new baby okeetee corn snake

Hi all this is my first ever post here and i just bought my new and first snake yesterday and i have a few questions for yall!

first of all i bought the book "the corn snake manual" which helped me a lot but i still has a few interrogation. I bought a 3 weeks old snake and he is really agitated. i'd like to know if its normal for any baby snake to be stressed like she seems to be ( cause she is a female hehe). Everytime i try to touch her she just move HELLA fast and run for the other side of her vivarium. hope she will become more and more tamed and plz tell me she is not an hyper-excited snake...hehe

well that is all thnaks in advance and hope i will love my first snake!

bye all,
Raised

What would you do if a GIANT HARRY MONSTER that you didnt know reached down to pick you up??!!! Especialy when you thought you were safe in your hide???

It is gonna take time they are more tense when they are young. Try putting one of your socks in the cage with her so c\she can get use to your sent, LoL but dont be crule LOL

...you serisous? putting oen of my socks in the cage??? hmm isnt there any other way to let them know im not that big hairy monster he thinks i am

Time and paitence! I am sure others have some great advice also

Ohhh also make sure to handle her every except after you have fed her for 48 hours and when she is shedding okie!

Give her some time to settle in. I know it's hard to leave them alone when you first get them, but it's the best thing. Leave her undisturbed for 3 days. She is just afraid right now. Read your Corn Snake Manual front to back and back to front Good Luck!

hi and welcome


you should give her a chance to settle in to her viv before trying to handle her give her atleast 3 days without touching her or picking her up let her feed then leave for 2 days after she feeds then start handleing her for short periods at a time like 5 mins every day unless shedding or just fed.

good luck

this site has helped me a lot so injoy your corn and dont be afraid to ask

maybe not your socks...

maybe a shirt instead of your socks. i think if a big hairy monster chased me around the left their socks in my home id be upset. lol just teasing but yeah the sock thing always comes up as a way to get the snake used to your scent. a shirt will also work. or if you dont want to leave your shirt for snake poo then wash a rag in your typical detergent and carry it around and handle it a lot for a day. make sure to rub your hands all over it a lot. but the most important thing is to let your snake settle in to her new home first. after she has a chance to explore and start feeling safe then she can calm down a bit. after that it will be good to start handling her a little at a time daily (except after feeds and before sheds). eventually your baby will love you and hug you and squeeze you and name you george. grats on the new snake

well thank you all for all the info, I really apreciate it and i wont hesitate whenever i have a question about my snake. I'm really happy to have found this nice helping forums. Thanks again, i have another question this time about shedding. When will she shed for the first time? is it always the same for each snake? how much time before her first yuo guys think?

RaiseD

solution

i know what it feels like. My snake was the same at first and was even trying to bite me. Dont worry she wont bite you she just wants you to think that. She probably wasnt handled much before so handle her and she will get used to you very soon.

Socks and common scents!

I have raised hundreds of corns, I have never heard of putting a sock in a snake's cage so it can become accustomed to your smell. These are reptiles, not dogs. They have primitive reptilian brains, and while discerning between food and keeper is something they are quite capable of doing, it has yet to keep me from getting bit by neonates. I fed a newly hatched brood of snakes their first meal this morning, and I was bit no less than a dozen times. While baby corns do not hurt when they bite, they are doing it because they feel threatened, and once they are picked up, especially over the course of a few days, or weeks, they normally calm down. Now, one question I would ask the person who began this thread is, what type of cage do you have your snake in? I would advise that you put the snake in a very small cage for the snake's first 4-6 weeks of life. In the confines of a smaller cage snakes tend to feel more secure. I use large Shedd's Spread butter tubs with a folded paper towl in the bottom with a small water dish ( a 3 litre coke bottle top works fine). After the animal gets established, then transfer it to a larger cage (small Rubbermaid shoeboxes work very well) for young to yearling snakes. The same idea about small sized containers for babies also applies to the size of hide boxes, keep them small so the snake feels secure. Hope this is helpful, leave you socks on your feet--my socks would kill those poor snakes! Hope this has been helpful.
Vedica

Socks can be good for something else

I had a sock in my amel's enclosure and she likes to curl up in it. Just think, it's the ultimate cozy hide!

Seriously, maybe the snake won't think "mmm, this sock smells like my master," but when they smell "master," won't they recognize it as a familliar scent and therefore maybe not be alarmed by it? I agree the movements and vibrations of being held could still freak the snake out, but at least the smell has a chance of being recognized as something encountered every day in safety.

ok thanks a lot for these great replies!

about the size of my cage its a 24 12 12 so its pretty big for her and her hiding place is a rock with a hole in it but i bought it pretty big so she might not feel that secure in it. I'll try finding her som,ething a little smaller. I'll keep on putting my hand near her so that she can see i dont wanna eat her up and ill hope she'll become more and more calm cause knows there is no way in hell i should take her.

One last thing my little baby is NEVER moving she's always curled up in her hiding spot and never moves unless i raised her hiding spot to see if shes still alive...that kinda scares me is it normal or what?? is she supposed to be more active ? plz help !

Thanks yall,
RaiseD

She is most likley moving around after the lights are out and everything is quiet. If you stay up late check on her with a flashlight so you don't have to turn on the room light. They are not very active till they get hungry. I know it looks like they never move sometimes but they do

I know what you mean about that never moving thing. Lol. For the first month I had my snake I thought there was something wrong with her or with they way I'd set up her cage because I NEVER saw her out of her hide. Now I know better! One night I walked into the room without turning the light on and I could see her trying to scale the walls of her enclosure looking for a way out! Lol. Now I see her all the time, trolling around looking for food or pushing against the sides and top of her cage to see if there's a way out, etc.

Don't worry, I think they just don't move around and explore as much when it's a new home too. She'll get movin eventually.

Ok thank you again for all these infos, im feeling more secure now!