• 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.

Adult Okeetee

K

kelvins

New member
Hello all,

A good friend of mine wants to sell me an adult female okeetee which is about 2 yrs old. He told me that he has too many snakes and it`s getting too expensive to feed them all. He purchased this corn from Kathy Love at a reptile expo, so i know it comes from good stock. My question is to you all is, if i decide to bring this snake home with me what are the odds that the change of homes will overstress this snake being that it is an adult? Should i treat it the same as if it were a neonate, giving it a few days of no handling. This corn is very well establised and is a very good feeder. I do already own a red tailed boa so i do have a little experience with snakes but i still have so much to learn. Any guidance in this matter will be greatly appreciated,thanks.
 
I've got limited experience, but I can tell you what happened with mine. I got my corn when it was 2 years old as well, and it came from the same type of situation (good feeder, easy to handle, etc) and it worked out great. I gave it about 5 days to settle in before handling it, but after the first day or so, it was cruising all around out in the open, so I don't think it was stressed too much. I think you'd be much safer as far as stress goes to transport a well-established juvie or adult than you would be with a hatchling.
 
I agree - you are unlikely to experience any problems, especially as you are used to caring for snakes.

Do leave it a few days with no disturbances to settle in before trying to hold/feed it etc.

Good Luck!
 
It all depends.

I bought my hypo-snows at three years old, and I had no problems, and they are very nice to handle. Of the ghosts I just bought as two year olds, two have regurged, and all four thrash and whip when handled.

But I doubt you'll have any major problems.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top