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Baby corn First time snake owner

j33p3rz

j33p3rz

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Ok I picked up a baby corn yesterday not sure of sex so I will be calling it Zeus thats what my youngest daughter has named it.Got Zeus at our Local Uncle bills.

Anyways I asked them when the last time it ate and the guy honestly said he had no Idea and asked a few others they were clueless.I have a 10 gal tank set up with a heat pad and a day bulb a couple of hide outs and some fake plants with limbs.And of course a water bowl I have seen Zeus drink a few times already.I use aspen bedding.

I got some frozen pinkys to feed Zeus,when should I start to try to feed Zeus?I googled answers but get so many different things thats why Im here.
He seems so tiny Zeus is about 11 to 12 inches long.
Another questions about the light do I need to keep it on all times or just through the day time hours?I do keep it kind of dark in my house.My temps are around 83 on the warm side and gets down to 75 when the light has been off for awhile.

Thanks for any help
 
When I got my first baby corn I pretty much assumed the pet store hadn't fed her very recently. Just give Zeus a few days to get used to his new home and offer him a pinkie. From there you can establish a feeding routine.

As for the lighting, I wouldn't leave it on at night unless it's one of the red bulbs meant for nocturnal animals. If you're leaving the UTH on overnight the temperature should be just fine.
 
ParadoxTX said:
When I got my first baby corn I pretty much assumed the pet store hadn't fed her very recently. Just give Zeus a few days to get used to his new home and offer him a pinkie. From there you can establish a feeding routine.

As for the lighting, I wouldn't leave it on at night unless it's one of the red bulbs meant for nocturnal animals. If you're leaving the UTH on overnight the temperature should be just fine.
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Thanks for the response,Thats what Ill do_On the light thats what I did last night Zeus first night I shut the light off.Started to prowl around.When I put Zeus in the new home at first the first 2 hours was non stop checking everything out.Now just kinda sits up on a branch hanging out.
 
Corns are nocturnal creatures.

You don't even need to bother with the overhead lamp at all. Corns don't need or appreciate them and they tend to really lower the humidity in the tank.

The UTH, set with a thermostat or rheostat and temp probe to 82-85 degrees F, is all they really need for temp regulation.
 
Thanks again thats what I like to here positive answers.Seems everyone around here knows what there talking about.Alot of great info here.
 
Well I was worried about them the one I got yesterday hes pretty small and worried they havent ate.Since Zeus is so calm seems not scared of me at all very very calm little guy.I decided to put him in a little tote thawed out a pinky took tweasers put it in front of his face and BAM Zeus is now sucking down a pinky.Yay
 
Glad to hear he is eating, I'd let him settle in for about a week. How are you measuring your temps, it sounds like you might have one of those stick on dials? The air temps don't matter at all, since your corn will be spending most of his time on the ground. Make sure that you pick up a thermostat for the UTH, otherwise it will get too hot and cook your snake. Also, measure the temps with a digital thermometer that has a probe, I find them at home improvement stores for about $12. You'll want to attach the probe inside of the cage, beneath the aspen right over the UTH.
 
I spoke to soon he had about half the pinky in I went back to check on him and he spit it back out.Pinky to big for him Im guessing?
 
Aw darn! It could be that, he may have gotten spooked, it could be too early. I'd leave him be with it for a bit longer. If he doesn't eat, just leave him be for about 4-5 days before trying again, you can cut the next one down the back, sometimes they really like that o.o
 
Pinky to big for him Im guessing?
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They can eat something that's one and a half times the width of their body - it needs to leave a lump in their belly for 24-48 hours while they're young.

I agree with Ali that it's more likely that you fed him a wee bit too soon after he's arrived, and he was spooked by you moving around. We usually advise leaving them for a week to settle in before feeding - even if you won't know when he last ate.

Try leaving him alone with the spat-out pinky for a couple of hours - leave him completely alone and don't check on him. If he hasn't taken it by then, it's probably best to leave him for Ali's suggested few days before trying again.

When you next feed, my top tip is to offer the pinky just before you go to bed and then leave him with it all night - don't check until the next morning. Sometimes new arrivals appreciate absolute quiet and dark when they eat.
 
I am using a UTH but I unplugged it because it seemed to hot to just touch it.Im also using the stick on that came with the little 10 gal kit set up.It also came with a heat lamp with a day bulb that puts off heat Ive been using that the tank temp reads and its pretty warm in the house too at this time of the day at 85.Ill have to look for one of those probes because I just know it was warmer than that under there.This little guy is hardly on the ground I know I just got him but hes always on a branch that has fake leaves on it balled up,until he gets a drink then right back up.

I wished he would of ate it,I shot a short vid I was excited,Ill try again in a week or so.
 
I am using a UTH but I unplugged it because it seemed to hot to just touch it.
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Yes. a UTH is designed for use with a range of reptiles, many of which need it much hotter than a Corn. For a Corn, you need to buy something to regulate it - a thermostat is easiest - and set it to around the mid-80s. That's lower than human core body temp, so it should feel barely warm when you touch it. If it's too hot for you to touch, then it'll feel scalding hot to the Corn and he won't use it - might be why he's staying off the ground so much.

Im also using the stick on that came with the little 10 gal kit set up.
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Those can be 20 degrees wrong either way, so it's not even much use as a rough guide. My nephew's Corn starter kit had one and it didn't even move when the UTH was accidentally switched off! A digital or infra-red thermometer is definitely the way to go.

Remember to measure the temperature on the floor surface immediately above the UTH. A UTH is designed to heat the floor and not the air above it, so that's where you need to set the maximum.

Chances are, if you can get the UTH to feel more comfortable, your little guy will venture "downstairs" a bit more. On the other hand, we do ocasionally find those who prefer climbing.
 
I have an infra-red temp gun and I check mine a couple of times a week. However, if you get a digital one, you can leave the probe in the tank permanently and just check the reading on the display as you walk past. That's probably the easiest option, although a bit more costly.
 
My new corn i got yesterday sucked down a pinky last night yay he's bigger than my other no problem at all for it yay
 
Getting ready to head to the store to get stuff to make my own thermostat control for the UTH that should help things.
 
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