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Originally posted by smiffy89

hi iv rescued a corn snake from a numpty i know. can any 1 give me a ruff age it weighs just under 6grams and its 1ft long(30cm)

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Originally posted by herriotfan

Bless.....poor little thing is only a wee hatchling. Did 'numpty' tell you if it had ever fed or not? How are you housing it? Have you ever had snakes before? Tell us as much as you can so we can help you.....

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Originally posted by herriotfan

Bless.....poor little thing is only a wee hatchling. Did 'numpty' tell you if it had ever fed or not? How are you housing it? Have you ever had snakes before? Tell us as much as you can so we can help you.....

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Originally posted by herriotfan

Go to our homepage and have a look on the caresheet. It's much easier than if I try to explain everything. Once you've read that if you have anything you need clarifying ask more questions.
Thank goodness you're not totally new to reptiles, it gives you a bit more understanding.
Good luck

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Originally posted by kdlang

Welcome. Well done for the rescue. As already said it sounds like a young hatchling. The care sheet is a brilliant place to start and in the general keeping section i think is a good 101 on how to set up a hatchling. For the meantime tho i think if it is in a 3ft viv i could probably do with more hiding places as it is going to feel very exposed. The minimum is one in cool end and one in warm end. A few toilet roll tubes, small cardboard boxes or plastic plantpot dishes would be perfectly ok.

Edited to add - if you have a viv with sliding doors it might be a good idea to shove some cardboard or newspaper in the gap between the doors as snakes can squeeze themselves into the tiniest of gaps.

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Originally posted by smiffy89

hi iv rescued a corn snake from a numpty i know. can any 1 give me a ruff age it weighs just under 6grams and its 1ft long(30cm)

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Originally posted by mikerichards

Right, this is different, ignore the care sheet for now, theres a few things you really need to do, for its size, its near death, really near, thats lighter than a couple of my babies were when they hatched.
Get a small tub, 12x6 is ideal, hide at one end, water bowl at the other, nothing else, except tissue.
Buy yourself some Critical Care Formula if you dont already have it, mix it with the water and either syringe feed it to him, or keep his water out for a couple of days. DONT try and feed just yet, it probably hasnt fed for a long time, its been starved.
Get a pinky, mash it up and syringe it into him, with ccf water, but not too much, repeat every 5 days.
The ccf will help rehydrate and re engergise him without the need to feed, because in that state, he wont want to feed i wouldnt think.
Once weight is going on, which wont take long, then offer him the smallest pinky you can find, newborn.
If he takes it, great, leave for 7 days, then repeat, if not stick with the ccf water and mushed pinky.
Its not nice mashing a pinky, and its actually quite hard to do properly, but its you best chance for success.
If you have a blender, you can blend an adult mouse with water and ccf, that works, i have done it.
Care wise, you are gonna have to play very gentle, dont take it the wrong way, but dont be surprised if it doesnt make it, they are damn resilient, but only to a point.
Temps keep the same, about 28c, only have the heatmat covering 1/3rd or slightly less, dont over do it, too much heat and he wont eat either.
keep us up to date on whats happening, if you need talking through anything, my number is in my profile.
Good job on getting it off your mate, he would have killed it, if he hasnt already.

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borrowed 20ml of ccf from a friend mashed up the pinky with a small blitzer(ps pinky doesnt taste nice bit splattered on my lip lol)and addded few drops of that ccf it went like a really wet paste syringe it made about 3ml and after a bit of encouraging he had just over 1ml,strange thing is he seems quite active today

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