Other pets (pics and discussions)

[guidofatherof5]

Very beautiful. Love the colors.
Next month I'll be picking up my first corn snakes.
An Okeetee and Anery.

[jitami]

Thanks Steve. All I've gathered as far as his coloring is that he's a nice bright normal. Heating has been a bit of a learning curve as belly heat is the only thing that is important. A heat pad on one side of the tank on a rheostat/dimmer so that the glass right over the UTH is about 85 is what is recommended. Totally ignore ambient air temp. Of course, they're not diurnal, so don't appreciate a basking spot and heat lamps lower the humidity too much. That said, he came with a tiny UTH and both a night and day heat lamp and seemed to do fine with those in his previous home. I'm going with what's recommended and hubby's on a rheostat finding mission as we speak Since he constricts, he is fun to hold, but we don't see him much unless I dig him out of the carefresh to handle him. He's still settling in, so I've only done that once. I'm sure your kids will really enjoy handling your new corns, though

[Charis]

He is very pretty! Looks to me like either a light normal or maybe a hypo. Steve, I love anerys, you'll have to be sure to post pics when you get them.

[jitami]

Thanks Charis

[Snakeknot]

I have 2 corns myself, an adult and a hatchling, both amels. I also have 2 Kenyan sand boas. Francesca, my female, was my first snake. She has one experience with reptile outreach and education and did great. It was a wonderful experience for both of us. I can't wait to do it again. Draco my big amel, also has a a great disposition for it but I have yet to test him in this.

Let's see if my compute is in a good mood and lets me load these.

Devon

[jitami]

Very nice, Devon! I was kind of hoping this guy would be amel, but they're all pretty He was a rescue of sorts. One of my husband's co-worker's 20 something year old kid wasn't taking care of it anymore and dad wanted it(and the kid) out of the house. Hubby opened his mouth and mentioned that I like snakes and presto, we have a corn snake We didn't know what color, size, anything before it actually got here. After making sure the temps were good the last couple of days I just gave him his first meal with us which he readily took

[ConcinusMan]

I have 2 corns myself, an adult and a hatchling, both amels. I also have 2 Kenyan sand boas. Francesca, my female, was my first snake. She has one experience with reptile outreach and education and did great. It was a wonderful experience for both of us. I can't wait to do it again. Draco my big amel, also has a a great disposition for it but I have yet to test him in this.

Let's see if my compute is in a good mood and lets me load these.

Devon

Oooooh, awesome boa!

[Snakeknot]

Sand boas are so cool! If you can get over the fact that they hide CONSTANTLY! You might see their head peeking out and that's it. My hubby swears I have 2 empty tanks, except when I go to feed them! He keeps calling them my giant earthworms!

Devon

[ConcinusMan]

That's funny. I know what you mean about seeming to have empty tanks. Sometimes I don't see Jewels (4 foot female pueblan milk snake) for days on end. But when she does come out, everybody is like "WOW, pretty snake" and Amy is so small, she's easy to overlook. Got a 20 gallon ready for a pair of young adult concinnus though. They should be quite visible most of the time.

[Snakeknot]

I'm also a member of the corn snakes forum. I forget how many new members get a baby corn snake and moan that they hide all the time. Its a baby snake. EVERYTHING eats baby snakes! Of course they will hide all the time! With sand boas, its just normal. They're ambush hunters and that's the way they hunt. My adult corn, however, is at a different stage in his life and actively cruises his tank on a regular basis. ( I think he's also looking for love! ;-) I remember when I was getting the home visit to adopt my greyhound and Draco decided to cruise his tank in full view of my guest. She asked how many snakes I had in that tank. When I said just one, her jaw dropped. Luckily she wasn't the squeamish kind so I brought out Draco and Fran the sand boa. She held them and was really impressed with how shiny and warm they were. So I made a snake friend there.

But to anyone getting a baby corn snake, THEY HIDE ALOT! They also LOVE old paper towel rolls as hides.

Devon