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alib
Hatchling
United Kingdom
143 Posts |
 Posted - 25/05/2012 : 22:59:39
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Hello All,
i am very interested in getting my first Corn snake (my first snake) and have been doing a lot of research. i think i will prob get one around August.
Well any way i want to get a hatchling but i want to put him in a 36"l 18"w 22"h wooden viv. What i am planning to do is fill it with 3 different hides plus a bark tube and plants... when he gets bigger i will take some of this stuff out. is this really such a bad idea or do i have to put him a rub first and then upgrade? i mean if it was born in the wild it wouldn't be restricted, would it?
looking forward to hearing from you
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a33272
our battery charger
United Kingdom
3063 Posts |
Posted - 25/05/2012 : 23:12:15
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| u will need to put hatchie in a faun or run to start, a hatchie will curl up in the palm of ya hand that's how small they are. A 3 ft viv is just to big and a hatchie can get between the glass! |
    
0.1.0 creamsicle corn-Marmalade
1.0.0 jungle carpet python-Bumble
1.0.0 corn Casper
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Georgina
Fully Grown Corn
United Kingdom
2382 Posts |
Posted - 25/05/2012 : 23:13:15
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True, a ild version of a corn snake would not be born in a box, but the aim of them being in a small enclosure is to make them feel secure enough to have you around. They are domestically breed and are not wild animals. I would put a partiton in your viv and gradually increase the size.
Some are fine with a big enclosure but a 3ft viv is big enough for an adult. X |
1.0 western hognose (hero)
1.0 phantom reverse pin dal brindle crested gecko (goyle)
0.2 red dal red harly (sprite) 99% full pin Harley crested gecko (TuLong)
0.0.3 miomantis paykullii
0.0.3 Bombina orientalis (oriental fire bellied toad)
0.3 fancy mice (snap, crackle and pop)
1.0 yorkshire terrier (jasper)
2.1 cats (echo, shadow and pokey) |
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alib
Hatchling
United Kingdom
143 Posts |
Posted - 25/05/2012 : 23:48:16
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thanks for your advice...
just another thing then, i see alot of reptial shops starter kits for hatchlins come with wooden viv would you not recomend a wooden viv until it adult size?
sorry if these questions sound abit stupid but alot of advice out there goes against other people advice...
Thxs |
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Georgina
Fully Grown Corn
United Kingdom
2382 Posts |
Posted - 25/05/2012 : 23:50:15
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| Depends how big they are. |
1.0 western hognose (hero)
1.0 phantom reverse pin dal brindle crested gecko (goyle)
0.2 red dal red harly (sprite) 99% full pin Harley crested gecko (TuLong)
0.0.3 miomantis paykullii
0.0.3 Bombina orientalis (oriental fire bellied toad)
0.3 fancy mice (snap, crackle and pop)
1.0 yorkshire terrier (jasper)
2.1 cats (echo, shadow and pokey) |
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a33272
our battery charger
United Kingdom
3063 Posts |
Posted - 26/05/2012 : 12:20:33
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| A local shop to me sold mbr on here a 2 ft viv an said it was ideal for a hatchling. She brought the hatching 2 days later it escaped through the gap in the middle between the sliding glass. |
0.1.0 creamsicle corn-Marmalade
1.0.0 jungle carpet python-Bumble
1.0.0 corn Casper
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viraleye
Yearling
United Kingdom
695 Posts |
Posted - 26/05/2012 : 14:36:23
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Ideally a plastic butty box is what you need with air holes drilled out then increase in size as snakey grows.
You could get a larger viv and use a partition and slowly move the partition as it grows.
Mine is 9 months old and happily lives in a 9ltr RUB bought for about £6 - cheap as chips |
1.0.0 Cyrus - Amel het Anery ph Hypo - CURRENTLY AWOL
0.1.0 Diamond - Avalanche ph Charcoal, Hypo
1.0.0 Garland - Bloodred het Hypo
1.0.0 Pinball - Carolina
0.1.0 Casey - Hypo Lavender Stripe het Amel
0.0.1 - No Name Yet - Crested Gecko |
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Hissyfit
Fully Grown Corn
United Kingdom
2214 Posts |
Posted - 26/05/2012 : 14:40:21
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If you really want to get the viv you could put a faunarium or breeding box (both plastic and very similar) inside the viv, then you'll have everything for when the snake is big enough to go into it. I have one of mine in a breeding box in the empty viv in my viv stack, he's far too small to put into the viv so will be in there for quite a while. It hard to imagine, but they are quite timid when young and sometimes won't eat if the viv is too big. The wooden starter kit you mention is probably a Monkfield vivarium, they have a hinged lid so no sliding glass doors to worry about and are great for young corns  |
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alib
Hatchling
United Kingdom
143 Posts |
Posted - 27/05/2012 : 20:21:33
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hey thanks for all yout feed back.. it a great help...
after listen to what you all had to say i have made my mind up that i will hold off getting the viv until i have a full grown snake. i do like the look of the monkfield terranium the dimesnions are H26x W44x D66cm.
i was just wondering how long i would keep the snake in this before miving him up to a adult size viv?
thanks again for all your help... i can't wait to get my snake now!! |
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ScalySituation
Fully Grown Corn
United Kingdom
5292 Posts |
Posted - 27/05/2012 : 20:38:59
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| this is what i've got my sonny in atm, he's one at the beggining of june, he will be going into a 3footer next week. do bear in mind that the growth rates for corns can be so extremely different. http://www.surreypetsupplies.co.uk/exo-terra-faunarium-large-flat.html |
1.0.0 Butter motley corn (Sheldon)
0.1.0 Caramel Corn (Maggie)
0.1.0 Caramel motley corn (Echo)
1.0.0 Cat (Angus)
1 mealworm colony
RIP Skye x
Sleep well Sonny, Mummy loves you xx
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alib
Hatchling
United Kingdom
143 Posts |
Posted - 27/05/2012 : 21:20:06
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| yes i was looking at them 2... here is a very stupid question but how did you get the digi prob in the faun for the thermometer? |
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ScalySituation
Fully Grown Corn
United Kingdom
5292 Posts |
Posted - 27/05/2012 : 21:22:18
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| i have the thermometer in the faun, its the stat i got outside, theres a hole in the lid but it needed enlarging |
1.0.0 Butter motley corn (Sheldon)
0.1.0 Caramel Corn (Maggie)
0.1.0 Caramel motley corn (Echo)
1.0.0 Cat (Angus)
1 mealworm colony
RIP Skye x
Sleep well Sonny, Mummy loves you xx
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Dalymad2
Hatchling
United Kingdom
301 Posts |
Posted - 27/05/2012 : 21:27:05
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| Hi i used a exo terra 12 inch x 12 inch for the first year, very happy snake and no chance of escape. |
1.0.0 CORN- FRED ( CAROLINA)
1.0.0 CORN- BARNEY (CAROLINA)
0.1.0 CORN- SNOWDROP (SNOW)
1.0.0 DALMATIAN- SOLO
0.1.0 DALMATIAN- METOO
0.1.0 COLLIE CROSS- LILY
0.1.0 CAT-SOOKIE
0.1.0 AFRICAN GREY PARROT- SPIRIT |
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alib
Hatchling
United Kingdom
143 Posts |
Posted - 27/05/2012 : 21:40:16
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ok cheers for that..
just abit of a random question but do you just use normal tap water or do you have to put some thing in it to clean it?
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ScalySituation
Fully Grown Corn
United Kingdom
5292 Posts |
Posted - 27/05/2012 : 21:42:28
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| depends if ur in a hard water area or not, there was a topic on that not long ago. i go straight from the tap, but some use bottled |
1.0.0 Butter motley corn (Sheldon)
0.1.0 Caramel Corn (Maggie)
0.1.0 Caramel motley corn (Echo)
1.0.0 Cat (Angus)
1 mealworm colony
RIP Skye x
Sleep well Sonny, Mummy loves you xx
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ScalySituation
Fully Grown Corn
United Kingdom
5292 Posts |
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alib
Hatchling
United Kingdom
143 Posts |
Posted - 27/05/2012 : 21:51:54
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thanks for that it looks like most people use tap water think i will do the same.
cheers for your help.. always learning haha |
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ScalySituation
Fully Grown Corn
United Kingdom
5292 Posts |
Posted - 27/05/2012 : 21:52:47
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| your welcome :) it's what we're here for :) |
1.0.0 Butter motley corn (Sheldon)
0.1.0 Caramel Corn (Maggie)
0.1.0 Caramel motley corn (Echo)
1.0.0 Cat (Angus)
1 mealworm colony
RIP Skye x
Sleep well Sonny, Mummy loves you xx
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QueenVic
Yearling
United Kingdom
849 Posts |
Posted - 28/05/2012 : 02:04:04
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aye, this is the best forum for advice :) glad youve asked before getting your snakey
dont believe all that a pet shop tells you, at the end of the day most of them just want to make a sale!
good luck with your new snake, and well done for finding out everything you can before getting it!! |
0.1.0 Normal (Espher)
1.0.0 Snow (Midnight)
2 GALS
1 rat (Jasper)
1 very needy staffy (Coco)
Location: Ossett
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Sharks35
Egg
United Kingdom
65 Posts |
Posted - 28/05/2012 : 09:56:50
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quote:
Originally posted by ScalySituation
this is what i've got my sonny in atm, he's one at the beggining of june, he will be going into a 3footer next week. do bear in mind that the growth rates for corns can be so extremely different. http://www.surreypetsupplies.co.uk/exo-terra-faunarium-large-flat.html
I also use this faun for my 4 month old...she loves it. Theres a brilliant sticky http://www.thecornsnake.co.uk/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=9878 which is well worth a look at, i used this in my set up and was brilliant help. |
alex
St.Ives, Cornwall
0.1.0 Corn Snake - Willow
1.0.0 Cat - Denzil
0.1.0 Wife - Wifey
0.1.0 Daughter - Trouble |
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alib
Hatchling
United Kingdom
143 Posts |
Posted - 28/05/2012 : 16:52:35
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ahh thanks that sticky is very good i def will be using that for when i set my new faun...
Sharks35 - what Morph is willow? looks like a very nice snake... |
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