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Reggie the corn snake, who I've had since November, has taken up an odd habit. After spending most of his time in his hides, recently he has been out of them most of the time I enter the room (I always come in late evenings). Then lately each time I come in his hides are flipped over! Granted...

Maybe this is just normal snake behavior, but it's a little bit of a downer. My snake clearly dislikes my presence. She flees the sight of me every time I come into the room and she's not in her hide. I handle her most days, but she cowers as I go to pick her up, often covering her eyes with...

I bought my corn snake about a month ago. He just had his 3rd feeding. The first time I fed him, he gave the F/T mouse a nice wrap up, and held tight for a good minute before eating him. I noticed on the 2nd feeding that his constriction was kind of half-hearted, he kind of barely wrapped the...

So I've been handling my new corn snake every day (except after feeding) to try to acclimate him to handling. I guess I got a little overconfident with his ability to navigate my arm without assistance, as last night he was maneuvering on my arm and fell to the floor. I'm 6' tall and he fell...

So my new corn's eyes grew cloudy 4-5 days ago, grew progressively cloudier until Saturday, then cleared up again. Today the eyes are very clear and the skin looks quite bright. Does this mean we're close to shed time?

Every time I look for my snake, he's in the cool hide. Does this mean I should probably bring the temp of the room down? I've been holding room temp at 74, but with the heater inside the viv, I'm wondering if the cool side might be a bit warm? I have the warm side set to 85, and it wanders...

Last time I was interested in snakes (a long time ago), I lived in FL. Finding snakes there was so easy. Go find some water, and you could probably find a snake within 20 minutes of just looking around on the ground. I live in CA now, am back into snakes, and have started taking some walks...

I'm going to an expo this Saturday, and I plan on getting a corn snake that will be for me and my two young sons, who are only 5 and 7. While they are both interested and fascinated by the snakes we've seen and held so far, they are both still a little skittish around them and want a lot of...

My cage will be in a pretty well controlled temperature environment. I keep temp pretty consistent year round. Is there a reason to prefer a rheostat or a thermostat for controlling my UTH? My initial thought is that although a thermostat is more "advanced" in some ways, by actively...

If I'm not breeding, is there any reason to have a preference for a male or a female corn snake? I read the males grow a little bigger, so that is one thing to think about. Do they exhibit pretty much the same behavior?

I am getting ready to get my 2nd snake. My first snake was a garter snake when I was probably 8 years old. It died after having feeding problems from the day I got it. Felt guilty about that ever since, since I probably didn't care for him properly. This was well before the internet, about...