Corn Snake Care & Information

[Pyro]

Another care sheet finished and now available on the site:

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Thanks for looking

[ShellsAngel]

good easy to understand care sheets !!! well done!

[cornsnakejay]

definately one of the better ones i've read.

[Darren Waller]

Just read your Corn Snake care sheet and was very impressed. Will be very useful in a couple of months when i acquire my little beauty !

[Elina]

My other half just got a corn snake and though it came with a care sheet I have been reading loads just so that we know all we should know. I must say as someone new to snakes yours is nice and easy to understand, great job!
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Elina

[adam21]

firstly i have read your care sheets and they are great, extremely usefull for me and all begginers so well done and thankyou. secondly as you know alot about snakes i was hoping you could tell me why my snake whistles. when i was reading your corn snake care sheet i was looking at all the signs of illnesses and my corn snake has none of them. can you please tell me if this is normal and if its not can you please tell me what i am doing wrong.

[serridge]

i think this is one of the best care sheets i have ever read on corn snakes and as i am thinking of getting my first snake in the coming months this has been a great help

[start-up]

Hmmm nice care sheet but not entirely sure its correct.

QUOTE FROM SITE:

"Essentials in the Enclosure
Aside from your heating equipment, thermostat and a water bowl large enough for the snake to submerge its body in, a few other things are needed. The first is an ultraviolet light source, which mimics the way the sun lets off UVB rays in the wild. Without it your snake can get Metabolic Bone Disease (MBD) and other problems, such as weak or deformed bones. Snakes that are used for breeding need extra calcium to produce eggs, and without proper UV light they simply can not produce enough. A fluorescent strip bulb should be fixed in the length of the vivarium, and should be close enough to the ground that the snake can get within 10-12’’ of it. These bulbs usually need changing every 6-12 months, as after this time they continue to produce light but no longer produce any UV. Two caves should also be in the enclosure, one on the cool side and one on the warm side. With all that in place, your enclosure is ready to house your Corn Snake!"

Just curious why a snake that is rarely active during the day in the wild and is diurnal would require a source of ultraviolet light? Perhaps i am missing something but never heard of providing corns with UV before.

M

[rikki1991]

This was very helpfull when i was reserching corn snakes. thankyou

[SnakeBoy0994]

Originally Posted by start-up

Hmmm nice care sheet but not entirely sure its correct.

QUOTE FROM SITE:

"Essentials in the Enclosure
Aside from your heating equipment, thermostat and a water bowl large enough for the snake to submerge its body in, a few other things are needed. The first is an ultraviolet light source, which mimics the way the sun lets off UVB rays in the wild. Without it your snake can get Metabolic Bone Disease (MBD) and other problems, such as weak or deformed bones. Snakes that are used for breeding need extra calcium to produce eggs, and without proper UV light they simply can not produce enough. A fluorescent strip bulb should be fixed in the length of the vivarium, and should be close enough to the ground that the snake can get within 10-12’’ of it. These bulbs usually need changing every 6-12 months, as after this time they continue to produce light but no longer produce any UV. Two caves should also be in the enclosure, one on the cool side and one on the warm side. With all that in place, your enclosure is ready to house your Corn Snake!"

Just curious why a snake that is rarely active during the day in the wild and is diurnal would require a source of ultraviolet light? Perhaps i am missing something but never heard of providing corns with UV before.

M

Yeah im sure corns don't need a UV lightsource in their viv.