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hello from a newbie!

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slinky

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My son got a baby corn last saturday but I think I am the one that's hooked!!! I think the pet shop guy gave us a tank that is too small - I know nothing about your funky american measurements (I am a South african residing in the States) but it is about a foot long and 7 inches wide! I'm concerned that the size means that the heat from the lamp that I have pointed into the one corner will spread throughout the tank and my baby won't have enough of a temperature variation.
It is a plastic tank - will a heat pad be o.k.?
The kids love her and want to hold her all the time - she is very sweet and docile but where do i draw the line when it comes to handling her?
Right now she seems happy and content and resting in her little hide after gobbling up the little pinkie I fed her this afternoon. I know, I know, no handling after a feed !!!!!!!!!!!
I'm so glad i found Y'all!
 
The tank size is probably fine for a hatchling, but yes a lamp will heat it up too much. Place a heating pad on one side and use a thermometer to make sure its staying around 82-85.

Handling is fine generally everyday except after feeding like you mentioned. If the corn is eating normally, then you arent bothering her too much.

good luck and enjoy your new snake ! they are awesome!

bmm
 
Welcome to the forums...

and to the United States!! Also congratulations on your (son's) new snake!

I agree with bmm about the tank size, the heat lamp, and oh EVERYTHING she said regarding your questions!

I think you are right...you are already hooked. Did you notice what you said??? "My son got a baby corn...and my baby won't have enough of a temperature variation."

You are already thinking of the little one as yours
:D :D :D LOL
 
Thanks for the welcome!!! I love America and think it is a great country.
My son has been staying at his cousins house but missed his snake so my sister-in-law, who hates snakes, allowed him to take Pazoozoo (the name the cousins decided to give snakey) to her house for a couple of days. Well, she still doesn't like snakes, but she likes Pazoozoo!!! She was won over by the way he lets the kids hold him and just seems to hang out with them. She says he is a snake with pizzazz!!!
I thought Pazoozoo was a female and the pet shop guy innitially did too but then popped him, so he is a male Anery. My other son wants a snake too now and we went back to the pet shop today (another pet shop where they breed their own snakes) to get him one. I saw the cutest little motley, his father an Anery and his
mother was labeled a "red", I would have bought it but the lady there said she wants to wait another week before determining it's sex and I would like to get a female. How long does one have to wait before determining the babies' sex? Was it safe for the pet shop dude to "pop" Pazoozoo? What kind of offspring could be expected from this match?
 
Ummm...just realised i got a little carried away with questions that belong in other forums! Sorry!! Just wanted to thank you Terri and Bmmm for your responses - made me feel at home here!
 
It sounds as if your son's snake is a big success! I'm glad he has gotten your sister-in-laws a bit more comfprtable with snakes. I always like to hear of people deciding that snakes are pretty cool after all.

If you breed an anery (assuming it's not het for anything) with a normal motley het amel and anery (snow), then you will get about:

25% anery het snow motley
25% anery het motley
25% normal het snow motley
25% normal het anery motley

I think (by various readings on the site and others) that popping is supposed to be done before a snake is 3-4 weeks old. After that they should be probed. I've never found anyone to show me the proper technique of popping, so I just probed mine.

I think that covers all of your questions. And I'm glad we made you feel welcome!

One more thing, you may want to do a search for the word "popping." You should be able to pull up some threads discussing it.
 
Let me add my welcome to the forum

As far as the safety of the pet shop dude popping the snake, as long as he knows what he is doing, there is no problem. I think that it is posssible to pop snakes anytime up till they are maybe 18 inches long. I have a yearling that I could still pop (but he is a picky eater, and still quite small). The problem when they get bigger is that their muscles are so strong that they just overpower your attempts at popping. Basically, the younger and smaller they are, the easier it is, and the more likely you are to do it right.

The dangers associated with improper technique in popping snakes are:
1. you can damage the reproductive organs and make the snakes unable to reproduce
2. If you bend them too much, you can damage the spine.

Mark
 
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