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My name is Stephanie, my husband Kelly usually puts the posts up, but I have a question? Our baby snake Elvis,likes to hide all the time. We were told to put lots of stuff for him to hide in or under. On the warm side we have it about 80 - 82* and on the cool side it's about 75* but the only time he comes out is when we move everything and take him out to hold him, then we put him back in and in hiding he goes again! Is this normal? Please let me know! Thank you.
 
It's natural for baby corns to hide because in nature they are dinner for just about anything that sees them!
 
Why would you want to take away the hides? The baby is not comfortable out in the open. You could put in a bunch of fake vines for him to hide in, where you can see him, and some squished toilet paper tubes. They love those, and you can tip them right out! But- that,s what snakes do, hide.
 
you could reduce the number of hides if you want to make handling easier.
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Forcing the snake into the open when it wants to be hidden, will stress it. A stressed Corn is likely to be even more difficult to handle. You also risk refusal to feed or regurging.

Hiding is their most basic instinct and it really does have to be catered for. Some are naturally more timid than others. However the likelihood with a hatchling is that it will gain in confidence as it grows and it will gradually venture out more and more.
 
i think I may have been misunderstood. I imagined the vivarium in question to have essentially wall-to-wall hides that make cleaning and examining difficult. I think that 4 or 5 hides is a great number to have for a young snake.
 
Wall-to-wall hides are fine - the more the merrier as far as I'm concerned. Whenever I have a tank with empty floor space, I buy more plastic foliage to cover it up. It doesn't matter that it makes cleaning and finding the snake difficult - the tank is set up for the snake's welfare rather than my convenience.
 
I wasn't taking it as a ruckus, just an exchange of views! Hopefully obboi feels the same way. Apologies for coming across like that.
 
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