I have just brought a one year old common

Question

corn snake any tips on handling etc and how often do they shed there skin

Answer 1

try the pet section. This area is for human babies.

Answer 2

An active snake will happily eat every 10 days or so. They will eat, and should only be fed, killed prey. A snake who is not hungry when live prey is introduced into the enclosure often finds itself becoming the meal, especially if the prey is a rat.

To economize, you can buy in bulk and freeze them. Contact your local herpetology society; many members breed mice and rats, and most will pre-kill them for you. Remove the prey item from the freezer and allow to defrost at room temperature. When defrosted, use forceps or tongs to pick up the rodent by the tail, and hold the prey in front of the snake for the snake to strike at.

Many snakes will eat prey that is just placed in the tank. Occasionally, a quail egg can be offered to wild-caught specimens. If the snake likes it, one can be offered every couple of weeks. (Since quail eggs purchased in stores or from hatcheries are unlikely to be fertilized, they should not form a regular part of the main diet.)

Start hatchlings off with pinkie mice. As your snake grows, gradually increase the prey size by offering fuzzies, crews, then small adult mice or rat pinkies. A full-grown Corn or Rat can eat a medium to large mouse; large Rat snakes can eat small rats. If you feed too much at one feeding session, or feed a prey item that is too large, your snake may regurgitate it.

As a reptile grows, its old skin become too tight and worn. A new skin awaits just below the old. As a snake gets ready to shed, its eyes will turn a milky blue over the course of several days, and the body color will start to dull and develop a whitish sheen. Once the eyes have cleared, the snake is ready to shed. To assure proper hydration, soak the snake in warmish water after the eyes clear; this should enable to snake to shed easily within the next 24 hours.

  

Answer 3

Should you not have asked this before you bought it???????????????

Just a thought!!!!!!!!!!!

Answer 4

LOL.... Sarah, your in Toddler & Pre-school.

Answer 5

well i have a corn snake but its only like 4 months old. when they reach about a yr old there supposed to shed every 3 to 6 months. as for handeling, just open your vivarium and wait for your snake to come to you (it should do as they love to try n escape, try wait til you see your snake moving around) then just let it play on you for about 10 mins n gradually increase the time each time you take it out. dont try n handle it until 48hrs after feeding. it shud be fed once a week with food no bigger than 3 times the width of it head. it wont eat for 10 days before it sheds (although it may eat as mine sometimes does). make sure you give it fresh water everyday. you will see when its goin to shed as its eyes will go cloudy or blue. any other question just give us an email