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Want A Corn Snake

He also has a weird dry place on this one little spot. And i've heard that dryness and wrinkles can be caused by not getting enough water. Maybe he didn't get enough water in the pet shop. So i've been trying to encourage him to drink by picking him up and putting his head just above the water. Usually that will get him to drink a little bit.
 
CaseyUndead said:
He also has a weird dry place on this one little spot. And i've heard that dryness and wrinkles can be caused by not getting enough water. Maybe he didn't get enough water in the pet shop. So i've been trying to encourage him to drink by picking him up and putting his head just above the water. Usually that will get him to drink a little bit.
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I rarely make a blanket statement regarding other's husbandry, but I can't resist:

BACK OFF FROM YOUR SNAKE. YOUR OVERHANDLING IS STRESSING IT OUT.

First off, I've yet to see a corn, or any snake have "wrinkles". It may have a patch remaining from a prior shed, and as long as its not an eyecap or completely encircles the snake so as to reduce bloodflow, leave it be, and increase the humidity in your viv; the next shed should take care of it.

But handling a snake, just after a feeding, and especially after a regurge, is doing more harm than good. Follow the "regurge procedures", and leave it be. Provide adequate water, and it will drink when it needs to.

regards,
jazz
 
I completely agree with Jazz. The snake is already stressed from the move and the regurge. You need to leave it be for several days to recover. I know you are worried, and that the last thing you would want to do is harm your baby, but by worrying it so, that is just what you are doing.
 
Hi there,

Don't worry about the little guy. I just got a Baird's Rat snake a couple weeks ago, nd had the same thing happen. He regurged his second meal with me, so I double checked his cage requirements and all....and then left him alone in his cage for a week. I didn't handle him or disturb him in any way other than to refill his water as needed. He ate last night, and is doing fine. He explores his enclosure and climbs branches all the time now. It's just a matter of letting them get adjusted :)

--Drew
 
Okay, okay, guys. I wasn't handling him very much after the regurge anyway, but i've totally stopped for the past few days.

He seems to be moving around in his cage more than he was when i first got him. Today i got the heating pad and rheostat that i ordered, and while i was setting it up i saw the little guy open his mouth in what looked like a yawn. Is it normal for them to yawn?

And i'm still not feeding him. The regurge was last tuesday... When would be a good time to feed him? Next tueday? Wednesday?
 
CaseyUndead said:
Okay, okay, guys. I wasn't handling him very much after the regurge anyway, but i've totally stopped for the past few days.

He seems to be moving around in his cage more than he was when i first got him. Today i got the heating pad and rheostat that i ordered, and while i was setting it up i saw the little guy open his mouth in what looked like a yawn. Is it normal for them to yawn?

And i'm still not feeding him. The regurge was last tuesday... When would be a good time to feed him? Next tueday? Wednesday?
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Yes it is normal for them to yawn.

Feed him 10 days after the regurge. If you didn't have a warm spot before, that could be what caused his regurge. Just take things really slow with him, and he'll be ok.
 
The rheostat, even on the lowest setting, seems to let the heat pad get up to about 95 degrees. So i had to unplug it. What kind of rheostats can get it down to around 85? Would a regular lamp dimmer from wal mart work for a heating pad?
 
CaseyUndead said:
The rheostat, even on the lowest setting, seems to let the heat pad get up to about 95 degrees. So i had to unplug it. What kind of rheostats can get it down to around 85? Would a regular lamp dimmer from wal mart work for a heating pad?
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Too high of temps can cause a regurge as well. I've had the same rheostat you are talking about. It wouldn't get my tanks any lower than the low 90s either. So I put it on my ball python's tank and now use a plug in lamp dimmer that I got at wal-mart. It works great.
 
Cool. I just went to wal mart today and got the "plug in lamp dimmer" you mentioned. So far it seems to be keeping the temperature low enough.

And my snake seems to be feeling more comfortable in his new home. Whenever i go in to check the temperatures and all, he'll be climbing all around on top of his hide-boxes. Friendly, too. I haven't been picking him up or anything, but when i put my hand in there to put in new paper towels or whatever, he'll come over and try to crawl onto my hand.
 
Since he likes to climb so much, i went to the pet shop and got this bendable climbing vine thingie. Now he spends most of his time at the very top of the tank. He sort of wedges himself between the metal top and part of the top rim on the tank that sticks out a little. At first it kind of worried me because i'd seen him fall from there a couple times. But he keeps going up there. I even see him up there when it looks like he's sleeping, sometimes. Do they just like high places?
 
CaseyUndead said:
Since he likes to climb so much, i went to the pet shop and got this bendable climbing vine thingie. Now he spends most of his time at the very top of the tank. He sort of wedges himself between the metal top and part of the top rim on the tank that sticks out a little. At first it kind of worried me because i'd seen him fall from there a couple times. But he keeps going up there. I even see him up there when it looks like he's sleeping, sometimes. Do they just like high places?
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While not considered "arboreal", corns and other rat snakes are proficient climbers. When I got my first snake, he had a climbing branch as well; now that he's a 4 foot 10 inch monster of a two year old, he's in a sterlite tub with only six inches of clearance. At this point, he's just content to hang out in his hide.

Good to hear that you've got the temps under control. :)

regards,
jazz
 
I fed him half of a pinkie a couple days ago. He seems to have kept it down. And the lump is hardly visible anymore. I'm so happy :D

So, i think i'll feed him the other half on monday... then if he keeps that down, would it be a good idea to go back to whole pinkies?
 
Well, he did great with the halves. So i gave him a whole one. Then the next day i looked at him and he didn't have a lump, which seemed wierd since even with the halves he had a visible lump a day after. I found what looked like poop(it was dark brown, and had a little white-ish stuff in with it. not at all like the last regurge). But when i got a paper towel and picked it up to get it out, it smelled REALLY bad. I mean, not like any poo i've ever smelled. I looked at it, and it looked about the size of the pinky he ate. And it seemed like i could almost make out the shape of it, and even little legs. But i couldn't stand to look at it very long, because the smell was just that bad. I'm not really sure if it was a regurge, or if it just went through him really quick. But i think i'll be on the safe side and wait awhile and give him halves again.

I didn't handle him, and the temps are right. And he did fine with the halves. So, i'm wondering.. Can all hatchlings eat whole pinkies? Maybe they're just too big, and i should keep him on halves until he grows a little? They were feeding him pinkies in the pet shop, but only once a week.
 
Yes that does sound like a regurge. I'm not sure why he couldn't keep down a whole one. I would wait another 7-10 days and feed him a half sense he can keep those down.
 
How many regurges has he had now? I'm wondering, because with each regurge, his chances of survival get slimmer and slimmer. I went through something similar with my bloodred baby. She couldn't even hold down a pinky head. If it weren't for Kathy Love's advice, I'm sure I would have lost her. I'll link you to the postshe sent me after Scarlett's fourth regurge:

Advice on Regurging
 
Thanks. If this gets worse i might have to do that. But, so far, it's only been twice, and it's only been the full pinkies he can't keep down. He keeps the halves down fine. So i think i'll just stay on halves for until he grows a little.

But he seems to be feeling fine, otherwise. When i woke up this morning i checked on him, and he was at the top of the tank(wedged between part of the top rim of the tank, and the top.. he likes to do that). And when i put my hand over the tank, he followed it with his head, so i know he's alert.
 
..... Today i looked into his tank, and i'm pretty sure that he's dead. I went in to feed him, and he didn't move. Then i picked him up, and his body was limp, and the middle parts of his eyes were a lot smaller than usual. I think he must have just been sick. Maybe the pet shop didn't take good care of him.. i don't know. I did everything i was supposed to.. The temps were right, he had a 10-gallon tank, a full dish of water, hiding places, he was getting fed. But he was never able to keep down a full pinkie. uhhhhg... i don't know.

He was like my baby, i'm really sad.. I don't know if i should get another one(NOT from the same shop...) in awhile or what. I hope it wasn't anything i did to cause it... :cry:
 
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