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 Posted - 09/11/2008 : 21:29:14
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Hi guys
i picked up my first baby corn today, he/she is just so cute!! its nearly 8wks old, it is currently in one of those cricket/bug containers (, the lady breeder i got it from said it'll be fine in that for another 6-8wks!!! is that right??!!!
also she said she keeps all her corns at room temperature, i have done my research and read lots of care sheets before purchasing and assumed that it would need a heat pad at one end of the enclosure/viv.
hate calling it "it" but not chosen a name yet.
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Blackecho
The Corn Snake Admin
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Posted - 09/11/2008 : 21:38:35
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Hi, the problem with keeping them at room temperature is that reptiles are cold blooded. This means that they can't thermoregulate, the need to move somewhere warm when they need to warm up and cold when they need to cool down.
They need heat to properly digest food. I would suggest a thermostatically-controlled heatmat under 1/3 of the container. |
 
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gingerpony
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Posted - 09/11/2008 : 21:43:57
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most breeders use the live food tubs or plastic tubs like you get a chinese take away in (clean of course!!) size wise it's probably adequate for the next 6-8 weeks as corns don't like large open spaces. As for heating ideally you should have a heatmat on a thermostat. the heatmat should be under half to a third of the floorspace regardless of the size of the enclosure - this allows the snake to regulate it's own temperature. Generally cornsnakes do well with a hot end around 30*C, keeping a snake at room temperature means it may have trouble digesting it's food, they're native to America/Florida not the UK and paeticularly this time of year it get damn cold when the central heating goes off at night!
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gingerpony
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Posted - 09/11/2008 : 21:44:47
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| you beat me to it BE, it took me that long to type my reply! |
cornsnakes, ratsnakes, bullsnakes, boas and day geckos
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Blackecho
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gingerpony
Queen Bee
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Posted - 09/11/2008 : 21:50:15
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of course we do  |
cornsnakes, ratsnakes, bullsnakes, boas and day geckos
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Posted - 09/11/2008 : 22:22:06
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great stuff
i have a spare mall heat mat which i'll sort out tonight
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Posted - 09/11/2008 : 22:45:53
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no, i have several madagascan hissing cockroaches and millipedes
had been looking into getting a beardie but fell in love with the snakes as soon as i saw them
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Posted - 09/11/2008 : 23:24:19
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Kehhlyr
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Posted - 10/11/2008 : 00:08:32
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Hiya, and welcome to the forum.
Oh, and seeing as no one else has asked yet:
Piccys?
Got any, we do like piccys. |
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Leyrielton2
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Posted - 10/11/2008 : 11:15:25
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| Welcome to the site, look forward to seeing some pictures aswell |
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Lewy
The Corn Snake Admin
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Posted - 10/11/2008 : 15:01:09
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madagascan hissing cockroaches - Nice! Frog food  Welcome to the forum Yeah we all love pics |
Lewy
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sexychef
The Corn Snake Moderator
United Kingdom
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Posted - 10/11/2008 : 15:15:29
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got a food chain going on here ****roaches for lewy's frogs, lewy's frogs for our hoggie lol
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Lewy
The Corn Snake Admin
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Posted - 10/11/2008 : 16:24:56
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Sorry sexychef, the toads I have are poisonous... would probably kill little hogT, but Nagini is always hungry for a hoggie
If I get a pacman frog they'd probably eat a baby hog too. They'll eat anything, when big they'll eat xl mice, lizards, snakes, all sorts (although If I got one it would only get mice as a treat and be on locusts, worms, hoppers and crickets)
Here's one on U-tube...
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=vntfz1wxw50&feature=related
I'm just waiting until I find the right one... done all the research |
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matty18714
The Count of Corniness
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Posted - 10/11/2008 : 16:31:08
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sexychef
The Corn Snake Moderator
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Posted - 10/11/2008 : 16:39:20
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| are huge hoggie would handle that tiny frog |
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Lewy
The Corn Snake Admin
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Posted - 10/11/2008 : 17:13:32
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| I don't know which would eat which - But pacman frogs grow pretty big, African bull frogs even bigger. Not sure which to get yet, but I'm doing my research first. |
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Posted - 10/11/2008 : 19:23:45
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hi
well if i have more baby cockies i'll let you know :)
here are my baby corn pics
and the cockroaches lol
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Ell
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Posted - 10/11/2008 : 20:05:30
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Dawww, cute lil snake ^^
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1.0.0 Normal corn snake - Dusk
0.1.0 Strawberry Snow Stripe corn snake - Dawn
0.1.0 Harlequin Crested Gecko - Stickles
1.0.0 Sable Syrian Hamster - CoCo
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