Dividing a larger tank?

[Alicia P]

Photobomb of the male He's supposed to be 2 in April, any guesses what morph he is??
Hopefully I resized the pic's correctly :cheers:

Full body

Close up

Head

Crappy belly shot lol

This was Saturday when we were putting him in his tub. I didn't even get to put him all the way down before he started drinking.

Does he look super small for almost 2yrs? I'm going to buy a scale that does grams and will up date with his weight in a few days. They had some frozen pinkies leftover they gave me and they look small (think dime), and some of them look squished, blech, is that normal? They said this guy was getting one of them every 7 days.

Will post pic's of the female later. I have to resize them, but first I need to go make dinner :eatpointe

 

[Alicia P]

Pictures of the female
I was told she turned 2 in the fall, does she look a Miami or a Normal?

Full body (she does have paper towels in with her, I was changing them)

Close up

Head

Belly shot

This was Saturday, she was super thirsty too, she shoved her whole face in the water

She was also getting one, sometimes two, of the dime sized pinkies every 7 days.

They are both loving their belly heat, I'm using a lamp rheostat to keep the UTH's from getting to warm. They are in a finished room with a door in the basement, the room temp is pretty consistent in there and the warm side temps are staying right about 84F, they have fluctuated a little from 83F-86F though, that's ok right?

I haven't seen any mites, and they don't have any shed stuck to them anywhere, so except for maybe being on the small side for what I was told their ages are I think they look great :dancer:

 

[Alicia P]

I purchased a scale, this one, it should be here Thurs. I'm going to pitch the mousicles that they came with, I honestly don't trust that they are any good. Friday I'll go buy some new mousicles and offer them a meal on Saturday.

 

[randj]

Excellent job rescuing these guys, Alicia! I look forward to other's opinions on what morphs, too. I am new to corns so not too sure about morphs, especially the snows and similar.

 

[smigon]

Be sure to post pics when you get them, and when the tank is done. I would love to see how it turns out, and some better pics of your new kids!

 

[LMS68]

Great pics! They are lovely! I'm really happy for you & them, they'll be so much happier now.

Now the next big question: names?

 

[Alicia P]

We are still trying to think of some good names

Also I made another thread here specifically asking for help identifying what morph's they are.

 

[Soulwind]

Almost 2 years old and still being given a PINKY once a week?
Geez, no wonder he's tiny. Amazing he hasn't actually starved to death.

This would explain my earlier post about diving the cage. I didn't see the
pictures before and only read that they were 2 years old...so I assumed they
were adult/near adult sizes.

I hope he manages to correct his growth with you actually feeding him correctly.

I don't know though, is there a "it's too late, he's going to be stunted" point in thier lives?

 

[cgibson1992]

Im not sure but he looks like some kind of snow, maybe a bubble gum snow.

HAHA and a snowflake eel is a small eel that grows to about 3ft that is popular in the saltwater pet trade... I used to have a 125 gallon salt reef and ive seen many of them.

 

[dave partington]

Is it possible a snowflake eel used to live in the aquarium?
(looking at the other thread)

 

[Alicia P]

Im not sure but he looks like some kind of snow, maybe a bubble gum snow.

HAHA and a snowflake eel is a small eel that grows to about 3ft that is popular in the saltwater pet trade... I used to have a 125 gallon salt reef and ive seen many of them.

Is it possible a snowflake eel used to live in the aquarium?
(looking at the other thread)

The tank that came with them has some lime/calcium build up inside, which probably means it was filled with water for an extended time. From their lack of housekeeping if they had a saltwater tank I would imagine it didn't go well :awcrap:

 

[Stephan Grundy]

I know a lot of people will use ordinary plastic tubs for temp housing - I'd say a moderately-sized one each with some substrate, hide, and a water bowl would do. I wouldn't worry too much about heating for a period of a few days unless you just fed them (they need a little extra warmth to digest properly) your house is really unusually cold - corn snakes are pretty cold-tolerant (as in, there have been a number of examples of escapees surviving outside through the winter in both the UK and Ireland - almost certainly brumated, but honestly, some of the summers we've been getting lately were colder outdoors than it probably is in your house. Just be *really* careful that the lids are secure, these guys are like Houdini crossed with Mary Lou Reston when it comes to escape! And I would recommend getting heat mats (cover about 1/3 of the floor - Habistat is the best brand I know) with thermostats (really necessary to make sure you don't fry the snake) rather than a heating lamp for cornsnakes - they're terrestrial, and they're happier absorbing heat through their tummies as if they were basking on stone than getting it through the air.