Care Sheet for Corn SnakesAverage Rating Given To This Care Sheet Is 3.20 (1=lowest, 5=highest) Last Updated: 02/18/2006 |
Main Category: | Snakes |
Sub Category: | Corn Snakes |
Care Sheet Submitted By: | Toby13 |
Years Experience: | 1 to 2 Years |
Species: | Corn snake |
Other Species or Phases this Care Sheet May Cover: | Corn snakes |
Sexing and Characteristics: | You can get them probed by a professional. |
Mostly Active During: | Night |
Substrate and Water Needs: | I use aspen shavings, but other good ones are newspaper, or kitchen roll shredded up. Don’t use cedar or pine, because these are harmful to your snake. For hatchlings I use a bottlecap for water, and when they get bigger you can buy a water bowl from any good pet store. |
Lighting and UVB: | N/A |
Temperatures and Humidity: | 75-80 degrees farenheit. The humidity dhould be around 60%, but raise it up to around 80% when its about to shed.
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Heating and Equipment: | I use a heat mat under one half of the tank attatched to a thermostat, but you can use heat wrope, heat tape, heat bulbs, or ceramic heat emitters too. |
Caging Provided: | For hatchlings you can use small plastic shoboxes, or rubbermaid containers. When they get older give them a 30 gallon (or bigger) long tank, with a hide box on both ends, some branches or rough rocks to rub on, and if you like some plants. You can get artificial plants, and these are much more efficient. |
Diet: | Carnivorous |
Description of Diet: | When hatchlings they can be fed pinky mice, but when they get larger feed them fuzzies, then hoppers, then adult mice. |
Supplements, Nutrition and Usage: | N/A |
Maintenance: | These are great beginner snakes, they are easy to maintain and cheap to feed. |
Some Words on this Species: | Most are very tame, and if not, they are easily tamed. Great for the novice herpetologist. |
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