Newbie corn owner with an older snake

[belamy]

Hello peoples i have just today been given a corn as the family who had him before couldnt look after him anymore, i have been told that he is roughly 3-4 years old but he seems fairly big for the age but i am new to this, i am not sure of the sex i am just assuming hes a male lol, he is roughly 3 1/2 feet long and about an inch thick, he is an orange colour with big red spots.

Hes a beautiful snake and i want to give him the best life possible so any advice you can give me in the way of feeding patterns, handling advice absolutly anything would be greatly appreciated.

many thanks.

 

[beautifullywild77]

Welcome! He sounds beautiful... an inch thick doesnt sound too big for me. Some members have some huge adults on here LOL.

Here is the Munson plan that many people use.

-When they're on single pinks (2-3g), I feed every 5-6 days. (Snake = 4-15g)
-Double pinks (3g x 2) every 5-6 days. (Snake = 16-23g)
-Small fuzzies (5-7g) every 6-7 days. (Snake = 24-30g)
-Regular fuzzies (7-9g) every 6-7 days (Snake = 30-50g)
-Hoppers (9-12g) every 6-7 days (Snake = 51-90g)
-Weaned (14-20g) every 7 days (Snake = 91-170g)
-Adult (20-30g) every 7-x days (Snake = 170+) See below.
Adult females are fed more frequently than adult males (especially following brumation). Adult females are fed every 7-12 days; adult males are fed every 11-14 days.

We all like Pictures of new snakes

 

[Holly12]

Hi welcome to the forum and yes he does sound georgeus this is a great site alot of great info and advise on here so come on in and join us.

 

[mini4x]

Sounds like a typical amel..

Doe (s)he look like this?

Oh ya post pics

 

[bitsy]

At 3-4 years old, it's just hit adulthood, so not particularly old by Corn standards. They live 15+ years in captivity, so you still have many happy years of ownership ahead!

3 1/2 feet is about right for a just-adult Corn, although may have a few more inches to add yet. All depends on genetics, feeding, metabolism and a number of other factors.

 

[belamy]

Thank you all for the warm welcomes i will try and post some piccies soon.

 

[belamy]

pictures of belamy

hello guys and gals i have some piccies of the new edition to the family they are not great pictures as i am no photograher but you can get the general look, i will try and get some better ones for you all to see.

if anyone could help me out by telling me what sort of corn he is i would be greatfull.