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Handling your snake no more?

Corn Snakies

Corn Snakies

Corn Snakie
hey, just wondering... ive gotten busy and haven't had much time, I haven't handled my snake in months, its about 3 feet long and very skinny. But when i do handle it once in a while, it seems more relaxed than usual. Is it best to handle it every single day or to give it nice long breaks? :D ty.
 
Corn Snakies said:
I haven't handled my snake in months, its about 3 feet long and very skinny. But when i do handle it once in a while, it seems more relaxed than usual.
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When was the last time you fed it? :shrugs:
 
mbdorfer said:
When was the last time you fed it? :shrugs:
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Yeah, I'd be more concerned about the very skinny part. If it's malnourished it won't be very active when you pick it up.
 
Sounds like the poor thing needs a meal..and of course not all snakes can be handled daily ..I for one have to many to do that but make sure all get out at least once or twice a week for some play time..unless it is a skiddish one that I'm trying to get used to handling..then i try to handle for short periods every few days..But most of mine I leave alone the day before i feed and the day after so they can be ready and also digest in piece.
 
Daily handling is too much (go ahead, all of you who think snakes are puppy dogs and can be taught to sit up and roll over,and tell me about your daily cuddle sessions) if for no other reason than you need to give them at least 48 hours to digest their food after a feeding. I try to handle once a week, just to keep them use to it. Truth of the matter is, however, they would just as soon you never touch them. That does not relieve one of the responsibility of keeping the snake fed properly and providing a clean environment of the correct temperature and humidity.

As far as the snake being "skinny" that's a relative term. Corns are as a species are slender snakes. If you can post a photo, folks here will be quick to tell you if your snake looks too thin. Most of us here endorse feeding according to the "Munson Plan". I have a simple guide. Under 12 months of age, feed snakes 20 percent of their body weight every five days. Feed yearlings, two year olds, and breeding females 15 percent of their body weight once a week. Feed adults over two years old ten percent of their body weight every two weeks. This is just a guide, one can feed adults more and adjust if they start to get fat.
 
I have snakes that seem to happily tolerate daily handling and others that don't. I don't usually have the time to take all the snakes out even once a week most of the time, but if I did, I could handle all of them except a few that often. For the ones that are stressed out when you hold them, I pretty much leave them alone. I would be less concerned if she had put slender rather than skinny. Skinny implies underweight, not slender.
 
all of you who think snakes are puppy dogs and can be taught to sit up and roll over
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Thanks Bill for squashing my hopes of teaching Roxanne to catch a Frisbee next spring. :cry:

Personally I wait 72 hours after a meal and hold off while she is blue to handle her. Is that possible to fit into your schedule??

As others have stated, I would be more concerned with the apparent weight lose rather than the handling at this point.

Regards,
Steve
 
MegF. said:
I have snakes that seem to happily tolerate daily handling and others that don't. I don't usually have the time to take all the snakes out even once a week most of the time, but if I did, I could handle all of them except a few that often. For the ones that are stressed out when you hold them, I pretty much leave them alone. I would be less concerned if she had put slender rather than skinny. Skinny implies underweight, not slender.
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I have a snake just like yours xD

and I feed mine once a week as I am supposed to (low budget here, but always every single week)
 
dwyn127 said:
Yeah, I'd be more concerned about the very skinny part. If it's malnourished it won't be very active when you pick it up.
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fed every week. active when picked up but calmer if handled less (^_^)
 
dwyn127 said:
Yeah, I'd be more concerned about the very skinny part. If it's malnourished it won't be very active when you pick it up.
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Its fed every week without a miss. Also active when picked up, but calmer when handled less.
 
bill38112 said:
Daily handling is too much (go ahead, all of you who think snakes are puppy dogs and can be taught to sit up and roll over,and tell me about your daily cuddle sessions) if for no other reason than you need to give them at least 48 hours to digest their food after a feeding. I try to handle once a week, just to keep them use to it. Truth of the matter is, however, they would just as soon you never touch them. That does not relieve one of the responsibility of keeping the snake fed properly and providing a clean environment of the correct temperature and humidity.

As far as the snake being "skinny" that's a relative term. Corns are as a species are slender snakes. If you can post a photo, folks here will be quick to tell you if your snake looks too thin. Most of us here endorse feeding according to the "Munson Plan". I have a simple guide. Under 12 months of age, feed snakes 20 percent of their body weight every five days. Feed yearlings, two year olds, and breeding females 15 percent of their body weight once a week. Feed adults over two years old ten percent of their body weight every two weeks. This is just a guide, one can feed adults more and adjust if they start to get fat.
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ty for the info. well appreciated :d
 
I wouldn't get too worked up if it doesn't eat every week. I think on the whole, domestic snakes are overfed compared to their wild counterparts.
 
I think it's a good looking normal cornsnake. Doesn't look bad to me. What makes you say hybrid Double het?
 
My first reaction is that it looks thin... since you're feeding it every week I guess the next question would be what size are you feeding? That goes back to the earlier question about length and weight too. How long does the lump stay before the meal is digested?
 
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