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behaviour after feeding

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diane1888

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Hi got my first snake on Monday. Pet shop said it was due fed on wed, so we got some small pinkies, snake is eight months old,and fed him. He fed great,ate the lot in about 30 seconds with us watching him. However, from what I've read on corns after they have eaten they go and hide for a few days to digest. ..but mine haa been more than active since he fed yesterday...is this normal? Also is Wednesday and Saturday a good feeding pattern that's wat pet shop had him on but wed n sat seem too close together..any suggestions welcome.
 
Every five days is the most a corn should be fed.

Also, how many pinks did you give him? At 8 months I would expect it to be ready for fuzzies.

Also, he may just be exploring his new home. I know that some snakes (like ball pythons) are active after feeding.
 
How much does he weight? I'd recommend following the Munson Plan, which you can find in multiple locations on here via the search option. I myself don't follow it exactly, since I only have two snakes and buy in bulk, so I'm usually finishing off a bag of smaller sized prey items by doubling them up before moving up a size.

As far as being super active after eating, I'd check the temps in your viv, they should be in the mid 80s on the warm side and in the mid 70s on the cool side. That is the temperature of the glass above the UTH, not the temp of the air or substrate. If they are too warm this could cause your snake to by hyperactive. If the temps are good, then I would wonder how much he weighs and how many pinkies you fed him. He could still be hungry. Or he's just getting used to the viv. People on here usually recommend waiting 7 days between acquiring your snake and handling or feeding. Let him hang out for a few days, make sure he has pooped and that it looks normal...

Definitely check out the munson plan, its your best bet as far as prey size goes. Hope I was helpful.

Cheers,
Chelsea
 
What you feed your snake, has nothing to do with the age. The mouse you feed, should be around 1 and a half times the girth of the snake (at his widest part). & you can usually get away with just feeding one mouse, sometimes 2 mice if they are not quite ready for the next size up. Not sure how many you fed your snake. If you look up the Munson plan, it has a good feeding plan for cornsnakes. All you need is a scale to weigh your snake. And to answer your behaviour question, yes it's normal. All snakes are different.
 
Fed him one pinkie. Not sure how much he weighs. He's pooped twice since we got him. He normally sleeps in his hides all day n stays up at night ill try put pic up. Thanks
 
You can try putting him on a regular scale, then just convert to grams, so you can have a rough idea of what he should be eating, according to the munson plan. Unless he is very small for his age, he should be ready for something larger than pinkies. You should really get a scale, that measures in grams. Makes it a lot easier to follow his growth and needs. They are fairly cheap. Sounds like he is doing good though!
 
Like I said before, check the temperatures in the viv, an unregulated UTH gets way too hot for a corn and could cause hyperactivity. Definitely find out how much he weighs, but if your temperatures are good, I would bet he's just still hungry. Next time feed him a prey item 1 1/2 times the width of his body. A pinky might just be too small. What size mice were they feeding him in the pet store?
 
Aww, he's a cutie, I can't quite see the thickest part of his body, but he definitely looks big enough to be eating peach fuzzies, if not fuzzies.
 
Your warm side sounds a little too warm. It should never go above 31C. 30C is better. Anything hotter than that is too hot. That could be a big reason why your snake didn't settle down to digest his meal, he's burning up on the warm side and can't find the right temperature. What kind of heat source do you have? If its an Under tank heater, you should get a thermostat or a rheostat to keep temperatures a little lower and more constant. Your cool side is also a little too cool, I don't know if you could raise room temperature in your house...

But definitely get on it with the warm side, you don't want an unhappy snake regurging a meal because it couldn't thermoregulate properly.
 
At 32C or over, thats 89.6F corn snakes are WAY too hot. You're risking them burning themselves or otherwise having trouble digesting, hiding, etc. Ideal temperatures are around 85F, 29.5C on the warm side and about 10 degrees cooler on the cool side.
 
Good spot - temps that are too high can make a Corn get a bit hyper. If you can bring them down a notch that would generally be a good thing.

If the snake can't find a suitable warm spot to sit and digest, then it might be searching for one, hence being more active after eating. (That's just my own odd theory BTW!).
 
The thermostat has a place where you plug in the heat mat and a place where you plug it into the wall. You can set the temperature and the thermostat will automatically turn it on and off.
 
If you can't get a thermostat/rheostat, an alternative solution would probably be to put 2-3 inches of bedding on the warm side. That way your corn will be able to burrow to the right temp. And just in case you've got a stupid corn, put a folded up paper towel above the UTH so he doesn't get burned.

Also, in the picture, to me it looks like he could easily take normal sized fuzzies. Peaches may be a good start though, just in case.
 
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