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Couple questions

MrMarblz

MrMarblz

Newb Albino Okeetee Owner
I just got my first corn snake (hasn't been a month yet) and I have a couple of questions. I was told when I got it it was 2 months old (she's 15 inches).

1. I fed her when I first got her. Tried feeding her a week later but didn't eat. Then tried again a few days later and she still didn't eat. Then she shed. Then I fed her when she was mostly done shedding, about 2 and a half weeks after I first fed her. I've heard that you're supposed to feed every week or so... does this trend seem like 2 weeks are better for her or what? Thought I'd ask but it's probably to early to tell and I should still give her the option a week from when I fed her.

2. Is there an estimation when I should up the size of the mouse? I'm going to be leaving for college pretty soon and there's only one place in that college town that sells mice. And it sounds like they don't sell for the purpose of feeding snakes. When I asked if they sold certain sizes they didn't know what I was talking about. So I'd like to stock up here to be safe. Point is would I be safe for just getting fuzzies for the whole semester (till November or December) or am I gonna have to up it to a hopper before that? Remember she's almost 3 months old now (going from what I was told) and 15 inches.

3. I have a waterbowl for her but she doesn't go in at all - even during the shed or to go to the bathroom. Is this normal? I made sure it wasn't too big for her.

4. She started to shed more than a week ago, but the last about third of her hasn't lost that dead skin yet, she just looks wrinkley down there (shown in the pic below). Almost like she's having trouble losing that last part, should I be worried at all?

Apologies about the lengthy questions but I want to give all the relative info so I can have better answers :) Please get back to me thanks! I just want to take good care of her :)

Sidenote: I named her Yadi after the St. Louis Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina... you think that's a good name for her?
 

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1. She was probably just settling in. i'd try her every week/5 days as normal.

2. Usually, the mouse should be no bigger than the width of the head. If a few days after feeding you do not see a lump in your snake, then you should probably move up a size. As for stocking up on mice, can't help you, sorry.

3. Not all snakes like to spend their time basking in their water bowl. She may not wish to, or may start to later when she has settled in more. You'll just have to wait and see.

4. I would try to remove it. Drape a moist flannel/towel in your hands and allow the snake to run through it. Hopefully this will help it off. You could also try letting her 'Swim' for a while, see if that helps.

Hope I helped here, and good luck.
 
Take a moist paper towel and let her slither through it until it all comes off, and make sure her eye caps came off. Is dident eat for you those few times because she was in BLUE- before they shed their sight get worst and some wont est, you are giving her big meals but they are fine, but by december he could be on hoppers, so i would get some fuzzies and a few hoppers to stock up on, just in case. i tihnk the name is fine. You might want to look at the FAQ on this site! - http://www.cornsnakes.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=46
 
Paradox said:
1. She was probably just settling in. i'd try her every week/5 days as normal.

2. Usually, the mouse should be no bigger than the width of the head. If a few days after feeding you do not see a lump in your snake, then you should probably move up a size. As for stocking up on mice, can't help you, sorry.

3. Not all snakes like to spend their time basking in their water bowl. She may not wish to, or may start to later when she has settled in more. You'll just have to wait and see.

4. I would try to remove it. Drape a moist flannel/towel in your hands and allow the snake to run through it. Hopefully this will help it off. You could also try letting her 'Swim' for a while, see if that helps.

Hope I helped here, and good luck.
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You beat me to most of it, but i am not sure where you go your feeding info......:shrugs: If it can be 1-1.5 the times as large as the widest part of its body, not head, and i dont think you really do want to see a lump after 2 or 3 days, i think it is that after you feed you dont see one, or it is gone in 6-12 hours that you want to bummp it up.
 
1. I prefer feeding ever 4-5 days for young snakes. It looks like she refused to eat for you because of the shed, which many snakes wont eat during that time.

2. No one can really give you a good estimation of when she will need a bigger size. What you can do is order online in bulk (vacuum sealed) of the size you need now and of the next size up; you will always have that as an option instead of petstores. You can also feed multiple smaller items if nothing larger is available at the time.

3. Unless your watching her 24/7 you cant tell for sure if she isnt using it. Not all snakes will soak, but as long as shes active and healthy she's drinking.

4. What I do for bad sheds is soak them in water a little warmer then room temp in a small container with a lid. The water shouldnt go up over half of the snake. You can put a paper towel in there to give her something to be on, and keep the container somewhere warm. After 15-30 minutes if its not off you can gentlely take a towel or just your fingers and let her slither through it, when it gets to the stuck skin let it catch on the towel or your fingers and let her work her way out of it, dont actually pull it off because its hard to tell really how tightly its stuck. For the next shed right when you notice her going cloudy increase the humidity in the enclosure, either by adding a humid hide or decreasing the ventilation of the enclosure and misting it.
 
cornsnakekid92 said:
You beat me to most of it, but i am not sure where you go your feeding info......:shrugs: If it can be 1-1.5 the times as large as the widest part of its body, not head, and i dont think you really do want to see a lump after 2 or 3 days, i think it is that after you feed you dont see one, or it is gone in 6-12 hours that you want to bummp it up.
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You're right...I'm going to slip away now and blame lack of sleep... :grin01: Being serious, I'm going to re-read some of the old feeding threads. Maybe refresh my memory a bit...thanks for pointing it out.
 
Paradox said:
You're right...I'm going to slip away now and blame lack of sleep... :grin01: Being serious, I'm going to re-read some of the old feeding threads. Maybe refresh my memory a bit...thanks for pointing it out.
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I wasent saying anything bad against you, i just did not want someone feeding there snake too large of iteams and then they would get into a bad regurg cycle, we all make mistakes. :cheers:
 
I understood, sorry if I came across as offended or anything like that. And aye, I know mistakes well...unfortunatly not quite enough to avoid them :rolleyes:
 
Ok, then all this brings up something else.... I feed her fuzzies and I still see a bulge in her now (I fed her 3 days ago). She ate it fine and the fuzzy isn't more than 1.5 wider than she is. She didn't poop till today so... are fuzzies too big for a 3 month old corn?
 
The feeding bulge in your picture does look a little bit large to me, but if your snake digests it ok, carry on. A meal that big might not be gone in 3 days. Personally I give smaller meals more often at that age, but probably that's because I've had a snake regurge and take a long time to recover
 
Going by that picture I wouldnt go any bigger; they are a bit big for her but she sounds like she's handling it, so I would just be careful and make extra sure she gets peace and quiet for a few days after a meal. It definatly wouldnt hurt to go with something a little smaller though.
 
She doesn't regurge it or anything, she seems pretty comfortable with it. I just thing she might be too big for pinkies.
 
Also while I'm thinking about it... how deep is too deep as far as water goes in a waterbowl?
 
There's really no such thing as too deep as long as its a container the snake can get into; they are very good swimmers.
 
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