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Corn snake very aggressive!

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quadman230

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I've had my corn snake since September and in the past few months its turned really violent? It barley comes out of its hide and when it does as soon as it sees movement it backs into it, whenever I open the viv and lift its hides up it becomes extremely hostile and either bites me or runs away. I try and handle it as much as I can but if I don't pick it up as soon as I lift its hide up it will bite me. I've got its heat mat set to 27-28 degrees C and I feed it 3 pinkies per week. She is female and about 10 months old. How can I stop it from being so violent and become more tolerant to handling? I need to do something before it gets older and her bites do some actual damage:shrugs:
 
Your temps are a little on the cool side which will cause it to be pissy. I would bump the heat up to 30° and see what happens.

What is her weight in grams? If she is eating 3 pinks per week, she may need to be bumped up in prey size.
 
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Agree with raising the temps a bit, also, going by the Munson Plan, which many here use, your snake should be on fuzzies by now, not pinkies, so I'd look at bumping her up a size in food as well.
 
The heat mat is on one side of the viv, right? And she has hides on both cool and warm sides? I've heard of a snake being cranky when they don't have a hiding spot that's the temperature they want at that moment.
 
So did everything work out with the temperatures or with bumping up the size of the prey?
 
It is not the norm for Corns to be aggresive, however, having said this, I have a 3 year old male , bred by me, that will not tolerate any interference, he will strike and bite repeatedly. In nearly 13 years now of keeping Corns, he is the only aggressive Corn I have ever had.
 
rolandslf said:
It is not the norm for Corns to be aggresive, however, having said this, I have a 3 year old male , bred by me, that will not tolerate any interference, he will strike and bite repeatedly. In nearly 13 years now of keeping Corns, he is the only aggressive Corn I have ever had.
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Agreed, which is why we suggested raising the temperature and not feeding three small mice and just one mouse of appropriate size. Both of these reasons have been proven to cause cranky corns.
 
quadman230 said:
I've had my corn snake since September and in the past few months its turned really violent? It barley comes out of its hide and when it does as soon as it sees movement it backs into it, whenever I open the viv and lift its hides up it becomes extremely hostile and either bites me or runs away. I try and handle it as much as I can but if I don't pick it up as soon as I lift its hide up it will bite me. I've got its heat mat set to 27-28 degrees C and I feed it 3 pinkies per week. She is female and about 10 months old. How can I stop it from being so violent and become more tolerant to handling? I need to do something before it gets older and her bites do some actual damage:shrugs:
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One of my snakes is kinda mean, until it's out of its cage. It is getting better with time. He use to get in striking position and hiss and rattle it's tail. Once out of its viv, calm and docile. Weird, I suggest getting a snake hook and trying that. Some snakes just don't want to come out, some are just naturally aggressive. I hope yours becomes docile, good luck!
 
Haven't had a chance to buy any fuzzies yet. Tempurature has been set to about 29, she still bites the hell out of me when I try and take her out and is very defensive as soon as the viv door opens, I'll post a pic of her viv in a second but at the moment she is refusing to eat, missed her last 2 feeding days and won't even acknowledge the fact I'm giving her move she just try's her hardest to run away
 
Are you using a heating lamp or an Under Tank Heater (UTH)? If it is a lamp, ditch it and get the UTH proper for your size tank and a good thermostat. This will help, the light dehydrates the viv, can cause fires, and can harm a snake's eyes including blinding them if the wrong light is used.
 
Do you have thermometer probes on or under the substrate somewhere in the setup? I see one on the left wall, but I'm wondering how you're measuring the temps at the substrate level and the inside bottom of the viv, underneath the substrate. Is it possible that the substrate surface is hotter than the readings you're seeing? No judgment here...just trying to rule out another possible cause for the aggressive behavior.
 
The probe should go right online the glass, above the uth. Is your snake ok once it's out of its viv? Do you feed in or out of its viv?
 
I've got two thermometers, one on the glass and one that goes behind the plant on the right and into the aspen, as for te heat lamp it came with the viv that I bought from Global Geckos and the guy installed it all in the shop for me, and the lamp is UV, I feed it out it its viv but it hasn't eaten for the past week (it's not preparing to shed). And I spray the viv with warm water a few times per day to keep it humid
 
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