and into a regular feeding routine before stressing it with unnecessary handling. A white mouse or a cat that plays too roughly with its owner can do far more damage than even the largest corn snake. Although it is normal for baby corn snakes to flee, hide or defend themselves, it is also true that they have no real ability to harm you. Fearless babies were eaten quickly long ago and never passed their genes onto future generations. Hatchling corn snakes are naturally nervous and defensive. Feed baby corn snakes once every five to seven days, and feed adult corn snakes once every seven to 10 days.
CARAMEL TESSERA CORN SNAKE SKIN
Cuts made into the skin of a thawed mouse ensure faster and more complete digestion. Be sure the lid is on tightly, and don’t put it near a heat source, or you risk overheating the snake. Placing your corn snake and a thawed mouse in an empty container with a few air holes and closing the lid will help the snake concentrate on the food, and encourage it to eat. It usually won’t take many times to train them to take thawed mice. Be prepared to offer a live newborn mouse to baby corn snakes stressed by a new home or not used to thawed mice yet. Most corn snakes learn to eat previously frozen, but fully thawed out, mice.
Increase to a jumbo mouse for a large adult corn snake. Do not offer crickets because corn snakes don’t recognize them as food. Adult corn snakes may eat birds or their eggs. Some baby corn snakes also eat lizards or an occasional frog. The primary natural food of corn snakes is appropriately sized rodents. Avoid sand because it may cause impactions if ingested. Newspaper and reptile carpet also suffice, but the corn snake tends to get under it whenever possible. Cypress mulch also works, but avoid aromatic woods such as pine or cedar. Most breeders use aspen shavings as bedding because it is absorbent, soft and holds its shape when snakes burrow. Remove this damp filler in between sheds to avoid buildup of bacteria, mold, etc. If the corn snake sheds its skin in pieces, increase humidity inside the hide box by adding a clump of damp moss or paper towel whenever the snake prepares to shed. Misting the enclosure often causes fungus and mold. Temperatures can vary quite a bit within just a few inches, so thermometer and hide box placement is important. Be sure to check the temperature inside the warm end of the hide - not on the glass. One long, skinny hide, such as a hollow log or PVC pipe, can be placed so one end of the hide is cool and one end is warm. On the warm end 85 degrees Fahrenheit is perfect, and room temperatures (low 70s) are fine for the cool end. Provide a temperature gradient with a light, or undertank heat pad or cable. Be careful to avoid direct sunlight shining into the cage, or the temperatures could quickly become lethal.
CARAMEL TESSERA CORN SNAKE WINDOWS
No special lighting is required, but natural light from nearby windows will help your corn snake adjust its day and night cycles, and its seasonal cycles. Snake habitat products like climbing branches may be appreciated, but a couple of dark, tight reptile hides are essential to help the snake feel secure. All snakes are escape artists, so make sure the cage is absolutely escape proof. Snakes are not social animals, so cagemates are quite stressful.
Adult corn snakes need a cage at least the size of a 20-gallon long reptile terrarium, but bigger is even better. Although wild-caught specimens usually adapt as pets, captive-bred corn snakes are highly recommended because of the beautiful color and pattern morphs available the greater likelihood of getting a healthy, parasite-free snake and the details about age, history and parentage that may accompany them.īaby corn snakes can easily live in a plastic vivarium the size of a large shoebox for the first several months of their lives.
Corn Snake AvailabilityĬorn snakes are readily available at pet shops, reptile expos, online reptile shops and directly from breeders. Easy to breed and care for with an endless array of genetic traits, corn snakes offer something for the newest snakekeeper, yet they also challenge those with years of experience. The size of mature corn snakes is just right: big and hardy enough to accept regular handling, yet not large enough to intimidate a novice or child. Their extremely variable and gorgeous colors and patterns, ease of care and breeding, and generally docile dispositions have earned corn snakes their rightful, premier place in herpetoculture. Corn Snake – Pantherophis guttatus ( Elaphe guttata)Ĭorn snakes are one of the most popular of all pet snakes and for good reason.
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