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First week with my snake

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Thought I would make a post about my first week with Typhon and make sure that I am doing everything that I need to and that he has been acting as he should.

I got him last week at the Cin city reptile show in Cincinnati, once home I put him in his cage, he crawled under some silk leaves I put in his enclosure and sat on the warm side of them, which was the only place I had seen him all week.

Last night I handled him for around 5 minutes, and he seemed pretty calm and just generally curious the whole time. When he stopped slinking around my hand and started trying to climb onto my desk I figured he was done being held so I put him back in his cage.

Today I took a pinky out of the freezer and thawed in it some warm water for two hours and then I warmed it with a hair dryer. I put Typhon in the cup he came in and dangled the pinky in front of him, and after flicking it with his tongue a few times he grabbed it. While he was eating, I rearranged his cage so that I could fit in a second hide I bought for him, and when he finished I let him back into his cage, where he explored around for a bit, checked out the new hide, then slinked back under the leaves he stayed in over the week.
 
Sounds like everything is going to plan :)

Presuming its a Corn snake as its a Corn snake forum but initially thought it was a python ( rhyming with Typhon )
 
It is a corn snake, but I just realized that if you switch the T and P in Typhon you get python, huh.

Good to hear that everything is typical and that I am at least a decent snake owner :)
 
Only one thing I've done different when handling my corn, and I don't know if it actually makes a difference. I never put him back while he is looking to get away from me. I always wait until he settles down, the reasoning being that I figure he won't get in the habit of getting over active when he doesn't want to be held.
 
Cane said:
Only one thing I've done different when handling my corn, and I don't know if it actually makes a difference. I never put him back while he is looking to get away from me. I always wait until he settles down, the reasoning being that I figure he won't get in the habit of getting over active when he doesn't want to be held.
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Noted. I will probably take this advice when I handle him in the future. Thanks!
 
Also generally speaking they are more docile / lethargic during the day ....many come to life in the evenings ;)
 
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