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Dante intro and progress thread

xStaticSnow

xStaticSnow

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No matter how hard I try I just can't seem to get decent photos of my nee snake Dante, and I don't want to bother him any more than I already have, so the pictures I have will have to do for now.

I'm nowhere near being finished setting-up his enclosure but it has all of the basics covered and a lot of additional decor should be delivered to me throughout this week.

I'm very excited to watch this little snake grow and see how his colors develop. I've raised a hatchling garter snake and a yearling corn before, but I've never raised a corn all the way from hatchling to adulthood! I'm going to use this thread to keep track of photos and stats as Dante grows and changes over the coming months and years. Today he weighed in at 11g so that's our jumping-off point for this little guy.
 

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Today I got the rest of my supplies to finish setting-up the enclosure.
 

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Wow. That little guy is living the life. Great job. He should do great in that set up. May be a little hard to find him sometimes until he grows into his habitat.
 
Dante had his first shed with me some time last night and he's looking very beautiful. He shed just in time for me to feed him this afternoon. I'm very appreciative of the fact that he is an excellent eater and always takes the pinky immediately. I forgot to weigh him before I fed him this week so I'll have to grab his weight at a later date.
 

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I've been taking lots of picture of him because I think it will be so fun to look back on them once he's bigger and see how far he's come/how much he's changed. That's one of my favorite aspects of corn snakes.
 

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I think it's about time for an update!

Tomorrow marks 4 months since Dante hatched from his egg. He's shed for me twice since I've brought him home and he's taken 9 meals from me since coming home. He's an excellent eater with a calm disposition and I'm really enjoying having him around.

I finally managed to put a small light on his tank for day-time viewing since this "display" viv was quite dim and unappealing to look at before.

Dante weighed 15g last feeding day, so he's put on about 4g since he's been here.
 

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6 month update

Dante is now about 6 months old and he's just about doubled in weight since I've brought him home. I've had him eating double pinkies for the past several weeks now and I think he'll be ready to move up to fuzzies in a few more weeks. I've changed his tank around a little to make it easier for me to find him for feedings and handling. So far I've only spotted him out exploring a couple times at night but he's still small and I have noticed he's been leaving tunnels all throughout the aspen. Looks like he does much of his locomotion beneath the substrate.

He's gained ~10 grams since I've had him but he's only shed twice for me. Once, immediately after I brought him home and again 3 or 4 weeks later. He's growing steadily so I'm sure there's nothing to worry myself over too much but it does seem odd to me since he's so young.
 

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You will see faster growth when you start with the fuzzies. I try to move my hatchlings off pinkies as soon as possible. Dante should be able to handle fuzzies right now. I do move the hatchlings up to peach fuzzies and then larger fuzzies, but I don't think most pet shops order peach fuzzies, which are younger than the larger and older fuzzies.
 
Thanks for the reassurances. He's about 21g at the moment and I was planning on getting him up to 24g before offering a fuzzy. I'm limited in the type of frozen mice I have access to right now but the fuzzies I have on hand look a little big for him. I think I only have a couple more weeks of pinkies left, anyway. So, I'll probably let him finish those off and then move up to the fuzzies.
 
Dante had his first fuzzy mouse on Saturday and since then he's pooped (twice! Once in the viv and once ON ME.) And he's finally had his 3rd shed with me. He's growing fast!
 

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To give a little update--Dante is now taking 6g meals. We're sprouting some wheatgrass on the window sill so I let him explore the plants a little. His colors are starting to brighten and I'm pretty excited to see how he's looking after his next shed.

I changed up his enclosure again, added some fake rubber succulents I found at the dollar store. I never see him out in his enclosure, but I can see he's made tons of little tunnels under the substrate around the whole perimeter of his tank. He just does all his cruising while I'm asleep.
 

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I'm just going to add this update here rather than make a new thread, but I got a second corn snake today. I think I'm going to call him Virgil and he's actually Dante's half brother :)

I have him in a temporary sterility setup for QT atm, but he'll get his own 20L soon.
 

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