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Is it normal for corn snakes to stay hidden

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Jsandy

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I recently rescued an unwanted corn snake from a teen-age girl and her mother who both seemed terrified of her. I really didn't want or need a new pet but have never been one to see animals suffer. I never saw the conditions she was living in but was told that it had been 3-4 weeks since she had been fed and even longer since her living space had been cleaned. I don't have easy access to feeder mice so I tried to feed her small fish and frogs that I could catch where I live. I have now bought frozen pinkies and she has eaten 4 in a week. She is I. A 20 gallon tank and has a hide, sticks to climb, water dish, food dish, UTH and I am using coconut fiber strata but I never see her come out is this normal?
 
Totally normal. Corn snakes are crepuscular, meaning that they're active in the early morning and evening, but they spend most of the time hidden. Ironically, if you give her more hiding places, like fake vines on the floor of her enclosure, you'll most likely see her out more often.
 
Very much so. Young corn snakes will hide to feel safe. While there are a lot of other factors, remember that corns need more than one hide - one on the warm side of the vivarium and one on the cooler side is enough to start.
 
I handle her fairly often and when I do I move her hide it does not seem to matter where in the vivarium it is she is in it. Also I change her water daily and she don't seem to be drinking enough or at all and today while holding her I suspended her over the water and made sure she got a drink. Seemed like she was pretty thirsty.
 
Mine pretty much always drink when I hold them over their water. They really don't drink as much as a mammal and I very rarely ever see mine drinking on their own. I wouldn't be worried as long as she always has water, she'll find it when she needs it.
 
Thanks I will try to get her some other ways to hide. I wasn't too concerned about her drinking as she was not showing signs of dehydration which I found info on another site about.
 
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