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New here with question

LilJack

LilJack

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Hello all, loads of information here and already helpfull but I still have some questions.
To start, a coworker of mine is a Herpetologist and is thinning out her stock at home. She is giving me and my son (11 yr's old) an adult corn, it is about to shed so she will give it to me afterwards. This corn is about 4 foot long and has a very good disposition. Eats live food and is use to being handled (as use as a snake can be anyway). I've had snakes before, the last being a bannana King and built a viv for that one. I plan to build one for the Corn as well but am curious about the feeding away from "home" deal. If you do that how long do you leave the snake in the feed tank after he ate before moving him again? I had a python a long time ago and learned real quick you do NOT touch her after she's eaten<g>
Also, if an adult snake is used to eating live food can it be switched to frozen? or am I stuck with banging mice on the side of the tank before feeding?
Thanks in advance
LilJack
 
About handling after meal - corns are more tolerant that pythons when it comes to this. Just do it gentle and I think everything will be fine.

About switching to frozen - depends on snake. Just try, but IMHO if snake is healthy and hungry, It will eat F/T prey. Corns aren't as picky eaters as other snakes ( my friend has Ball Python that eats only hamsters :shrugs: )
 
Moving after feeding: Anytime from when the lump hits the stomach, up to half an hour later. Depends on the individual. :) (Some you can pick them up as the mouse's tail is still hanging out of their mouth.)

Switching over from live: It's worth a shot. If it doesn't like a frozen/thawed mouse/rat just laying there dead, you can also try swinging it around a bit by the tail, and/or lightly (annoyingly) bouncing the mouse off the snake's neck and body. Some corns really go nuts for "flying mice." :) (Some people use tongs to hold the mouse, I just use the tail.)

You probably already know this, but if it absolutely won't take frozen, be sure to carefully monitor feeding. :) Any mouse or rat with its eyes open can inflict serious (or fatal) wounds on a snake.

Be sure to post pics when you get a chance! :D
 
Thanks for the info, I'll give frozen a try and see what happens.
I'll post pics soon as I can, will be another week before I get the snake.
 
Thanks for the info, I'll give frozen a try.
Never had seperate eating tanks for my previous snakes and was curious about wether to do that or not.
I'll post pics soon as I can
 
If you can't get him to eat frozen, usually shipping him over to my house will cure that(Just ask Serp for details on that one.)

But seriously, congrats on your new acquisition and welcome to the forums! Always nice to meet new people. :D

Oh have you picked out a name for your new family member?
 
Ship him to your house huh? Now why do I get the feeling it would take a looooong time before I got him back?<g>
Haven't picked a name as of yet, my son is coming home in a couple weeks and the snake will be partly his so I am going to let him give the snake a name. He'll also help in building the viv I have in mind.
Thanks for the welcome
 
Liljack, I have never moved my snakes to a different place for feeding, as I have never had a problem with them biting or anything...The only thing I do, is if I have 2 snakes in the tank, will take one out, feed the other, and than switch them, as I have never had a problem with regurges either, even in my ball pythons...


Terrysangel79
 
That's why I was wondering about it, I hadn't done that with the Burmese I had nor the King snake I had. However, with the viv idea I have I may be doing it with the Corn.
Thanks for the info
 
i always have feed my snake in a difffrent container. then i can gentallly life it up and place it back into her cage. she has never thrown up on my or snapped, even tho i have only had her 6 months
 
Ive only fed my snake once, and what I did was put a pinky in a small tupperware container, and put that inside the viv, and when the snake was ready he slithered in to the container and stayed there until the mouse was gone, and the lump was down past his neck. I was very proud of him as he did not drag it in to the substrate. That worked out quite well.
 
terrysangel79 said:
Liljack, I have never moved my snakes to a different place for feeding, as I have never had a problem with them biting or anything...The only thing I do, is if I have 2 snakes in the tank, will take one out, feed the other, and than switch them, as I have never had a problem with regurges either, even in my ball pythons...


Terrysangel79
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The thought process of moving a snake to a different container is two fold. One, it will not associate a hand going into the tank as a food item, and therefore will be less likely to strike

Part two of that is so the snake does not injest any substate and a subsequent impaction. Feeding in a seperate container is a minor inconvenience compared to the problems that an impaction would cause.

And commenting on that---it's not a good idea to have two snakes in the same tank.
 
Joejr14 said:
The thought process of moving a snake to a different container is two fold. One, it will not associate a hand going into the tank as a food item, and therefore will be less likely to strike

Part two of that is so the snake does not injest any substate and a subsequent impaction. Feeding in a seperate container is a minor inconvenience compared to the problems that an impaction would cause.

And commenting on that---it's not a good idea to have two snakes in the same tank.
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Joe: As I said, I have never had a problem with any of my snakes snapping or biting at me...And as for the substrate problem, I use the indoor/outdoor carpet, so no risk of ingesting (otherwise I would feed elsewhere).


terrysangel79
 
Joejr14 said:
The thought process of moving a snake to a different container is two fold. One, it will not associate a hand going into the tank as a food item, and therefore will be less likely to strike

Part two of that is so the snake does not injest any substate and a subsequent impaction. Feeding in a seperate container is a minor inconvenience compared to the problems that an impaction would cause.

And commenting on that---it's not a good idea to have two snakes in the same tank.
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Opps, forgot to comment on the two snakes in same tank...Some people have other snakes besides corns, in which case different rules apply. I have my ball pythons together, and they have always been together....

Plus if you are not able to put to corns together, than how do you breed????


terrysangel79
 
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