noobie with first corn

[promarc73]

thanx april , your's is a very nice corn im just going to wait for mine to get to about 2ft-3ft before getting him a 4ft tank your set up looks wicked.

[muskrat10293]

Originally Posted by promarc73

thanx for your advice m8 it's very much apreciated and to everyone else. it does seem ive been misinformed from my pet supplier on some guide's and essentional items. but i will ammend that.

No worries There's so many differing opinions between different shops and breeders, can be so confusing as a newbie rep owner! Anywho looks like you'll be all set with your pretty little snake and good luck with him/her

[April Taylor]

Originally Posted by promarc73

thanx april , your's is a very nice corn im just going to wait for mine to get to about 2ft-3ft before getting him a 4ft tank your set up looks wicked.

aw, thanks
easy as pie, it's just viv background, well actually fish tank backgorund, and bits of wood, coupla exo terra rip off hides, and a red and white polka dot water bowl!! lol

[promarc73]

ok peeps i made my own guard for the light in the viv if someone can confirm this is ok please. the heat mat will be moved under the tank when i clean him out.

[April Taylor]

Originally Posted by promarc73

ok peeps i made my own guard for the light in the viv if someone can confirm this is ok please. the heat mat will be moved under the tank when i clean him out.
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getting there, still need digital readout thermometers, and to be honest if you are getting a hatchling I would get some more fine guage metal around that guard, cos it'll slip straight in there, which would not be good!
make sure it is on a thermomstat too. and I'd c hange the wood chips for aspen, but that is personal choice, as I find it easier for them to burrow through. and maybe cover two sides so that it feels less exposed

[promarc73]

Originally Posted by April Taylor

getting there, still need digital readout thermometers, and to be honest if you are getting a hatchling I would get some more fine guage metal around that guard, cos it'll slip straight in there, which would not be good!
make sure it is on a thermomstat too. and I'd c hange the wood chips for aspen, but that is personal choice, as I find it easier for them to burrow through. and maybe cover two sides so that it feels less exposed

thanx april all the advice is much apreciated and im glad i stumbled here anything to make my snake happy and healthy will make me happy

[Josh-sama]

Hi mate! Good to see you're taking all the action necessary to keep your snake in good health. Usually people say they're taking advice and leave it as it is!

I used to keep a corn in a fish tank with no problems, but during summer it got quite bad so I transferred to tubs and faunariums.

Here's a list of the components you'll need to maintain temps, house your snake properly etc.

Faunarium:
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(For a year or so, till the snake is about 2ft.)


Vivarium
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Will hold your corn for the rest of his life. (Could put your corn straight into this. I have a 4ftish corn in a 2ft tub and he's doing fine.)


Heatmat Thermostat
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You'll want a heat mat at one side. Place the Thermostat probe in under the substrate on top of the mat and measure the temperatures carefully. Using a digital thermometer.

Digital Thermometer
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Place the probe in the middle to get a decent reading. (Correct me if I'm wrong guys! Might be hot end? Will wait for back up on this!)

Substrate
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Aspen. Very good for corns etc. Allows them to burrow and you're at far less risk when digesting substrate rather than woodchips which quite deadly!


Hoped this helped mate!
Josh

[April Taylor]

Originally Posted by promarc73

thanx april all the advice is much apreciated and im glad i stumbled here anything to make my snake happy and healthy will make me happy

More than welcome, wish I'd had a place like this when I first started keeping! You will find that corns are very forgiving of mistakes, every one has a slight learning curve when first keeping cos no matter how much you read, there is nothing like habnds on experience.

Re the aspen, this is purely personal choice, I find it better for the corns, but I have used beech chips etc before with no probs whatsoever. x

[promarc73]

wow even better cheers april and josh this is what makes this site the best ive come across. yeah i do feel bad though as the shop said everything he sold was fine and nothing else needed. maybe i should of done more homework but he seem's happy and healthy, second time he's been fed since i bought him with nps, after xmas im going to spend big on him eveything mentioned will be bought and i'll add some better piccy's of m new set up.

[Josh-sama]

Originally Posted by promarc73

wow even better cheers april and josh this is what makes this site the best ive come across. yeah i do feel bad though as the shop said everything he sold was fine and nothing else needed. maybe i should of done more homework but he seem's happy and healthy, second time he's been fed since i bought him with nps, after xmas im going to spend big on him eveything mentioned will be bought and i'll add some better piccy's of m new set up.

That sounds great mate. Can;t wait for the pictures. Just make sure everythings ok for then though, especially with the heatlamp and whatnot!

Glad to help.
Josh