I stumbled onto this forum.
Who would think to actually search "cornsnakesdotcom"? Oh well. I'm here and I am glad I found the site. I'm preparing to own my first snake. I imagine I'll find most of my answers by lurking around and searching, but nonetheless, I figured I'd join up and get involved.
Just as a quick introduction:
I have many years experience in keeping tropical fish (0 now), dogs (one German Shepherd presently), cats (0), lizards (kept and bred crested geckos for about three years - only gave them up because I moved coast to coast last year), and I'm also trying my hand at raising mostly good, honest, kids
I work and travel a bit and figure snakes would be the perfect pet for my ability, time, and meanwhile educational and fun for the kids, two of which are snake crazy at the time.
I live in Virginia now, and think there's little I need to do to create a good environment for cornsnakes - since they were locals here long before we were. The seasons, daily temps, and humidity are already in range.
I am still a few months or so away from being ready to get a snake, but so far I've got a 30 gal breeder tank(?) (36x12x18), wire mesh cover, heat lamp, thermometers, humidistats, various decorations and climbing sticks, overhead flor. light.
I still need to decide on heat lamp or under tank head pad (or both - maybe it's the lizard-keeper background, but I think of reptiles as basking), substrate (planning on aspen shaving), thermostat options (planning on UTH with rheostat), and good options for water and hides.
I plan on having the tank ready and tuned up before getting a new snake, but some advice seems to say to start a baby in a smaller enclosure. It would be more work to start small and resize, seems to me.
Well, that's the start of my snake adventure.
Cheers to everyone!
Who would think to actually search "cornsnakesdotcom"? Oh well. I'm here and I am glad I found the site. I'm preparing to own my first snake. I imagine I'll find most of my answers by lurking around and searching, but nonetheless, I figured I'd join up and get involved.
Just as a quick introduction:
I have many years experience in keeping tropical fish (0 now), dogs (one German Shepherd presently), cats (0), lizards (kept and bred crested geckos for about three years - only gave them up because I moved coast to coast last year), and I'm also trying my hand at raising mostly good, honest, kids
I work and travel a bit and figure snakes would be the perfect pet for my ability, time, and meanwhile educational and fun for the kids, two of which are snake crazy at the time.
I live in Virginia now, and think there's little I need to do to create a good environment for cornsnakes - since they were locals here long before we were. The seasons, daily temps, and humidity are already in range.
I am still a few months or so away from being ready to get a snake, but so far I've got a 30 gal breeder tank(?) (36x12x18), wire mesh cover, heat lamp, thermometers, humidistats, various decorations and climbing sticks, overhead flor. light.
I still need to decide on heat lamp or under tank head pad (or both - maybe it's the lizard-keeper background, but I think of reptiles as basking), substrate (planning on aspen shaving), thermostat options (planning on UTH with rheostat), and good options for water and hides.
I plan on having the tank ready and tuned up before getting a new snake, but some advice seems to say to start a baby in a smaller enclosure. It would be more work to start small and resize, seems to me.
Well, that's the start of my snake adventure.
Cheers to everyone!