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Kellog
the nice one
United Kingdom
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 Posted - 04/05/2010 : 06:09:07
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Hi Steve.
We would normally recommend that you follow the one-week rule (it is more of a guide than a rule but worth adhering too!)...no handling or feeding for the first week to allow your snake to get over the stress of the move and for him to get used to the new smells and his new surroundings. This means just putting your hand in to change the water daily and straighten the substrate, so he can get used to your smell and not be threatened by you. You mustnt worry about your corn not feeding for that week, corns are a lot hardier than we realise and going for a week without food will not do them any harm, no matter how small they are. You are rarely advised this in a lot of pet shops  but it is an important way of getting your snake to de-stress and feel safe with you. It is a hard week, very frustrating, but worth it for the snake's sake.
Dont worry about him laying in the same spot for the time you have had him, he is probably scared.
It would really help if we had a better idea of your set-up. Is he in a wooden viv? Does he have 2 hides? Does your heatmat have a thermostat? That is vital, otherwise it can heat up to the point where it can burn your snake if it burrows. You also need a digital thermometer to monitor the temps in the viv as stats can malfunction. The temp in the warm end needs to be about 27 - 29oC. What are yours? The cardboard isnt necessary as the heat mat SHOULDNT burn the aspen, especially if it is controlled by a stat. If you dont have a stat you need to get one as soon as possible as it is dangerous running a heatmat without one. Most of us just have a light covering of substrate over the heatmat, with a hide on top, and then deepen the substrate to a depth the snake can burrow in the cool end. Do you have a light in your viv?
Have a look at http://www.thecornsnake.co.uk/corn_snake_care_sheet.htm, it has lots of information for new snake owners. Also read this topic on 'Your 1st Snake' http://www.thecornsnake.co.uk/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=4133.
The more info you can give us the more help we can be.
xxx
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Bit of guidence please
