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My corn is quite the climber

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LittlePrince

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I have read that corns usually are more of a ground dwelling type of snake and they don't spend much time hanging out in branches. I'm wondering just how accurate that is because my snake seems to be the total opposite. I think my snake thinks it is an arboreal snake because it spends the majority of it's time climbing around in the branches. Is your corn a climber, too?
 
How old is your snake? Ususally its a stage in the corn snakes life when they think they're arboreal. My snake use to do that. He'll grow out of it. ;)
 
They love to climb! They also love to burrow and many of them curl up in their hides and you'll only see them at dusk/dawn if you're lucky. You never quite know what you'll end up with with corns :)

Yours is totally normal and active. Enjoy it - before he gets so big the only thing he can climb is a giant branch from a local oak tree :/
 
Corns may be ground-dwelling types, but if you look at the ground from a snake's POV you will look at it much differently. The ground slopes up and down. Low-growing plants, rocks, sticks, tree roots and various formations jut out of it. It is pocketed by holes and furrows. A corn snake must adapt to travelling under and over variable terrain in the wild, so to some extent they need to climb! What if you were a corn snake and there was a fallen tree in your way? I think this is part of what makes corns so fun to watch and keep in captivity. They're good at exploring and navigating almost anything you present them with.
 
Thanks for the comments! My snake is still a baby. Fluffy is just a few months old. The branches that I have in the tank are of various sizes but the largest one is about 1.5" around so should be able to handle Fluffy's weight for a long time. There's plenty of branches that I can scavenge for to upgrade as Fluffy gets bigger because there are tons of trees on my street. (of course I bleach the branches before putting them in the tank.) I hope that Fluffy remains a climber because I originally really wanted an arboreal snake but I got a really good deal ($15) on my baby corn snake and for my first snake I figured a corn would be the easiest to take care of. I can't wait until Fluffy is big enough to go on outdoor trips without me worrying about him/her zooming away from me.
 
Corns are excellent beginner snakes :) and it sounds like you got a bargain!

Definitely a good idea to wait until s/he's older and less skittish before you risk a trip outside!

Stick to fruit trees, bake or bleach thoroughly (remember to rinse even more thoroughly if you bleach!) and you'll be ok with most fruit trees. Enjoy :)
 
After moving from a log hide, our one corn goes up to the top of a tree plant that is attached to the side of his viv and coils up on the top of the leaves; he/she does this every night. I always joke that he's confusing himself with some kind of tree snake.

Although too, after we notice him move up to the top of this one leafy thing, usually around 8 or 9 PM, we'll take him out from that spot and handle him. He seems to really enjoy that; perhaps his sign to us that he's ready to come out - keeps moving to the top of the tree thing?
 
My corn and king also start climbing or perching up high in their vivs when they want to come out. If I see them in their vines I just open the lid and they climb up onto me.
 
I've been handling my snake mostly when I see it in the branches so I'm hoping that it will get the idea that going in the branches means it will get handled.
 
One of mine will not stay on the ground at all. He is constantly at the highest point in the vines I have in the viv. After handling? Straight up to the top of the vine. After feeding? Straight up to the top of the vine. After holding him and letting him drink? Straight up to the top of the vine.

I have yet to find him in a hide or buried in apsen. Yes, the temps are fine at 72 cold and 86 hot.
 
My first corn, Sylvara climbs all the time. I don't have very many pictures of her where she isn't in her vines. My newest addition on the other hand stays in her hide most of the time. But I think that's just because she is still a baby even though Sylvara was climbing as a baby. I need to actually get her some new vines or something to fix them to the walls of her viv so they don't fall down now that she is getting so big.

On the other hand my Cali kingsnake tries to climb in order to get out, but he isn't very good at it. He falls off the branch I have for him all the time. I believe this is due to the fact he has a smooth belly where the corns have better gripping belly scales. When they cling to me I can feel them, it feels like finger nails or something.
 
I bought vines because mine was spending so much time at the top of her viv. Figured I would give her something interesting to climb on. Multiple times I was peeking under hides to try to spot her not noticing I should look higher.
 
i heard boil it in bleach water and wash off thoroughly , but i like the baking idea better cause an over is bigger than a pot...
 
I think combining bleach and cooking is not a great idea, bleach is not something to mess with. Just let the branch soak in diluted bleach, rinse and let it dry outside.
 
How about just throwing it in the swimmimg pool for a day or so as long as the cholrine level in the pool is up there it should kill anything on it :punch: Good maybe not so good!
 
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