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My first corns

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chris_almere20

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Arent they the cutests snakes ever?
Ive had them for 5 days now.
I havent havent named them yet
And can anyone tell me exactly what species they are?

Grtz
 
great thanks, now a follow up question.
What will be their maximum length, weight and strength when they grow up?
i need this becouse im planning on buying and building them a new cage in jungle theme in 3 months time. and i need to consider stress on vines and custom build hideouts.
The new cage dimension will be CM/INCH (L=120/47.2 X H=60/23.6 X D=50/19.7)

Also what is their visual spectrum? do they detect infrared (like nightvision lights)?
 
As far as I know from reading stuff online and reading books:

Length can be anywhere from 3 feet to 6 feet, although most are generally 4-5 feet

I honestly don't know about the weight... I only have one corn snake and she's a baby, and don't recall reading anything about adult weights... Seems like I've commonly heard of them being in the 700-800 gram range, but I guess it really depends on the length. I honestly have no idea. I'm sure the information is out there, but I don't remember it if I've seen it haha

I'm not really sure what you mean by strength... If you have the vines secured or tied/supported in some fashion, I don't really see that the corn snakes would pull them down. Some corns like climbing, others don't. Mine, in particular, never climbs even though I've provided her with a branch and vines haha

As for visual spectrum, as far as I know, if you want to have a light on at night for viewing them, you can use a red or purple (I think) bulb and it won't interrupt their day/night cycle because they can't see red light

Please someone correct me if I'm wrong on any of that! :) I've been doing research but still am very very new to all of this as I've only had my baby just under 2 months now haha

Now, something you didn't ask, but I think should be mentioned. It isn't recommended to house multiple corn snakes together because of several different reasons, some of which are 1. possible cannibalism, 2. the female becoming gravid unplanned and when she is too young if there are opposite sexes living together, 3. easier spread of disease/illness if one snake is sick, 4. if one snake regurges its food, you won't know which one has the problem, and 5. snakes are solitary animals and generally speaking, having another snake around can stress them out. That may be something for you to consider when you are building a cage for them. Maybe you might want to put a divider down the middle so you only have to build one structure, but they will still be separated. I'm not sure if they would still be stressed out by seeing/smelling each other or not.

I hope this helps you out :) I'd suggest doing some research on them so that you can better know what to expect from them as they grow. They can live around 20 years so be ready for a long haul :)
 
Well i still think cannibalism can be controlled with a lot of discipline from my side.
But your other arguments make sense.

I did noticed something 1 hour ago, 1 snake is ''blue'' at the moment, but the second snake doenst leave his side and clearly watches over him/her, i think thats pretty amazing but not uncommon, ive seen other animals do this but never snakes.

Examples;

A cat preforms CPR on his dead friend (you might even cry looking at this)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=joUactmWVQ4

A squirrel that fights off crows of his dead friend
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sOw3mCz4Oc&feature=related

So this clearly proves that animals know when their buddy is helpless and in need of their help.
Thats why i dont believe that they will eat each other.
BUT your other points are valid.

So ill will start construction in a few months on 2 big cages witch i will stack.
if any of you want to ill make a tread about this project, i already made a 3d computer model and it looks very nice and funtional with multiple hideouts, vines for climbing, dense vegetation at one side, and a open area, and 2 water bowls.

Please, give your links to your pages aswell so i can admire your babys.
 
Some people cohab without problems, some people have tried with problems. I've never tried (my one and only snake is my first snake) so I don't really lean one way or another. Those were just what I've read about, but I have no personal experience with this. That cat video was especially sad :(:(:( I want to build my own habitat but can't afford to as of yet. Maybe some day :) Can't wait to see how yours progresses! :) Can you share a link to the 3D images? I'd love to see :)
 
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