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Will a corn snake eat other snakes?

One of the big reasons they are together right now is because they are trying to mate. My female is going into mating shed, and so is my male corn. I'm gonna have babies!
 
Nanci said:
I don't think washing the snakes in Dawn is going to hurt anything...

I have snakes that have regurged eating Nutribac-coated mice for at least the next six months after the regurge. NB mixed with mouse juice is like glue! I always rinse the snakes under the faucet before they go back in their cages if they are sticky. No one has regurged from that yet. After a couple times they don't even care, even the flightiest scared-est ones.
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Huh. I'm just trying to reconcile that with all the advice I have read to not handle snakes at all once they've fed and to not allow them to come into contact with any soaps or cleaners or other chemicals. Is dish soap particularly mild or is this just an exception that is reasonable?

Soaking the snake in soapy water is an old mite remedy, too.
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Do they know not to drink it or dunk their heads because it smells weird or do you just hold their head out or what?

Learn something new every day around here! :)
 
jessicalb said:
Huh. I'm just trying to reconcile that with all the advice I have read to not handle snakes at all once they've fed and to not allow them to come into contact with any soaps or cleaners or other chemicals. Is dish soap particularly mild or is this just an exception that is reasonable?


Do they know not to drink it or dunk their heads because it smells weird or do you just hold their head out or what?

Learn something new every day around here! :)
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You just put them in a mix of dawn and luke warm water. Remember, if its warm to you its hot to them. Use your hands to clean off their body. As for their heads going under water, don't worry too much about that. Just get the suds off their head. Rinse them off in the tub or faucet or shower nozzle with LUKE WARM water, to get rid of the soap.
 
I'm not advocating regular washing of snakes in dish soap, just saying that occasionally, for a super-smelly snake, I doubt it would hurt.
 
boabass6 said:
One of the big reasons they are together right now is because they are trying to mate. My female is going into mating shed, and so is my male corn. I'm gonna have babies!
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Awesome, since you are the paragon of proper snake care.

Do you have space for all the babies? Since you clearly did not have space all the adult snakes and want to cohab them.

Do you know how to care for and feed new babies?

Are you prepared to keep and care for the babies if you can't find homes for them?

Do you have money set aside for vet bills in case something happens to the mother?

I'll take my lumps for posting this. It just makes me sick to no end what ignorant people do to animals.
 
Ive read the first post in this thread and then another half dozen or so. I dont feel like i need to read more. My advice, simply put, is that you need to give your snakes away to someone(s) who knows how to properly care for them.
 
Just checked with the boa care sheet on redtailboa.net, while it states that two boas may be kept in a tank 6ft by 3ft by 6ft males and females should be separate. If the intention is to breed how will you know when to expect the snakelings if you have no idea when the hook up happened? Do you think the male will pass out cigars or have an early dinner?
 
Dreamsnake said:
If the intention is to breed how will you know when to expect the snakelings if you have no idea when the hook up happened? Do you think the male will pass out cigars or have an early dinner?
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Sorry, I know I have been told to back away from this thread. But this post just made me LOL at work!
 
jessicalb said:
Huh. I'm just trying to reconcile that with all the advice I have read to not handle snakes at all once they've fed and to not allow them to come into contact with any soaps or cleaners or other chemicals. Is dish soap particularly mild or is this just an exception that is reasonable?
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You also have to remember Dawn is what they are cleaning the animals in oil spills with. It does seem odd but it is not going to hurt them. At the animal hospitals there was times that we gave Ivory soap and water enemas. Now I think you are right as far as not stressing the snake out so I wouldn't make a habit of washing after a meal but if the snake needs to, he needs to. :bird:
 
cmalchow said:
You also have to remember Dawn is what they are cleaning the animals in oil spills with. It does seem odd but it is not going to hurt them. At the animal hospitals there was times that we gave Ivory soap and water enemas. Now I think you are right as far as not stressing the snake out so I wouldn't make a habit of washing after a meal but if the snake needs to, he needs to. :bird:
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As a former volunteer of tri-state bird rescue and research, and a trained oil spill response team member, i can vouch 100% for this method. The only thing to remember is to use q-tips around the eyes to keep the soap out and make sure the head is pointed down and the mouth is open so they cant do any swallowing.
 
fyrefocks said:
As a former volunteer of tri-state bird rescue and research, and a trained oil spill response team member, i can vouch 100% for this method. The only thing to remember is to use q-tips around the eyes to keep the soap out and make sure the head is pointed down and the mouth is open so they cant do any swallowing.
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Thanks, everyone, for the information! I had no idea! :)
 
BloodyBaroness said:
Awesome, since you are the paragon of proper snake care.

Do you have space for all the babies? Since you clearly did not have space all the adult snakes and want to cohab them.

Do you know how to care for and feed new babies?
Yes I do!:D

Are you prepared to keep and care for the babies if you can't find homes for them?
Yes I am:D
Do you have money set aside for vet bills in case something happens to the mother?
Yes I do!:D
I'll take my lumps for posting this. It just makes me sick to no end what ignorant people do to animals.
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I know... :sobstory:
 
Dreamsnake said:
Just checked with the boa care sheet on redtailboa.net, while it states that two boas may be kept in a tank 6ft by 3ft by 6ft males and females should be separate. If the intention is to breed how will you know when to expect the snakelings if you have no idea when the hook up happened? Do you think the male will pass out cigars or have an early dinner?
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Actually dude, its quite a common factor in nature that the female gets FAT because she is loaded with babies. I have also seen my male trying to mate with the female, just in case it never occurred to you things have to have SEX to reproduce.
 
fyrefocks said:
DYK shes talking about you when she says ignorant people? :wavey:
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Lol, she is talking about ignorant people, and I am not ignorant to snake care. Go on RedTailedBoas.com, where I also have an account. Then you'll understand what I am saying about keeping them together is true. Despite what the manual says, you can keep males and females together as long as you want them to breed. You guys gotta stop repeating one another and start reading for each other.
 
boabass6 said:
Lol, she is talking about ignorant people, and I am not ignorant to snake care. Go on RedTailedBoas.com, where I also have an account. Then you'll understand what I am saying about keeping them together is true. Despite what the manual says, you can keep males and females together as long as you want them to breed. You guys gotta stop repeating one another and start reading for each other.
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Ive bred boas. Yes, you can house them together for the breeding period. But this started out with you wanting to house two little bulls with a bigger corn. Your lack of understanding combined with the half-assed logic youre using to compare breeding boas to communally housing colubrids shows that you are indeed ignorant, sir.
 
boabass6 said:
Lol, she is talking about ignorant people, and I am not ignorant to snake care. Go on RedTailedBoas.com, where I also have an account. Then you'll understand what I am saying about keeping them together is true. Despite what the manual says, you can keep males and females together as long as you want them to breed. You guys gotta stop repeating one another and start reading for each other.
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So you came here asking for advice knowing the general consensus of opinion, then proceed to argue....
TROLL.... I suggest you go back to RTB.com..
Troll...
Yes you are nothing but a troll.....
If you had come here making a thread about why co hab isn't a bad thing I wouldn't of called you a TROLL... But to come asking for advice about corn snakes and then turn it to Boas and then admit you are a member of a boa site.....
Troll..... I suggest you get the ban hammer..... Troll
 
boabass6 said:
The question lies in the title. Will it really hurt if I keep my baby bulls with my full grown corn? I know its not always acceptable to keep different species together, but I am very good about keeping their enclosures clean. I know once the bull snakes are full grown I won't keep them with a corn snake because the bulls have a tendency to eat rattle snakes, but I am just considering temporary husbandry of all three snakes together over the summer.
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TROLL.......:twohammer
 
boabass6 said:
Actually dude, its quite a common factor in nature that the female gets FAT because she is loaded with babies. I have also seen my male trying to mate with the female, just in case it never occurred to you things have to have SEX to reproduce.
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What do you think "hooking up" means? You never said they're together for breeding, you stated they live together, and you'd keep all your boas that way. No one here is expecting common sense from this type of keeping.

Why not just explain the boas are doing the snake dance instead of causing an argument?
 
Folks...I highly recommend we let this thread die. Continuation of the arguing and name calling will not be tolerated.

There is MORE than enough information in this thread about the pros/cons, good/bad, bad/worse, worse/worst ideas about cohabbing (insert snake name here). Any addition of "suggestions" or what not is pointless. Please think VERY HARD about what response you want to post and whether such a response REALLY NEEDS to be posted as it is obvious there is a hung jury on this issue.
 
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