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I have just recently bought my first corn snake (my first reptile) and have it in a 10 gl glass viv. We brought it home on sunday and they tolled me that they had not fed it that day and it is there feeding time and should be fed. I thawed out one of the pinkies on sunday that i got and it turned it down. Is this due to the possibility of stress that is on it from the move to its new home? I tried once again today to feed it but it turned it down as well. I will leave the pinky in cage til morning and remove it. I will try again in a couple days to give it time to situate itself here and let it feel more comfortable with its surroundings.
Also i use a heat lamp with my corn snake. Is this the best for a heat source or should i switch to a heat pad underneath the tank. I heard that some reptiles will injure or possibly kill themselves by simply sitting in that area for to long? What is a good range for the heat. I have installed a temperature gauge and a humidity gauge. I keep the temp around 80-90 degrees and humidity stays at range of 50-55.
 
RutherML said:
I have just recently bought my first corn snake (my first reptile) and have it in a 10 gl glass viv. We brought it home on sunday and they tolled me that they had not fed it that day and it is there feeding time and should be fed. I thawed out one of the pinkies on sunday that i got and it turned it down. Is this due to the possibility of stress that is on it from the move to its new home? I tried once again today to feed it but it turned it down as well. I will leave the pinky in cage til morning and remove it. I will try again in a couple days to give it time to situate itself here and let it feel more comfortable with its surroundings.
Also i use a heat lamp with my corn snake. Is this the best for a heat source or should i switch to a heat pad underneath the tank. I heard that some reptiles will injure or possibly kill themselves by simply sitting in that area for to long? What is a good range for the heat. I have installed a temperature gauge and a humidity gauge. I keep the temp around 80-90 degrees and humidity stays at range of 50-55.
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Hello and Welcome to the Forums!!! Your snake is probably still dtressed out from the move. When you feed you should put him in a seperate container. I would leave him for a few hours in a small seperate container, make sure there a few small air holes.
 
Dave123.... thanks for the advice. I did however place the snake in another container for the snake to feed. I also did not let the snake eat right away for it to get use to the box and not let it be afraid/uncomfortable in there. I left the snake if there for about and hour and the snake did not want anything to do with the pinkie. I know if you feed the snake in there original viv then they will start to think that every time that you reach in that possibly that you have food for them. Thanks for the information though. Any other ideas?
 
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