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Easier than Boas

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kelvins

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Hello All,

My name is Kelvin and this is my first post on this board. I`m new to snakes, i`ve had a baby red tail boa for little over a month now. It`s been a real challenge to keep his enviroment(temps,humidity) suitable for him but i`ve managed with a little hard work. A good friend of mine has a couple of corn snakes that he let me handle last weekend and i was very impressed by them,such beautiful well mannered snakes. I really want a corn snake now, but my question is will they be easier to care for than my boa? I live in Mississippi where we have corn snakes in the wild. Just wondering if the temp/humidity gradient factor will be as much of a challenge. Any replies will be greatly appreciated,thanks.
 
kelvins said:
Hello All,

My name is Kelvin and this is my first post on this board. I`m new to snakes, i`ve had a baby red tail boa for little over a month now. It`s been a real challenge to keep his enviroment(temps,humidity) suitable for him but i`ve managed with a little hard work. A good friend of mine has a couple of corn snakes that he let me handle last weekend and i was very impressed by them,such beautiful well mannered snakes. I really want a corn snake now, but my question is will they be easier to care for than my boa? I live in Mississippi where we have corn snakes in the wild. Just wondering if the temp/humidity gradient factor will be as much of a challenge. Any replies will be greatly appreciated,thanks.
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Welcome to the forums Kelvin. I think you will find corns much easier to keep.
They are very tolerant of humidity/temp fluctuations. I'm in Florida and use no extra heat in my larger corns vivs. Hope this helps, and be forewarned one corn leads to many! :cheers:
 
hi kelvs

welcome to the world of corns. there's a ton of info already here...all you have to do is use the "search" button to find out just about anything for anything.

i have one columbian boa, and she is wonderful. i live in new mexico, and find that regulating my corns for temp couldn't be easier. mine are in a rack system, and for the smaller sterltite containers i don't even need heat tape. the corns do great because our temps are steady, and in the winter i put them on a closet shelf where it is warmer.

they are all on aspen bedding, and have great sheds. if someone is iffy, i put in a container with moist sphagnum moss for a humid hide, and they shed with no problem.

if you do some homework on this site, any question you have beforehand will be answered.

good luck,

lin
 
Welcome to the board'

:wavey: First Welcome to the board we will all be as helpful as we can. And yes personally I do believe that corns are easier to care for than a boa is. The temperature to corns is not as crucial as they would be to many other snakes.

They do seem to eat more often seeing they eat smaller food that is digested quicker. I feed mine every 5-7 days. Which is a normal feeding schedule.

A 20gL enclosure should house your snake its whole life, most people house only 1 corn in an enclosure and many people feel strongly about only housing one snake in an enclosure. But that is for you to decide there are ups and down to housing one and two in a tank.

Humidity is probably the one thing I worry about in my tanks and is what a keep about 70% or so.

I hope I could be of help and if you ever need anything else you can post. There is also one more thing that you might want to look into buying, it is called Kathy Loves corn snake manual, it is filled with a lot of information that will inform you with what is to come, but there is also a lot of information you need to learn first hand. :cheers:
 
welcome to the site. there are soooo many people here that are willing to help with any problems or questions you have regarding corns. in terms of husbandry of corns compared to boas....corns are like a breath of fresh air compared to boas. i love boas and corns and keep quite a few of both, but boas take alot more care than corns in almost all aspects of their lives. if you chose to pick up a corn you will almost definately get more!!! they are wonderful animals in my opinion and you would be happy with the choice if you got one.
 
Thanks guys/gals for your replies. I was looking at some care sheets for corns and read that the cool ambient temps should be in the mid 70`s and the warm side should be no warmer than mid 80`s. The temps in my house are in the mid 70`s so this leads me to believe that i would only need a very small boost on the warm side, and i never have humidity problems, i keep around 55-65% without even trying.
 
Wow you seem to be on the right track and so far seem to be doing a good job, keep up the good work'
 
An ith (under tank heater) would give yout the nessicary heat bosst on the warm side. Sounds like your house is a great temp!!! My house is like 65!!!! Freezing. Brrrrrrr!!!
 
my room runs about 60 in the winter, so i have to have a UTH and a heat lamp during this time of year... its right now coming towards time to turn off the heat emitter for the season. i do have to mist occasionally, as my hourse stays low humidity.
 
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