2 corns in 1 cage

I have owned 30 corn snakes in my time. Never not once did they ever turn on the other. As long as you follow a couple of things like always feed them in seperate feed tubs, wait 30 min until you put them back. If there is a snake that is not eating remove it until it eats. Cannabalism usally happenes with hatchlings but even that is rare.

Originally Posted by cyclone

I have owned 30 corn snakes in my time. Never not once did they ever turn on the other. As long as you follow a couple of things like always feed them in seperate feed tubs, wait 30 min until you put them back. If there is a snake that is not eating remove it until it eats. Cannabalism usally happenes with hatchlings but even that is rare.

Just because you have owned 30 snakes, that does not mean that you took good care of them!! Owning 30 snakes means absolutely nothing. Snakes are solitary animals, they do not like to be around other snakes. Imagine if you were locked in a room with someone you hated, and were never allowed to get away from that person...forever. Do you think that would impact your health? Just because a snake "acts" fine, does not mean it is fine. Co-hab may not lead to cannabalism, but it WILL lead to stress. Stress in turn can lead to health problems and a shorter lifespan.

I have been keeping snakes for 14 years. I have had ball pythons, desert kings, a gray banded king, a california king, a florida king, rosy boas and cornsnakes.
I currently own a Florida King, 6 rosy boas and 35 cornsnakes. (Since you seem to think that your husbandry skills seem to be directly related to the number of animals you have kept)

I was at the Petco today to buy cat supplies. They had two hatchlings coexisting. They did NOT look happy. One was an anery of some sort & the other was a Blizzard or a Snow (I am not sure of the correct terms, the snake had pink saddles & was otherwise white). The anery was restlessly trying to do the escaping-baby thing. It didn't look like a good situation to me. Needless to say I was trying to figure out how to rescue one of them. The anery looked vigorous & bright-eyed so I was thinking that's the one to rescue. They want $40 for it. No idea if it's a male or female. I know, I know, don't get store-bought corns, but I already have a plastic box viv, all sorts of plastic bowls that could be used as hides & waterbowls, substrate, etc. All I'd need is a UTH & some pinkies. Do hatchlings eat whole pinkies or half-pinkies?

Blessed be,
B
proud parent of Humphrey

I know this sounds so heartless, but the truth is....if you buy a corn from them, they will think "ok, time to order another corn. We must be doing something right if these things keep selling like they are"...so now another corn will be ordered to fill the place of the one you bought, and Petco made money by treating their animals badly.


If you did get him, I hope he's healthy and does well for you, and if he does die, at least he died with someone caring about him and trying to make him comfortable.

In answer to your question, whole pinks are fine

Beth great posts I tried to rep you...but apparently I must spread it around- sounds so dirty,lol

I didn't buy the snake. S/he does NOT have mites, s/he is bright eyed & active so I thought maybe the snake has a fighting chance. And yeah, I don't want to encourage Petco to buy more snakes. I thought of that too. But I keep thinking that the snake looks good so if moved to a good home might do well... I'm a noob owner, but I think this forum has given me some basic understanding of what corn snakes need, and I think I would be a good parent to a hatchling. Don't harass the baby, keep them properly warm, get them to eat -- sounds pretty simple.

So I'm really ambivalent because I WANT to save that particular baby from a bad situation but I realize by doing so I reinforce Petco's behavior of putting baby corns in a bad situation. It seems like either way I'm doing something good & something bad simultaneously.

Blessed be,
B
proud parent of Humphrey

Honestly if the snakes calling your name because some just do then buy it. Petco/petsmart and others will continue to buy more animals to mistreat regardless, but an anery is a common morph that can be easily obtained elsewhere too.

Danielle,
It's not the color morph that's the issue -- I know various sorts of anery's are easily come by -- it's seeing a bright eyed active snake who looks really good in a Petco & wanting to get that baby ~out~ of there & into a good home. I am a sucker for underdogs. And that's what this snake is. The "reptile specialist" calls the baby "Bad Attitude" because s/he does the baby-corn-imitating-rattlesnake routine. That engages my sympathy. "Bad Attitude" is just trying to protect himself.

Blessed be,
B
proud parent of Humphrey

I think one thing people forget is many pet store buy from big breeders. Most large scale breeders wholesale out their leftovers and have no clue what ends up with them after that. Who knows, maybe Rich Z's babies are at petco right now...lol
Just saying, it's easy to bad mouth the stores, but it could be a breeder you have high regard for they got their snakes from.

Originally Posted by The page at cornsnakes.com says:

You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to starsevol again.

Cohabbing is NOT something to mess around with. I did it. Twice. The first time I did it was for about 8 months without any apparent issues. And then one of them started regurging... and I couldn't tell which one it was at first. Until he started getting skinny. I separated, and he's doing fine and dandy now, but there's an 80g difference between him and the other one he was cohabbing with. And they're the same age, and were purchased 2 weeks apart.

The second time I did it lasted for a whole week. I had an anery and a Silver Queen, both the same age and both the same size. I looked in one day, and could only find my anery. And she was FAT and lumpy. Turns out she decided she wanted to make a snack out of my Silver Queen. I was NOT happy with her, but I was also very concerned I would lose her because her unintended meal was WAY too big. Fortunately, she managed to digest without a regurge, and she is still with me today. But I could have very easily lost both of them instead of just one.