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Tide13NC

Tide13NC

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I am new to site and corn snakes, I have bearded dragons and had a garter snake but always wanted a corn. Today I got a corn, advice at pet shop stunck. My question is water and food. When putting water in bowl is it ok to use regular tap water? Also is there any other foods for corns other then pinkies or mice as they grow? What is the best bedding? Snake is a classical red corn snake. Thanks, HEATH:laugh01:
 
Rodents are the perfect cornsnake food. If you don't like feeding mice, once your snake is larger you can feed very small rats, but apparently they are high in fat so not necessarily optimal. Gerbils, hamsters & ASFs would also be OK I think. And if you wanted to keep a colony of Paramyscus (wood mouse) they could eat them, but I wouldn't capture mice & feed them as there is too much risk of parasites & diseases. My adult corns like a chick as a change of pace. All of that said, your snake can live for 20 years eating nothing but appropriately sized mice.

I use tap water. Other people use bottled water because of concerns about chemicals in the water supply, fo YMMV.
 
My advice is to seek out everything that Nanci has ever written on the forums. Then you will truly know what's best for your corn snake. Nanci takes no chances when it comes to the health of her snakes.

Congrats on getting a corn.
 
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