• Hello!

    Either you have not registered on this site yet, or you are registered but have not logged in. In either case, you will not be able to use the full functionality of this site until you have registered, and then logged in after your registration has been approved.

    Registration is FREE, so please register so you can participate instead of remaining a lurker....

    Please be certain that the location field is correctly filled out when you register. All registrations that appear to be bogus will be rejected. Which means that if your location field does NOT match the actual location of your registration IP address, then your registration will be rejected.

    Sorry about the strictness of this requirement, but it is necessary to block spammers and scammers at the door as much as possible.

Adopted corn snake juvenile, hiding for 2 days.

S

Syia

New member
Hi everyone!,

I am new to the forums, and I joined because I am a bit concerned about my newest adoptee. She's about 9 inches long, and I am not quite sure how old she is. She is a captive born corn snake

Au26tF3l.jpg


I've had her for roughly 2 weeks. She ate a pinkie on Saturday of two weeks ago, and then on Wednesday. I did put one in her terrarium on Saturday but she never ate it, and is just been hiding and not moving, for two days. I blew on her a bit this morning to make sure she was alive and she still is, but I am concerned about her behavior. She is my first corn snake, and any assistance would be helpful. Thank you!
 
What does she weigh? Even babies shouldn't be fed more than every 5 days, she is probably full and doesn't feel like moving.

What temp is your UTH set on for the warm side? Belly heat aids in digestion and if the temps are off it might be slowing her digestion.
 
Thank you for your reply!

She has both a night and day lamp, and a under aquarium heating pad, so her current temperature at around 9pm is 85. She's not our only reptile, just our first corn snake.

I am not quite sure what she weighs unfortunately.
 
You can definitely ditch the lamps, as long as your UTH is working properly corn snakes don't need overhead heat, it actually can dry out the viv and their skin if the humidity is low to begin with.

The temp should be taken from under the substrate on top of the glass directly over the UTH, and that should be about 87° so the top of the substrate is 85°. You can readjust this every few months during different seasons, depending on how warm/cold you keep your home.

Definitely get a digital scale, one that measures in grams is what you want so you can weigh the snake and the mouse. I use this one. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00FJFJDGS/ref=oh_details_o04_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Here is a good link to feeding, some people feel it is a little aggressive for babies and wait until they are 5g heavier than recommended when advancing to the next size feeder. http://www.medusa-corns.webs.com/feedingchart.htm
 
Thank you. It turns out my worry was unfounded as I discovered her shedding this morning.. =)
 
That's good news. Snakes hide quite a bit, so don't be so worried when she's not out.
But definitely do follow the suggestions provided, and use strictly the UTH with a THERMOSTAT and have a couple digital thermometers to check for accurate reads. :)
Best of luck!
 
Another vote to ditch the lamps, and make sure you are measuring the temps with a digital thermometer with a probe. If your heat mat is unregulated, she's probably burning up (in addition to the lights I can't even imagine!!!) Get a thermostat for the UTH.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top