Will corn's hide for days after feeding?

This is bothering me that I have so many questions about our new snake. I thought after all the research I did that I had half a clue what I was doing. So we fed our new snake for the first time on Monday evening, around 8pm. We put her back in her container a little later, and she moved around, got a drink, explored a little (although I don't know how with that enormous pinkie in her). Anyway, since then we literally have not seen her move. She proceeded to bury herself under one of the layers of paper towel in the container, which also happens to be under her hide box. I had told the kids to leave her alone until Thursday so she could digest her food, so they haven't even opened her container up. I was up several times in the middle of the night last night and kept checking to see if she had moved, but saw no evidence of it. Is this normal? I am almost afraid to uncover her when I get home.

I know my corns sometimes hide for days. But When it is feeding time you will have to look. 2 or 3 days isnt too bad though, I have had mine hide for 5 before. I would check to make sure she didn't escape, it will also give you ease knowing she is ok, it is ok to check on them.

Yes it is normal!! After a belly full they go hide to digest anywhere from 2-4 days and then leave you with a yummy poo. They also hide more when in blue and are about to shed also completely normal.

Mine is really ALWAYS hiding. The only time he explores his tank is when I move him down to the other end of the tank. Then he goes back down to his hide.

I know my girl tends to hide after I feed her. So obviously I'm glad this is normal. I'm about to head up and find her...want to spend some time with her!!!

Oh yeah...I'm addicted...:sobstory:

All of our corns and our king, hide once they have been fed, generally until they have digested enough to have the first big poop. Then out they come, poop, get a drink, roam and go hide. There is only one out of 5 snakes that have been here that has been an explorer. It is the only one who comes out frequently during the day. The others all generally come out at night when all is quiet in the house. When I am concerned I just gently check on them by touching the snake and see if it responds, then leave it be if it still has not had an initial poop after feeding. Generally, you are fine to pick them up and handle them after the first poop, but before that it is quite stressful while they are still digesting and can cause a regurge.

Very Normal for them to hide after feeding. They have a very slow metabolism, so instead of wasting energy slithering marathons, they will go off and hide, digest and resume their other normal behaviors, when they are done.

Hopefully tonight, you can get a good, full night of sleep!

Wayne

I'm new to the forums, although we've had Ruby for a few years. I was glad to find the answers to the post above; ever since I fed her three days ago, she has been burrowed in and hiding under the substrate in her cage.

I had just changed back to aspen, which kind of worries me since I worry if she ingests some of it when eating, but it was all I had on hand and it was time to change out the litter. For the past several months, I've used a bark substrate, which makes me more comfortable.

Anyway, she's getting bigger and is now eating fuzzies (f/t? does that mean "frozen/thawed" - sorry I'm such a newb , so this behavior sounds normal. The most recent fuzzy was pretty big.

Anyway, happy to have found you guys and this forum!

Stephanie

My snakes routine is that after I feed them they hide for a long while, and they start roaming again when they are hungry, which is generally in line with their feeding schedule. Once in a great while I'll see one between these times.

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I had just changed back to aspen, which kind of worries me since I worry if she ingests some of it when eating, but it was all I had on hand and it was time to change out the litter. For the past several months, I've used a bark substrate, which makes me more comfortable.

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I feed in a seperate bin to avoid them digesting substrate. Just a smaller sterilite bin. Gives me time to spruce up their cage while they are busy eating as well.