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divergentdamsel

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After much searching and waiting..searching and waiting...setting traps..waiting..no Morrison. But..I ran across this little guy (okay, big guy) the other day and brought him home yesterday. He's 8 years old and apparently (but showing no signs of being) aggressive. I did however notice a little rough bump on his back when I was getting him from the guy. He said he didn't notice it before and might be from the mouse he had fed him. He is also residing in pine shavings, which I read isn't good, right? I don't want to stress him out..but I need to remove them and all. It looks like he has some white scales (I think he's an amel..but he's rather dark compared to my last one) is that normal? Also..the guy said he only fed him every three weeks (two live mice) but that sometimes the snake wouldn't eat for a few months and then would eat again. Is that because it was spring time? He didn't have a female around so I don't know. He also hasn't been handled much. I handled him when I bought him and he seemed fine and it's not like I moved him out of his "surroundings" because I have the same cage and wood, etc. So is it okay to handle him? I also don't know how long I should be waiting to feed him after his move. He seems to be enjoying himself..just slithering about in his cage. Oh! and I couldn't believe this..the guy has never used a UTH. The only thing he used is a light bulb with a "heat emitter" thing... And I live in the NW. I'm also thinking this could be the problem with the eating thing and him being "aggressive". I've done searches on all of this, but it mainly seems to be directed towards new (baby) corns. I'm just not sure in this situation. I'm really not comfortable feeding him the live mice either..but apparently he's ate that all his life. So I have two little mice that I bought on the way home..(Dinner and Dessert) :grin01: I didn't want to go posting a ton of questions in all the forums, but thought I'd tell you about my new corn and if anyone read this, and did have an answer, that would be much appreciated. --Oh yeah, I'll post pics soon :) --

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Well, first off make sure the lid is secure ;) ...

I've heard of people keeping adult snakes on pine, but i would not use it...aspen shavings, newspaper, shredded coconut husk, and some others are a better bet, and if you make it deep enough, even adults like to burrow lol...Agressive or not, i'd handle him...some folks are just not meant to own snakes, and are always nervous around them, if even subconsciously, and snakes like most animals react to it...it may just be you are comfortable holding him, and if feels a bit less threatened....just a theory folks hehe...Alot of corns will switch over to frozen/thawed easily; try one or two the next time you feed him...every three weeks is a bit long between feedings, but if he's of a good size and weight, than it wouldn't appear to have affected him in any way by being on this feeding schedule....my adult male eats a big adult mouse or hopper rat every two weeks...I've seem some bigger corns that can eat a small adult rat easily, and had an amel female that was a little over 5' that could eat them every week i've i had let her...i'd let him settle a few days before feeding, and some people do use heat emitters and bulbs vs. UTH's, jmho i think a regulated UTH is the way to go....Ask away and post some pics, too :*)
 
Thanks (and pics)

Thanks for the reply (and advice)! I'm definitely going to take all the pine shavings out here in a little bit and replace it with newspaper..although he really likes to burrow =( so I'm going to have to run to the PetNo or something. He is a bit jumpy when you touch him, but once you have him in your hands he seems fine. (He hasn't bitten me yet, so I'm not too worried) :rolleyes:
Here are some pics of him. So you think even though he has been fed live for his 8 years..he will switch to f/t? I'll give it a try. And then I guess if he eats f/t I'll have two more pets. lol. Oh by the way...I am definitely making sure that the lid is locked and the keys are in it so he can't move the latches! (Apparently he is good at that)

Is that the kind of lock most people use? Or is that something handy he came up with?

Enjoy.
 

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Big ol' amelanistic corn...The cage looks like a custom i.e. home built one...as long as the lock locks, looks good to me...
 
I totally agree with Chris' theory of you being more at ease handling the snake. I don't care what anyone says, you must be confident and deliberate when grabbing a snake, yet gentle. I have caught myself backing off a few times and that's when the defensive instinct kicks in. Fortunately with corns it's not a big deal if they do strike. Not sure about the lock :cheers:
 
regurge.

Well I've tried to handle him..but just kinda picked him up and left him in his cage half-way. And he started doing this weird twitching thing, so of course, I came to my ever-growing snake bible. (cornsnakes.com) And came to the realization that it was normal. Well I went and looked at his cage and.....

Aww..I think he threw up! There is some really nasty looking stuff on the side of his cage..yellowish..icky..stuff. So did a search on regurgitating..and someone said that transportation could cause regurgitation. Is this right?
 
More likely than not it is just a pile of urates...snakes "pee" a solid mass...transporting them can cause a regurge, but generally you'll see what kinda looks like a mouse in a regurge...just sounds like he took a whiz :*)...
 
I agree. If it's a regurge, it'll smell unbelievably awful in a way that you'll KNOW it's unbelievably awful (and thus a regurge). :eek1: So, since you didn't mention anything about the smell being particularly bad, I'm betting you have nothing to worry about, too.
 
Thanks! That's quite disgusting, but it's good to know he's okay.

and Dotspot...My mom ended up liking them and the names so much she took off with them upstairs...

I tried to feed him f/t but the only thing he was interested in was escaping.
I went ahead and tried feeding him "Dinner" to no availl in a seperate tub. I tried it again yesterday (only this time I fed him in his cage, as he's been fed this way all his life) and he "struck" at Dinner a few times..but whenever the mouse approached him..he backed off..I finally took the little guy out..and the little sh1t bit me. (luckily I had gloves on) I'm quite the paranoid one...but I'm trying to keep my cool and tell myself he's just not ready to eat.
 
Try waiting another week and then try again. He should be acclimated to his new home by then. Most snakes will change over to f/t, but you may have to tease them a bit or make it look like the mouse is alive. It's also important that you heat the f/t mouse to approximately the same temp as a live one would be. 100-101 degrees F. If it's too cool, it won't seem alive to it either. Good luck with him.
 
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