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Posted - 23/02/2010 :  17:38:18  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
I got my corn snake last last saturday And hes NEVER been into his hides ?i just think this is a bit strange for a corn snake Not hiding ??
Help please ?

Thanks

Sam

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headlow
Hatchling

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Posted - 23/02/2010 :  17:58:56  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
I have a Caramel corn who only really hides when he's in shed, and a Snow corn who hides all day before coming out at night. Each snake is different, so try not to be too concerned.

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Posted - 23/02/2010 :  18:01:06  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Talking from limited experience, I wouldn't worry to much.

When I first got Kratos she would never use her hides, she was always out and about. After approximately 14 days she settled down and started to use her hides.

I asked the same question and was told for those first few days she was exploring her surroundings and once she gets bearings she would settle down.

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Chimp276
Yearling

United Kingdom
587 Posts

Posted - 23/02/2010 :  19:11:12  Show Profile  Click to see Chimp276's MSN Messenger address  Reply with Quote
My snake doesnt hide. Just shows they feel comfortable in their environment and arent scared of any predators!

0.1.0 Hypo Stripe - Aero
1.1.0 Leopard Geckos - Marley and Lemon

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newsnakekeeper
Hatchling

United Kingdom
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Posted - 23/02/2010 :  19:29:37  Show Profile  Send newsnakekeeper an AOL message  Click to see newsnakekeeper's MSN Messenger address  Reply with Quote
Mine hides under aspen in cool end dont know why i bought a hide for cool end it never been used yet lol

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Posted - 23/02/2010 :  20:09:31  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
That's funny because Snickers has taken to burrowing in the cool end. I find her under the substrate in the mornings after she's been under her center hide when I go to bed. These little critters are funny.
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Mine hides under aspen in cool end dont know why i bought a hide for cool end it never been used yet lol


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newsnakekeeper
Hatchling

United Kingdom
222 Posts

Posted - 24/02/2010 :  00:49:50  Show Profile  Send newsnakekeeper an AOL message  Click to see newsnakekeeper's MSN Messenger address  Reply with Quote
Well folks we all seen in posts that each snake as a different personality looks like it the same with the hides as well wonder if they think right lets see what we can do to get our keepers puzzled lol

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gingerpony
Queen Bee

United Kingdom
10455 Posts

Posted - 24/02/2010 :  11:12:30  Show Profile  Click to see gingerpony's MSN Messenger address  Reply with Quote
are the hides provided a suitable size? secluded and private? (ie. you can't see directly into the hide) are the hides in direct sunlight or any light at any time of the day? could all be factors in him not wanting to use them...............

cornsnakes, ratsnakes, bullsnakes, boas and day geckos

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DannyBrown91
Fully Grown Corn

United Kingdom
3070 Posts

Posted - 24/02/2010 :  12:20:02  Show Profile  Click to see DannyBrown91's MSN Messenger address  Reply with Quote
My sisters snake only rarely uses his hides. He just wanders around the tank and sits on his vine all day.

0.0.1 Ghost Corn - Casper
0.0.1 Diffused Corn - Reggie
0.0.1 Amel Corn - Candy A.K.A Baby
1.0 Commom BCI - Rocky

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dean54321
Egg

United Kingdom
70 Posts

Posted - 24/02/2010 :  21:14:57  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
my sn ake only uses the hides after feed and after he has been handeled and sometime just goes in
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Kellog
the nice one

United Kingdom
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Posted - 25/02/2010 :  04:11:31  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Sorry to thread hijack....but is a question about hides !! GP's questions about why he might not be using hides got me thinking.... (always a bad thing !!)

Have just put in new hide for Silvesta, and no sign of him using it. Have put it on heat mat and old hide at cool end...and that is where he goes straight to and stays there. New hide is medium cave, small enough for him, in back corner. My concern is that he is due a feed on Friday and having had a regurge from him recently I am wondering whether I should swap hides round...put the hide he is used to onto the heatmat so he has the warmth to digest the meal...or should I just wait and see if he does start using his new one? I know he could be using it when I am not around (but I am around a lot and at very odd hours as you can see!) and you dont see him anywhere other than under his old hide.

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