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The Basics?

kel37211

kel37211

I has Cheezeburger????!!!
What are the basic things I need to do for my corn snakes, or improve what im doing

Im giving them water from the sink (I hear its bad im jus checking)

I have a heating pad under the rock

They lay on cypress bedding (I plan on getting aspen)

They have a good size water bowl (not to large)

I have 3 rocks in it, they both have there favorite, the female likes to kick the male out some times :D

The tank is 20 gallons I believe

What else do I need??? open to all suggestions, btw not tryin to breed the snakes, ill have pics soon :fullauto::fullauto:
 
They are both in good health, about 2 years of age, they are getting the large mice, ( i tried the xl today and they jus arent ready for it) they really struggled with the xl mice but got it down, sorry for the double post, couldnt find the edit button
 
If you're not trying to breed them you're going to want another vivarium. You can't prevent it otherwise. It would also let you monitor their health better, reduce their stress, eliminate competition, avoid injury, improve handling, allow quarantining, and I'm sure I've missed a few.
Unless your tap water is especially contaminated it'll be fine.
Otherwise things sound all right. Just double everything. :)
 
Agreed they will breed if you don't separate them.

Tap water is fine - I've always used it and had no trouble. Depends on your area - some folks don't trust their local water supply. Generally, if it's OK for humans, it's OK for snakes.

I believe cypress is a resinous tree (happy to be corrected?) and should therefore be avoided for Corns. Advise switching to aspen as soon as possible.

Your heat pad needs to be monitored as they can overheat very fast if not attached to a thermostat. What are the temperatures on the cool and warm sides of the tank? Shouldn't be going above 90 degrees at the hottest place (which sounds like under the rock hide, immediately above the heater).

I'd recommend adding an infra-red thermometer to your setup and a thermostat for the heat mat.

Apart from that, lots of ground cover for them to hide in - plastic foliage is good, but they love kitchen roll tubes as well (cut them in half lengthwise if they're still small).

As for breeding - I suggest you walk before you run. Get used to your Corns first, then start thinking about breeding maybe next year as long as they're old enough (females should be 3 years old, 300g in weight and 3 feet long, or thereabouts).

Search for Corn Snake books by Kathy and Bill Love and Don Soderberg. They'll contain all you need to know to start with.
 
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