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My daughter and i have had our snake since christmas, she has a lovely viv with 2 identical hides(1 on warm side, 1 on cool side), mopani wood so she can hide under and cardboard loo roll tubes, not to mention bendy branch with ivy!!. The problem is she spends all her time burrying in the aspen, her temps are all ok above uth on glass be she just lays in the middle of the tank under the aspen on the glass (around 28 degree C). What i would like to know, is this normal behaviour, i know they burrow , but all the time???
Just like to also point out that she is feeding ok, i just have to move the aspen to get her to come out, then move her to her feeding tank. She is still a bit skittish but calms down very nicely after a few seconds in my daughters hand.
Should I make the aspen thinner (its about 3cm in places and about 1cm over uth) or just leave her doing her thing?
I would appreciate any of your experienced views.
 
Burrowing is normal behavior for snakes. My cornsnake does it, my boa does it, and my ratsnake did it while I was keeping him.

Give the snake a few more weeks and you'll notice it will probably start coming out more.
 
I've heard that baby snakes will do it a lot more than adults. You might find she grows out of it. Having said that my yearling + corn loves to burrow.

I wouldn't worry. If she's there all the time, she probably wants to be there :)
 
My big guy didn't start burrowing until I found aspen. I personally love it. He'll peek his head out and half the time half of him isn't even covered. In the wild they would hide. Personally, I think I would probably prefer the aspen to the hide myself. Like a snuggly blanket :)
 
Hi!
Your corn snake is hiding out until he gets used to his new home, then he will probably hide out now and then, but not all of the time. Make sure you have a piece of copy paper (some use other methods) flat under the wood bedding and over the uth so he doesn't burn his belly on the heated glass. They will do that; they are not so bright, but very sweet.
Cheers!
 
Another person agreeing that your snake just likes to burrow in aspen. I have five very different snakes- but they all like to burrow. The amount of time they spend not burrowing depends on the individual snake.

My Eastern Hognose is funny- she burrows, and when I want to find her, I just stick my fingers into the aspen gently in different areas. When I get close, she lets out a huge hiss like a tire puncture.

Nanci
 
Nanci said:
My Eastern Hognose is funny- she burrows, and when I want to find her, I just stick my fingers into the aspen gently in different areas. When I get close, she lets out a huge hiss like a tire puncture.

Nanci
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Hee hee! That is funny!
 
I have to agree with everyone else. Corns love to burrow, and how much they do it depends on the individual snake. My yearling amel spent most of his first year under the aspen.

Nanci, I had to laugh at your hognose story. My son's bp is the only one that hisses at me, and he only does it if I try to feed him when he's in shed. Needless to say, I don't offer if he's in shed anymore, but it was funny the first few times.
 
Nanci said:
Another person agreeing that your snake just likes to burrow in aspen. I have five very different snakes- but they all like to burrow. The amount of time they spend not burrowing depends on the individual snake.

My Eastern Hognose is funny- she burrows, and when I want to find her, I just stick my fingers into the aspen gently in different areas. When I get close, she lets out a huge hiss like a tire puncture.

Nanci
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LOL Zee sounds like she has quite the personality :)
 
Addy is the Eastern- as in Spreading Adder, their redneck name- and Zee is the Tri-Color, because he has big Zs down his back. Both have a lot of personality- though completely different.

That hissing is convenient when I want to locate her and check up on her without digging her out.

Nanci
 
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