New snake question

[Todd120]

We went to the local reptile show today. We came home with a 5 month old Creamsicle. Waiting to handle him is driving my son crazy. Since he wasn't put through shipping and is a little older, how long do you think he will need to adjust? I don't want him to come off feed. He is used to handling already, but has been shuffled around all morning.

 

[xShortStufx]

I would still wait a couple of days. Being moved around so much can be stressful.

 

[crzymom2grl2by]

Post pix if you can. I'd love to see him. The man who gave me one of mine said he was called a dreamsicle, up till your post I've never heard anyone call their snake anything like that.

 

[Todd120]

Got one while he was checking out his new plants. He seems to be settling in really well.

 

[crzymom2grl2by]

I don't see a pic, can you try to repost it?

 

[Todd120]

Sorry. Had to resize.

 

[crzymom2grl2by]

It's hard to tell, but he might be the same kind as mine. How big is he? Mine only weighs 10g.

Here's Jafar. Do you think he looks like yours?

 

[Todd120]

Yours is more red. Ours is all orange, light orange, yellow, and white. Yours will have some really pretty reds in him when grown.

 

[Todd120]

I will get better pics when he eats. I didn't realize how hard it is to get a good picture of a snake. Lol

 

[crzymom2grl2by]

It can be difficult to get the right lighting. He's really orange, not red.

 

[Todd120]

He is pretty. I like the white on his sides and the diamond on his head.

 

[Todd120]

We got him out for a little while. He had been hiding all day, without disturbance. He came right out with no issues. We let him cruise around a bit, from me to my son. He is really sweet. Once back in the viv, he has been out exploring every since.

 

[smigon]

Leave him be in his viv for about a week, babies are more susceptible to stress than adults. After a week then you can take him out a few minutes a day and start to feed him, although after you feed him leave him be for a few days so he can digest and poop.

Good luck, he's beautiful!

 

[Tavia]

A Creamsicle is actually an Amel hybrid between a corn and a emoryi ratsnake, normals of that kind of pairing are called Rootbeers. Most have been bred back to pure corns so much that there is very little emoryi blood in most of the lines of them but since purity matters a great deal to some people, good breeders are careful to call them by the trade names that announce they are hybrids. The emoryi gives them a lot more yellow than pure Amel corns, in most cases.

 

[crzymom2grl2by]

Thank you, Todd, I think he's pretty cool looking too. Can't wait to see more pix of yours.

 

[Todd120]

Here's a pic where you can see how orange he is.

 

[crzymom2grl2by]

Very pretty! How much does he weigh?

 

[Todd120]

I haven't got to weigh him yet. He is quite a bit bigger than the other corns that hatched around the same time he did. I have read that Creamsicles grow faster early on. I need to get a scale.