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Amy85

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hi. Im about to get my first corn snake and would like a bit of advice. The corn snake im getting is 5 years old and belongs to one of my friends but she cant look after him anymore. I just want to know how i can help him settle in and get used to me as his new owner. He will still be in his old vivarium which might help him settle in but i want to make it as stress free as possible for him. Are there any rules on how long i should wait to feed him, handle him etc?
 
I would feed him once before much handling. But since he's an adult, and in his own viv, I'd just feed him on his next scheduled day. So I might arrange to move him two to three days before his next feeding.

Nanci
 
Try to handle him fairly frequently at your friend's house. The more comfortable he is with you there, the quicker he'll be comfortable with you at your place.

Find out the temperatures the your friend keeps for him. Try to emulate that. Find out your friend's feeding procedure and emulate that. In other words, try to replicate his current environment and schedule as much as you can. If there are things you think aren't right, you can surely change them, but over time, and after he's gotten used to you.

Congrats for adopting your new snake! Where's the pictures! ;-)
 
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Hopefully your more ready than your friend was. It's not like a dog or cat where you give it food and water and let it go for a couple days. Temps and Humidity required to be pretty precise. Don't mean to be harsh, I just think it's wrong for somebody to pawn their pets on somebody else cause they don't want to take care of it anymore.

GOOD LUCK.
 
I just think it's wrong for somebody to pawn their pets on somebody else cause they don't want to take care of it anymore.
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To be honest, I think I'd prefer it if an owner admits that they no longer have the time and interest, and passes the snake on to someone who does. It takes guts to admit when you've been wrong, hold your hand up and ask for help.

This way is a win-win-win. The original owner is relieved of a responsibility they can no longer handle (for whatever reason), the new owner gets a much-wanted snake, and the snake has a new home where the owner will be more attentive to its needs.

The alternative woulkd be for the original owner to keep quiet, possibly neglecting the snake, and the snake suffers.

People's circumstances and lives change - Corns are with us for up to 20 years, maybe more. When any of us buy a Corn, I'd lay money that none of us can be absolutely sure that we'll be able to look after it for its entire lifetime. Illness, job loss, family situations, growing responsibilities in other directions... There are a lot of variables that could affect our ability to care for our Corns in the future.
 
bitsy said:
To be honest, I think I'd prefer it if an owner admits that they no longer have the time and interest, and passes the snake on to someone who does. It takes guts to admit when you've been wrong, hold your hand up and ask for help.

This way is a win-win-win. The original owner is relieved of a responsibility they can no longer handle (for whatever reason), the new owner gets a much-wanted snake, and the snake has a new home where the owner will be more attentive to its needs.

The alternative woulkd be for the original owner to keep quiet, possibly neglecting the snake, and the snake suffers.

People's circumstances and lives change - Corns are with us for up to 20 years, maybe more. When any of us buy a Corn, I'd lay money that none of us can be absolutely sure that we'll be able to look after it for its entire lifetime. Illness, job loss, family situations, growing responsibilities in other directions... There are a lot of variables that could affect our ability to care for our Corns in the future.
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True, True i agree, I just hate to see it happen, but hopefully it's for the best.

Again GOOD LUCK
 
I agree with bitsy. None of us knows why or under what circumstances the original owner is no longer able to take care of the snake. I don't think it is fair to assume there was neglect or negative intentions in the activity. I also don't think it's fair to assume the worst of a pet owner because their situation has changed. I can fully understand that situations may cause necessary reductions to a collection. I have recently gone through a struggle where I, myself, was on the verge of getting rid of all but 2 of my snakes because the situation seemed to warrant it. I am far from neglectful in my care of my snakes, and it would have broken my heart to sell them to someone else. But I desperately needed some extra cash, and at the time...selling my snakes was the most reasonable option. I had a buyer willing to take the entire collection at a very generous price. Luckily...I got some "mannah from Heaven" in the form of an unexpected re-imbursement check from a long-past employer. It wasn't alot of money...but it gave me what I needed to keep the collection.

In my situation, there was nothing neglectful or unappreciative about it. I needed money, the snakes could have provided that money. I am one of the lucky few that got a gift when I needed it most, and things worked out. But a negative assumption about a pet owner is unfair...

As bitsy said...this is win-win-win. The original owner gets what they need, the new owner gets what they want, and the snake gets a loving and caring home. It works all the way around in my book...:cheers:
 
Congrats on your new pet :) get some pics up as soon as you can.

As said above, find out as much as you can about the current owners feeding pattern and everything, and try to copy it as best as you can, tweeking and improving where you think is necessary :)
 
CONGRATS hope you enjoy him and if you let my dog go for 3 days i dont know about you but there would be so much dog poop and pee it would not even be funny
 
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