speirsaaron
New member
i noticed that most ppl here have like twenty sumthin corns (plus more non corns) and was just wonderin if u really have enough time to acc get around them all and handle um and get to know them all ?...jus curious is all hehe 
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to many corns to love ?
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mike17l
Self-Admitted Duckoholic
i noticed that most ppl here have like twenty sumthin corns (plus more non corns) and was just wonderin if u really have enough time to acc get around them all and handle um and get to know them all ?...jus curious is all hehe
I have about 160 animals, and have plenty of time to feed, clean and water each and everyone.
Nanci
Alien Lover
I have plenty of time for my 25! I don't really handle the little babies except for photo shoots. Then, if they are digesting, I don't handle for 72 hours for the babies and 48-72 hours for the adults. Then, I don't handle when they are blue. And I choose which snake is going to come out by who is already out wandering around, I generally don't dig them out of their hides if they are sleeping. So I _need_ 25 snakes to be assured of always having one available to keep me company! Typically, I'll have two to four out every night. Some snakes come out a lot, some snakes that don't really like coming out don't have to come out very often.
glenhead
Elder curmudgeon
Excellent question. Right now, our answer would be "not really". Most of them are pretty new, so we tend not to handle them a lot except to feed them and clean their enclosures. The ones we've had longer get handled pretty regularly. We have a few yearlings that tend to be nippy, so I'm handling them more to settle them down. There are a couple of hatchlings that are real hellions, and they get handled more than the others to try to settle them a bit. When the newbies have hit some arbitrary point of "enough" settling in, we'll start handling them more and more.
I plan to sort of rotate through them for handling, to make sure they're accustomed to it. That way if someone comes over and says "that one's cool, can I hold it?" I won't have to hesitate. By the end of the week, we're going to be at 30 snakes (I think?), so we'll all get plenty of ophidifondling (how about that for a great new word?)
I plan to sort of rotate through them for handling, to make sure they're accustomed to it. That way if someone comes over and says "that one's cool, can I hold it?" I won't have to hesitate. By the end of the week, we're going to be at 30 snakes (I think?), so we'll all get plenty of ophidifondling (how about that for a great new word?)
ZoologyGirl
Under Tank Heather
I love my snakes. In return they're kind enough to tolerate me, usually. :grin01:
As long as the snake gets their food, water, shelter... I don't think they'd care if we didn't handle them at all. I do like to handle most of mine at least once a week. With the people that have 100+ I don't think the snakes will mind if they're not handled as much, they probably prefer it.
As long as the snake gets their food, water, shelter... I don't think they'd care if we didn't handle them at all. I do like to handle most of mine at least once a week. With the people that have 100+ I don't think the snakes will mind if they're not handled as much, they probably prefer it.
The_Thunderer
New member
I'm with Zoo here. IF I don't get around to handling them, I'm sure they don't mind as long as they have their food and water and clean habitat. I find the time to hold each one during the week... even if it is only for a few minutes while I weigh, record, clean, water and feed them. I'll even spend EXTRA time marveling at them if they've shed or grown noticeably (Shazam is a WHOPPING 104 grams from 96 a few weeks ago! - WHOOO HOOO!).
Emily1188
Smells Like a Rat
i noticed that most ppl here have like twenty sumthin corns (plus more non corns) and was just wonderin if u really have enough time to acc get around them all and handle um and get to know them all ?...jus curious is all hehe
Snakes need a proper environment, regular feeding, fresh water, and to have said proper environment cleaned. They don't need to be handled, and they don't need us to "get to know" them. That part is strictly for us, should we choose to partake in it. They're not social animals, and they don't have the emotions of mammals or birds.
bitsy
Owned by Corns since 1991
I have 14 and that's enough for me to know them individually. I've had more, but I'm more inclined to be cutting down at this stage rather than expanding - I'm 45 and if I buy hatchlings now I could be having to feed and heat them on a non-existant wage/pension in my 60s!
I don't think handling them is vital, but it's useful to know what's "normal" for each one. Quite loose, relaxed muscle tone might be perfectly normal for one, but in another would be the sort of change that alerts me to a potential health problem.
I don't think handling them is vital, but it's useful to know what's "normal" for each one. Quite loose, relaxed muscle tone might be perfectly normal for one, but in another would be the sort of change that alerts me to a potential health problem.
MegF.
That's for sale???
With around 30 I don't take many out. Some don't really like to be held and are either stressed by it or are too aggressive to handle with any enjoyment. The venomous are not handled except to remove them from the cage for cleaning. The false water cobras are handled to clean the cage and occasionally just for fun. I definitely don't want them getting accustomed to only coming out to eat and therefore get into chew mode the minute I take them out. I have very few corns left now, and they get handled infrequently. They don't seem to really mind though. It doesn't mean I enjoy them less or that I don't have fun just watching them move around in their cages. Sure, when I only had one, it was easy to have him out almost everyday. Now, there's too many to do that, and I'm so busy with work that even one would have a tough time getting held every night. They get fed, cleaned and water changes, and that's about it. The new baby amazons take almost an hour to feed just one when they are getting started. That takes a huge chunk out of your evening. It's also starting to get darker sooner. Once the cages go dark, even my most docile arboreal goes into hunting mode and unless I want to turn on all the lights, risk my fingers and get them out, they can darn well stay where they are!
speirsaaron
New member
well i have been proven wrong it was actually my mum who asked the question "how can they get to know all there pets" and that got me thinking bout it . i have another question . i was in the local pet store picking up some more greenery for medusa's viv and i saw a common boa they had in and it was curled around a branch but where her body was curved (its hard to explain) . if u roll up a piece of paper into a cylinder and bend it thats what it looked like . is this normal for boas or is it sick? i didn't say anything in the shop because i don't know anything about boa's
it was actually my mum who asked the question "how can they get to know all there pets" and that got me thinking bout it . i have another question . i was in the local pet store picking up some more greenery for medusa's viv and i saw a common boa they had in and it was curled around a branch but where her body was curved (its hard to explain) . if u roll up a piece of paper into a cylinder and bend it thats what it looked like . is this normal for boas or is it sick? i didn't say anything in the shop because i don't know anything about boa's
speirsaaron
New member
but it wasn't just creases . go do the paper thing and see what i mean cos thats more or less exactly how it was ...
snakewispera snr
The Devils Advocate
You do get some major folds in some snakes, but without a pic it's hard to say....
As for getting to know dozens of snakes.
When it's your first and only snake you tend to spend a lot of time, bothering it... LOL
As you get more snakes, you ration your time with each snake. Then you get to a point of experience and saturation, where you realise that snakes don't need to be bothered to enjoy their selves. Then you go about looking after them and looking in to see if everything is OK, and handling ones that you haven't spent quality time with... Like a sort of natural cycle... Or thats the best way I can describe my experience..... How I do it....
As for getting to know dozens of snakes.
When it's your first and only snake you tend to spend a lot of time, bothering it... LOL
As you get more snakes, you ration your time with each snake. Then you get to a point of experience and saturation, where you realise that snakes don't need to be bothered to enjoy their selves. Then you go about looking after them and looking in to see if everything is OK, and handling ones that you haven't spent quality time with... Like a sort of natural cycle... Or thats the best way I can describe my experience..... How I do it....
Michael823
New member
Great question! I have 13 snakes (17 including my brothers), and they are all taken care of as well as when I only had one. I'll be honest, I don't handle them nearly as much, on an individual basis, as I used to. I still do find the time to handle them though, and I think it is actually very important. These snakes are first and foremost pets, and I like to be able to handle them regularly, or let others hold them, without the fear of getting bit. Some people say they are not social, and thus require no handling, but I don't find that to be true. They are of course solitary by nature, but they without a doubt become more social with gentle handling. I feel comfortable handling anyone of my snakes, and that is very important to me. Each have their own personality, but they have all come around to accept, and even enjoy handling (no anthropomorphic insults either).
To some, they may not feel the need to handle them, and they are correct in saying that snakes don't "need" to be handled. But as pets, and animals that I like to be able to show to friends/family with confidence, I think it is important to get them used to handling.
To some, they may not feel the need to handle them, and they are correct in saying that snakes don't "need" to be handled. But as pets, and animals that I like to be able to show to friends/family with confidence, I think it is important to get them used to handling.
ghosthousecorns
Well-known member
I have quite a few here and while I do handle them I tend to stick with the ones I know will not mind and they are the same ones I take to herp club events just because I know they will be good if I let others handle them. I have a couple of corns that I pretty much expect to get bitten by every time I take them out.
Zulu3
bad luck charm
You know Aaron, I have been wondering the same thing myself lately.
I started out with just my one girl, and a couple years later here I sit with a snake room full of ?..40? snakes upstairs lol. And I wonder am I taking on too much? Are they happy? Do I spend enough time with each one? But I have to agree with what most people are saying on this thread.
Snakes aren't like dogs that thrive on attention and love and kisses. They are perfectly happy to sit in clean aspen shavings with a fresh bowl of water and a coconut hide =) I do take the time at lease once a week (besides feeding time) to handle each and every one of them. Do they like this? Eh.. I dunno. I let the larger ones stretch out and slither around the snake room for a bit, but with the babies it's maybe 2 minutes on my hand. I just want them to be calm and unthreatened by my presence.
Wow I've gone on a lot lol. Anyway I think snakes don't NEED that loving attention all the time. But IMO it is good to handle them frequently enough to allow them to feel safe and calm when being handled. Some would disagree, and that is fine. But I love every single one of my babies. If I didn't have the means to give that many a proper, healthy environment environment that would be different. But love? Who knows. =)
Ali
I started out with just my one girl, and a couple years later here I sit with a snake room full of ?..40? snakes upstairs lol. And I wonder am I taking on too much? Are they happy? Do I spend enough time with each one? But I have to agree with what most people are saying on this thread.
Snakes aren't like dogs that thrive on attention and love and kisses. They are perfectly happy to sit in clean aspen shavings with a fresh bowl of water and a coconut hide =) I do take the time at lease once a week (besides feeding time) to handle each and every one of them. Do they like this? Eh.. I dunno. I let the larger ones stretch out and slither around the snake room for a bit, but with the babies it's maybe 2 minutes on my hand. I just want them to be calm and unthreatened by my presence.
Wow I've gone on a lot lol. Anyway I think snakes don't NEED that loving attention all the time. But IMO it is good to handle them frequently enough to allow them to feel safe and calm when being handled. Some would disagree, and that is fine. But I love every single one of my babies. If I didn't have the means to give that many a proper, healthy environment environment that would be different. But love? Who knows. =)
Ali
speirsaaron
New member
oh wow thank u everyone for ur replys
im hopefully gettin my second corn in like a year am excited even tho its a l0ong way away lol
i want a butter
im hopefully gettin my second corn in like a year
am excited even tho its a l0ong way away loli want a butter
Wylie
Meet Sparkle... :D
Ha ha, my thoughts EXACTLY!! And that's exactly what I tried telling hubby when I was trying to talk him into letting me get a third snake. I really wanted the male Ultramel that Lynnea has/had in the For Sale section but hubby just won't budge.
Yeah, I seriously told him that, like right now I have Flash, who just ate on Wed and my new baby (Zeke) from Katie who I only handle for about 10 min when I get him out to feed him cause I don't bother the babies too much either. So yeah, I tried to tell hubby I NEED another snake to better the chances of my being able to get one out everyday! Oh well, I think he will allow me a third snake once we get moved, (whenever that is, however long it takes for him to get a job offer out of all the applications he's put out).
Now I know I'm not the only one who thinks this way, LOL!
