Ikaodori
New member
Hi there everyone and anyone 
I just bought a beautiful corn snake yesterday. He is about 4 years old and a ghost. He's wonderful. His name is Ryousuke. I did a lot of research on corn snakes before I bought him and went to different pet shops and played with the babies there and when I went to a reptile store a woman showed me a full grown one to show me how big they get and I was handling him and he was the most gentle relaxed thing. Simply put, he stole my heart <3 It's my first time owning a snake and I asked the woman there if I should go with a baby or an adult and she said it didn't really make a difference other than the amount of handling you have to do to get them used to it (granted, some of the things she told me were questionable based on my research). I decided to go with the adult because of his temperament and I had played with him the day before.
He's in his new home now and doing well. When I'm pottering about in my room he sticks his head out his hide box and watches me. I've tried to limit handling of him so he will get used to his new home but I have played with him maybe 2-3 times since yesterday but not for a very long time.
Even though I did a lot of research I don't think I can ever stop learning about these beautiful creatures so I joined this forum hoping to keep on top of corn snake info and stories. I want to make sure I do everything I can for him
Also, has anyone else bought and adult corn snake rather than a baby. Is there anything I should know? All I know about him personally is that he had been in the store for a while and was most likely bought from a show by the owner. I don't want to learn the hard way that he's had some traumatizing experience in his life that I accidentally trigger :awcrap: He has not bitten me (yet) so is there a way to tell when he is uncomfortable or does not want to be bothered?
Thanks for reading. I'm glad to be here :rofl:
I just bought a beautiful corn snake yesterday. He is about 4 years old and a ghost. He's wonderful. His name is Ryousuke. I did a lot of research on corn snakes before I bought him and went to different pet shops and played with the babies there and when I went to a reptile store a woman showed me a full grown one to show me how big they get and I was handling him and he was the most gentle relaxed thing. Simply put, he stole my heart <3 It's my first time owning a snake and I asked the woman there if I should go with a baby or an adult and she said it didn't really make a difference other than the amount of handling you have to do to get them used to it (granted, some of the things she told me were questionable based on my research). I decided to go with the adult because of his temperament and I had played with him the day before.
He's in his new home now and doing well. When I'm pottering about in my room he sticks his head out his hide box and watches me. I've tried to limit handling of him so he will get used to his new home but I have played with him maybe 2-3 times since yesterday but not for a very long time.
Even though I did a lot of research I don't think I can ever stop learning about these beautiful creatures so I joined this forum hoping to keep on top of corn snake info and stories. I want to make sure I do everything I can for him
Also, has anyone else bought and adult corn snake rather than a baby. Is there anything I should know? All I know about him personally is that he had been in the store for a while and was most likely bought from a show by the owner. I don't want to learn the hard way that he's had some traumatizing experience in his life that I accidentally trigger :awcrap: He has not bitten me (yet) so is there a way to tell when he is uncomfortable or does not want to be bothered?
Thanks for reading. I'm glad to be here :rofl:
