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"Kinked" Corns
04-11-2010, 09:32 PM
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"Kinked" Corns
I was wondering...Can kinked corn snakes long healthy lives? I have heard that some breeders release all of thier kinked corns into the wild. Why? Can they not be kept as healthy pets?
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04-11-2010, 09:37 PM
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If they can eat and shed despite the kink they absolutely can lead healthy lives.
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04-11-2010, 09:41 PM
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I have a 2007 kinked corn. She is VERY kinked, but only along the top of her spine- she doesn't have any bends laterally. The older and bigger she gets, the less noticeable her kinks are, to the eye. I can still feel them. I am not sure how much sensation she has in the lower half of her body. When she swims, she rolls side to side, instead of doing the S thing. She feeds and sheds fine by herself, and is keeping up in weight with another female who started out the same size. Of course I can never breed her, but she lives as nice a life here as any of them. Her name is Jasmine, if you want to look for her.
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04-11-2010, 09:43 PM
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Thanks, Nanci. I will look on your site.
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04-11-2010, 09:46 PM
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Wow, I don't notice her kinks.
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04-11-2010, 09:47 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by wasuslitherin
I was wondering...Can kinked corn snakes long healthy lives? I have heard that some breeders release all of thier kinked corns into the wild. Why? Can they not be kept as healthy pets?
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I have never heard of a breeder releasing them. Kinked corns shouldn't be breed so most breeders cull them to ensure that they are not used for breeding.
I have 4 kinked snakes and all act and eat just like normal unkinked snakes. I did have one that was very kinked that didn't make it he only grew a couple grams in one year dispite eating normally. So most kinked snakes can live perfectly "normal"/healthy lives, but when they hatch some won't eat and some are so badly kinked it is more humane to euthanize them.
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04-11-2010, 09:51 PM
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Here's a pic from when she was younger: (Jasmine was unkinked, as far as I know, when she arrived. When I fed her the first time, she had a kink. She developed many more. Don't know why).
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04-11-2010, 09:58 PM
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For a long time I was terribly disappointed. I had big plans for this girl. And I was _so_ afraid to damage her. But she didn't know she was any different. And she is one of the most active snakes I have- climbing, lounging in her hammock, relaxing in her paper towel tube. One day, I thought, whatever, I'm going to treat her like everyone else, do photoshoots, be proud of her, stop hiding her away. I feel so much better.
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04-11-2010, 10:08 PM
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04-11-2010, 10:10 PM
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Speaking of kinked corns...do we know if Squiggles made it?
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