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i want to house my corn in a verey big tank

mr.hargrave

mr.hargrave

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i was wondering if it whould be ok to change my corns home To a bigger one i have read that corn's can get stresed in big tanks but my corn is all ways trying to get out and i whould have thort a bigger tank he whould like because he can have more room...is that ok? (my corn is 5 months old)
 
I'm a great advocate of tanks as big as you can afford and fit in your home.

Rule One is that it needs to be escape-proof for the size of snake you're putting in it. Might seem obvious, but small Corns have escaped by squeezing between the overlap in sliding glass doors of larger vivs. Scary!

The other thing is to make sure you have lots of hides and ground cover so they can move between warm and cool temperature zones without being seen. Plastic foliage makes great washable ground cover.

Apart from that - go nuts!

BTW, it probably won't stop the "trying to escape" behaviour, but it'll give him more options to explore! I tend to think of this as their natural hunting behaviour rather than looking for an escape route. They don't need to do it in captivity (they don't know we plan to feed them regularly) but it's just an instinct for them.
 
Hallo,

the "being stressed by a big viv"-thing is related to hatchlings. Some say, they can be scared by too much space and stop eating. But I know some people who put a 25cm hatchling in an up to 120 x 60 x 120 centimeter viv (about 4 x 2 x 4 ft) with no problems at all. The only concern is, as bitsy pointed out, to get it 100% escape-proof. And with a very small snake to find it:rolleyes:.

Apart from that, there is no "too big" from the snake's point of view. In the wild there would be no walls at all. And with a big viv, the temperature gradient is easier to provide. AND you have more room to decorate.
I posted this link before. German site, but maybe the pictures get you some ideas:
http://kornnatter.de/Gallery-cat-2.html

Greetings,
marike
 
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