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First corn: hatchling or yearling?

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jgpippin

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I'm buying my first corn. Well, my first real snake at all, I guess (I have a ribbon snake).

I'd simply assumed I'd buy a hatchling - just as I bought a kitten, or a baby parakeet in the past - but I'm wondering if that's the best choice for a first-timer. Is it better to buy a yearling? Easier to take care of or anything?
 
there are lots of ideas and views on this. The hatchlings are hard to take care of because they are very picky sometimes. They may not feed all the time, and they can be jumpy and snappy.

A yearling on the other hand has been around a year, and has been feeding (obviously). Yearlings tend to be mellow and not as finicky as hatchlings.

I have bought both...my first 2 corns were about 3 months old when I got them, and they are now 3 years old. The next corn that I bought, I bought as a yearling. I have 7 other corns right now, 6 hatchlings, and one yearling, that I have raised from eggs. the Hatchlings will be 3 months old October 9.

The decision is really up to you as to what you want to get. A hatchling requires a little more work and a lot more patients than a yearling.
 
Felix the snake said:
But you do get to see it grow up more...
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This is true...Thus I said that it is ultimately the decision of the owner as to which they choose. If it were me, I would take the hatchling.
 
Felix the snake said:
But you do get to see it grow up more...
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Unless it stops eating or is a poor feeder or escapes and is never heard from again. ;)

Adults and yearlings are already past all that hard stuff.
 
i had a hatchling for a few weeks, never bit me, and always ate....so i guess it really depends on the snake. but ont he other hand, i never had any other one before, so they may be a difference....
 
I have learned that all snakes have an individual personality. out of the 6 hatchlings I have, they all ate right out of the egg. 2 out of three will eat during blue phase, and 1 of them tries to snap my finger off every time I come close to her viv. So, it depends on the snake, the owners thoughts, and how much work you want to put into it. Also, you have to weigh the fact that, like CAV said, you might lose the snake. Whether it doesnt' eat and dies, or escapes and never comes back.
 
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