Corn Snakes are members of the Rat Snake family and originate from North America; they are a slender snake that can reach lengths of between 4 and six feet, and can live from 15 to 25 years. They are extremely fast as hatchlings, but calm down with gentle regular handling. There are vast arrays of colours or ‘morph’s available, with new ones being discovered frequently. They are far more forgiving of their owner’s short falls than other species of snakes, and will generally eat very well, but can become obese with age if they are over fed. Hatchlings and young snakes are not prone to obesity however.

Corn snakes are known for being good escape artists, so it is vitally important that however they are kept their cage is secure. Young corn snakes are probably best houses in Faunariums, which give them space to move around and some height to climb and this is how I house mine. They are provided with 3 hides one in each end and one in the middle, they have also been provided with plastic branches so that they have something to climb, and are very often found coiled sleeping in them. I use heat mats under the outside of their cage and a good temperature range is from 80-85°F at the warm end to 70-75°F at the cooler end, again a thermostat is essential to prevent over heating and the death of the snake. Mine are housed on kitchen roll, which is easy to clean. If keeping a corn snake in a wooden vivarium, especially a hatchling, it will be imperative to block the gap in the middle between the glass panels, as they are more than capable of squeezing through this tiny gap and getting themselves lost within your home, possibly never to be seen again. If Harry Houdini had been a snake, he would have been a corn.

They are fed on frozen defrost pinkie mice as youngsters, and then move up until they are taking bigger mice. I am not an expert in any way, and beyond the basic general care I know very little at this point about corn snakes, the primary purpose of the two that we own are as pets for the children, as corns are more tolerant of handling than Royal/Ball Pythons, and these are a good way to educate the children to handle snakes and become more confident. There is always the possibility that they will breed at some point in the future but at this point I have no plans to enter the world of corn snakes, and there are already so very good breeders and hobbyist breeders producing some very good examples of corn snakes. More information regarding corn snakes can be found on the internet and through the forums listed in my links section, and Wikipedia is also a very good source of information.

No Current breeding plans.

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