How long have every body been keeping corns

[Steve H]

I bought my first corn Jan 1993, but I didn't get into corns seriously until about 3 yrs ago. I have kept various other snake for almost 30 yrs. I started with a garter snake that I found in my back yard when I was 9 yrs old.

 

[Susan]

Since 1995 when my husband brought home a wild caught hatchling. We had veiled chameleons at the time and he thought it would make a nice addition. Little did he know that I would end up with over 75 corn snakes, and I plan on having many more!

 

[5bandit5]

Hi Everybuddy,
What an interesting thread.

I have been owned by a cornsnake for 146 days, that equals 20 meals, 5 sheds, and 73 gray hairs. But I wouldn't trade him for anything!

 

[hazysnake]

My Corn Snake

I had my corn snake Woodstock since last October which works out to about five months.

 

[Skye]

Lesa,

what a great description!!

Skye

 

[CrazyCorn]

I have own lizards since mid 2000 I got my first snake in early breeding season of 2001, She was a WC corn from West Palm Beach, FL and I still have her to this day I also now own 9 lizards, 15 snakes, And I also take care of 5 non-feeders for a friend (which are now eating ).

My first snake, Missy.

 

[MegF.]

Nice snake! Here's my snake's new viv. Redid it today, and she's out investigating every inch!

 

[Drizzt80]

I have owned various snakes and lizards for over 14 years, but I have been serious about corns for the last 4. Currently have 37 corns, 1 ball python, 1 albino pac-man frog (horned toad), and a mexican red legged tarantula. I bred my first corn 3 years ago, and have seriously been overtaken by the breeding bug last year and this year. Have four females I grew up from hatchlings that I hope now have buns in the oven!

D80

 

[Ashanti]

I have been keeping cornsnakes for two days now, one snake at least. I bought it yestarday with a tank and heat mat and all the other gubbins. I had it out today and it was quite calm. its 2ft long and a bargain. lol

 

[Ken Harbart]

I've been keeping reptiles of various types for about 20 years now. Corns have come and gone with the various incarnations of my collection. Now that things in my life have finally stabilized, I've been working on the final, permenant incarnation.

Right now, I'm working with 32 corns of various morphs, het amel great plains rats, leucistic Texas rats, African house snakes, Peruvian longtailed boa constrictors, reverse stripe and het albino common boa constrictors, blackhead pythons, Cape York and granite spotted pythons, and het piebald ball pythons. Other snakes I've added, but aren't yet in my possession include womas and African mole snakes.

 

[Dennis Gulla]

I actually purchased my first cornsnake from a local pet shop. Well it was my first snake of any kind. I paid $17 back then and it was a normal. The year...1982 and I was 14 years old.

Since then I have owned Rat snakes, racers, various kingsnakes, ball pythons, burmese pythons, Colombian boas, peruvian redtail boas. guyana redtail boas etc.

I have gone full circle and only own corns right now.

 

[DAND]

I've been keeping corns for over ten years (other snakes for over 20 years), but I have been a herper since I could walk and catch em'. When I was a kid my Mom hated to do my laundry because she would never know what she would find in my pockets.

 

[MegF.]

You sound like me DAND. I think I brought home about a million Alligator lizards, salamanders, frogs, and who knows what else. Fortunately, my mom and dad had no problem with all of it, and mom even had to help get a few lizards off of the curtains when they escaped. Thank God for cool parents!

 

[So Pirate55]

4 months. My little brother got me into it and the genetics hooked me right from the beginning. I just bought my 2nd one yesterday, a gorgous lil female amel who i believe coulda easily been marketed as a reverse ok. due to her borders and color.

It's sad to say but i was actually one of those "it's a snake, let's kill it" people for a long time. But after a lot of reading (i love reading anything along the lines of zoology esp herp), and interactions with my brother's snakes (he's caught them all his life, but has kept as a hobby for 3 years), i learned how ignorant i was when it came to these wonderful creatures.

 

[niki]

3 years and it has developed into a great hobbie

 

[stuart]

i bought mine on the 12th march 2003. so, ive been keeping him for ... 14 months and 8 days. ive had no problems with him, hes great, and will be getting a mate . . .

 

[Spitfire]

Right now, i only have one that I've been keeping since she hatched. Four months so far, moving onto five. I'm getting a bloodred next month, can't wait!

 

[iluvsammy]

For one year and three months.

 

[Sasheena]

First Snake ~ Small Insectivore (as an adult).... September 2001
First "large" snake ~ Rosy Boa... November 2001
2.1 California Kingsnakes purchased in December 2001
0.1 Blotched King purchased in February 2002
0.1 Arizona Mountain Kingsnake obtained in March 2002
1.0 Blotched king traded (for mice) in April of 2003
1.1 Corns purchased in April of 2003 (Male Stripe Normal pos. Het Albino and Female Stripe Anery)
0.1 Corns Purchased in May of 2003 (Female Miami het motley, poss homozygous hypo, but unknown)
0.2 California Kings purchased in May of 2003
0.1 Cal Kings obtained in May of 2003
0.1 Spilotes Pullatus purchased in May of 2003 (was deformed, covered in mites, and died)
0.1 Jungle Carpet Python purchased in May of 2003
0.0.8 Cal kings hatched in June of 2003
0.0.8 blotched kings hatched in July of 2003
1.0 Royal Diadem Ratsnake (replacement for Spilotes) ... arrived deformed... died)
1.4 Black Rats (one died six months later) October 2003
1.2 Corns (Snow Hurricane Motley male, Ghost female, Anery female) October 2003
2.1 Outer Banks Kings November 2003 (one was a kinked freebie, one never ate and died, and one escaped)
0.0.8 Jurassic Milks (all but one died) December 2003
0.0.1 Hypo Brooks (died, came with the Jurassics) Dec. 2003
3.2 Florida Kings this year (doing great eating like crazy)
1.0 Egyptian Ratsnake this year
0.1 Flourescent Amel Corn this year
0.0.1 Splendida this year

Oh and I forgot all the ball pythons.... hubby was given one, bought ten more, (four of which died, BIG LESSON... don't buy wild caughts) then he got two more to replace the four that died.

I think that covers it....

The topic of course was on corns... so my cornsnakes I've had for just a year, now I have seven:

Hermes: Normal Stripe
Athena: Anery Stripe
Aphrodite: Normal Miami het Motley
Zeus: Hurricane Snow Motley (poss het/homo hypo)
Cassandra: Ghost (het amel, motley)
Hera: Anery (het amel, hypo, motley)
Calypso: (Flourescent Amel/REverse Okeetee)

 

[fateamber]

A year and 5 months .
My amel corn (Akasha) was my first snake.

I still only have one corn, but I also have 2 ball pythons and a Kenyan sand boa! I hope to get another corn this year, if I can find any room for it