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02-01-12, 07:38 PM
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The Mad Scot
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Re: First time snake owner, looking for help!
Very true lol
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0.1 partner 1.2 kids 0.1 grandkids 0.1 royal python 1.0 Butter motley corn snake 1.0 Bearded dragon 1.1 American green tree frogs 1.0 Labrador 1.0 Jack russell terrier 1.0 cat 0.1 rabbit
Your only young once, but you can be immature your whole damn life :-D
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02-01-12, 07:51 PM
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Diesel the pumpkin killer
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Re: First time snake owner, looking for help!
If you read through a lot of the stickies it will help you read us. There is a sticky for herp lingo and all sorts of good stuff.
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02-01-12, 08:25 PM
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Re: First time snake owner, looking for help!
LOL no i dont stop asking questions!  haha
Oh ok so id have 0.1 corn and 0.1 cat?
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02-01-12, 08:31 PM
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queen of the Chicken Dance
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Re: First time snake owner, looking for help!
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Originally Posted by Kylie
LOL no i dont stop asking questions! haha
Oh ok so id have 0.1 corn and 0.1 cat? |
If they're both females, yes you do 
And heck, we've all started where you are at one time or another, asking questions is how you learn, how you become a responsible owner Soak up all the knowledge you can, that's my advice, and research.
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02-01-12, 08:33 PM
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The Mad Scot
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Re: First time snake owner, looking for help!
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Originally Posted by Kylie
LOL no i dont stop asking questions! haha
Oh ok so id have 0.1 corn and 0.1 cat? |
Well, unless you have any elephants, polar bears or monkeys tucked away that you're not telling us about, then yup that's what you have ;-)
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0.1 partner 1.2 kids 0.1 grandkids 0.1 royal python 1.0 Butter motley corn snake 1.0 Bearded dragon 1.1 American green tree frogs 1.0 Labrador 1.0 Jack russell terrier 1.0 cat 0.1 rabbit
Your only young once, but you can be immature your whole damn life :-D
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02-01-12, 08:49 PM
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Re: First time snake owner, looking for help!
When I wake up, come back from class, and before I go to bed, I say *out loud* "good night Kaybe, good night Pika!" Lol. We're all a little(?) crazy about our snakes
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02-01-12, 09:12 PM
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The Mad Scot
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Re: First time snake owner, looking for help!
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Originally Posted by alessia55
When I wake up, come back from class, and before I go to bed, I say *out loud* "good night Kaybe, good night Pika!" Lol. We're all a little(?) crazy about our snakes |
Alessia, I was waaayyyyy crazy before i got my snake 
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0.1 partner 1.2 kids 0.1 grandkids 0.1 royal python 1.0 Butter motley corn snake 1.0 Bearded dragon 1.1 American green tree frogs 1.0 Labrador 1.0 Jack russell terrier 1.0 cat 0.1 rabbit
Your only young once, but you can be immature your whole damn life :-D
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02-01-12, 09:15 PM
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queen of the Chicken Dance
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Re: First time snake owner, looking for help!
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Alessia, I was waaayyyyy crazy before i got my snake |
Same here! 
Wacky would be an appropriate term for me, actually
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02-01-12, 08:56 PM
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Re: First time snake owner, looking for help!
Hello Kylie. Welcome to the nut house! I'm so happy for you and your new snake, corns are awesome. We have lots of different snakes but the corns just seem to be our favorites. The really great thing about corn snakes is that you almost have to do something on purpose to kill them. They are tough snakes and can tolerate wide ranges of temperature and lack of husbandry. Thats no reason to be lazy or not care about them but I'm just throwing that out there. I applaud your research and you are correct with many observations however aspen bedding is a good substrate and I use it myself. In regard to ingestion being a reason to not use it well that can happen with any substrate. If your feeding a wet rat to your snake and toss it on the aspen thats a problem. If your patting it dry and dangling it that limits a lot of potential aspen breading of the food lol. Corns can grow bigger than 3 feet fyi, ours are all over 4 feet. The best tank imo for corns is a 20 gallon long. Its big enough for the snake to have room to move around and cool seek from its heat source and not so big that you have no room for it. Maybe I am thinking ceramic heater wattages but 150 seems way to beefy for a heet lamp. I have ambient heat in my snake room from 68 at the bottom of the room to 80 at the top and have the corns in the middle at 74ish and I don't have heaters on there tanks. Just to let you know they don't (need) a basking area of 100 that I would imagine is how hot that light is or more. I highly recommend a water dish big enough and deep enough that they can curl up in if they want. I use ceramic dog dishes and fill them about half full so the snake doesn't ruin there bedding from getting in and making a mess. Its not required but mine really seem to like moist hides for when they are going into a shed. I wouldn't leave it in the tank 24-7 because they will stay in there 24-7 and possibly get scalerot from really extended exposure. I can tell you how to make one for cheap later. I feel like I have typed to much already lol. Oh but we need to talk food! I don't recommend live food unless its really easy and cheap for you to get or the snake is picky and won't eat anything else (really doesn't happen with corns) and its small enough that it wont bite your snake (pinky or pup). Adult corns have a bigger appetite than that though. I feed mine frozen weaned rats, they are healthier than adult or xl mice.
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02-01-12, 09:02 PM
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Re: First time snake owner, looking for help!
Oh wow! thats alot to take in! im going to PM you lol
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02-01-12, 09:15 PM
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Re: First time snake owner, looking for help!
I am wayyyyyyyy crazy! and i just want to hold her 24/7 but i know i cant it sucks!!
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02-01-12, 09:19 PM
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Re: First time snake owner, looking for help!
Lol so when is a bad time to hold them?
After they eat of course
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02-01-12, 09:21 PM
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queen of the Chicken Dance
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Re: First time snake owner, looking for help!
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Lol so when is a bad time to hold them?
After they eat of course
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I would not hold them for at least 48 hours after they've had a meal, and also when you notice they're going into a shed cycle. They will be feeling very insecure during a shed cycle, so it's best to let them be until they shed their skin.
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02-01-12, 09:36 PM
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Re: First time snake owner, looking for help!
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Originally Posted by Kylie
Lol so when is a bad time to hold them?
After they eat of course
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Bad times to hold your snake are
- 48 hours after feeding. This is to give her enough time to digest most of her food. You wouldn't want to be held and gripped around the belly after eating either 
- right before she sheds. This is mostly because when they shed, they shed their eye caps as well. So in preparing to shed, their eye sight is greatly reduced, and so she might feel a little less secure and more defensive if she can't see well.
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02-01-12, 09:24 PM
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Re: First time snake owner, looking for help!
How do u ussualy tell? just see skin fallin off? Lol
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