View Full Version : :D New baby coming monday. <3
whoaxmary
02-19-11, 09:11 PM
:D I had the best of luck today.
Was just looking at things on kijiji and cl for fun - not really planning on getting anything. I was more on the lookout for free/cheap tanks, lids, lights , accessories etc...
Ended up seeing a "Cotton Candy Corn snake" on kijiji with tank and everything for 200$ dollars.
Neat thing is - this is one of the first pet snakes I ever fell in love with! It is actually an old friends snake, who I used to house/pet sit for, and while doing so I fell in love with their corn, and lizards, and that's what really got me into owning them myself. I guess they're getting married now and moving to a house, and selling all the reptiles.
<3 Getting her for 160 rather than the listed 200 since they know me.
Here's a link to the kijiji add until she comes home Monday and I can take pictures myself.
Cotton Candy Corn Snake with Aquarium - Owen Sound Pets For Sale - Kijiji Owen Sound Canada. (http://owensound.kijiji.ca/c-pets-other-pets-for-sale-Cotton-Candy-Corn-Snake-with-Aquarium-W0QQAdIdZ260903034)
TeaNinja
02-19-11, 09:21 PM
nice :)
can't wait to see more pics ;)
lol i emailed that person but i just asked for the snake hahah
whoaxmary
02-19-11, 09:23 PM
Don't worry, they'll come.
I'm so excited. Cornsnakes aren't exactly my thing~ But she is almost like a part of my snake history. lol.
So glad to be a part of this community now and have people to share my excitment with! <3
whoaxmary
02-19-11, 09:24 PM
haha, well she's all mine- i'm sorry. <3
whoaxmary
02-19-11, 09:25 PM
sorry jay! <3
Glad you found a snake, Cotton Candy AKA Hypo Lavender, she is gorgeous. The tank foot print looks a little small though, you may want to get something shorter and longer!
its probably for the best i dont need anymore snakes atm lol
whoaxmary
02-19-11, 09:40 PM
I have another tank, 24 " long 20"high and 12" wide i was thinking of putting her in for a bit. Sound better? From what I rememeber from house sitting it was basically a hide, water bowl, small stick, and hardly any space in between.
And good to know you're not upset 'bout it Jay. I was just lucky to have their number in my cell. :P
Didn't mean to come off so rude ; "haha she's mine", just very excited 'bout her. :)
whoaxmary
02-20-11, 02:28 AM
aaaah. can't sleep again tonight..(like nineth night..ive lost track - im an aweful insomniac) been moving stuff around trying to get ready for her.<3
i have an oen style basement apartment, thats basically one giant room. Do you think it will be good enough to have my bps tank as far away as possable while I quarintine the new corn? If I'm careul not to go back and forth and such? The people she's coming from had a bp as well; that apperently died because it was infested with mites and they didn't knowwhat to do. (wish i was talking to them at this point and offer advice!) so i'm basically expecting the corn to come with them as she was kept a meter or two from the bp. any words of advice on how to keep my bp "Blue" safe as i literally gave her a third and final treatment of next yesterday?
marvelfreak
02-20-11, 07:01 AM
aaaah. can't sleep again tonight..(like nineth night..ive lost track - im an aweful insomniac) been moving stuff around trying to get ready for her.<3
i have an oen style basement apartment, thats basically one giant room. Do you think it will be good enough to have my bps tank as far away as possable while I quarintine the new corn? If I'm careul not to go back and forth and such? The people she's coming from had a bp as well; that apperently died because it was infested with mites and they didn't knowwhat to do. (wish i was talking to them at this point and offer advice!) so i'm basically expecting the corn to come with them as she was kept a meter or two from the bp. any words of advice on how to keep my bp "Blue" safe as i literally gave her a third and final treatment of next yesterday?
I would treat her as soon as you get her home even if you don't see any. If you have room maybe you could keep her in your bathroom or a closet. Definitely as far from your other snake as you can. Maybe keep her in a tote or tub with nothing, but a water bowl, two hides and paper towels on the cage bottom until your sure she pest free. At least a month or longer.
I would treat her as soon as you get her home even if you don't see any. If you have room maybe you could keep her in your bathroom or a closet. Definitely as far from your other snake as you can. Maybe keep her in a tote or tub with nothing, but a water bowl, two hides and paper towels on the cage bottom until your sure she pest free. At least a month or longer.
I would agree with this, you can never be too safe and quarantining is a must with any new animal.
I've heard of people treating a new snake with prevent a mite prior to picking them up and bringing them home.
whoaxmary
02-20-11, 09:50 AM
Thanks for all the advice. Moving Blue's viv as far as I can to one side of the room, and I'm setting up the quarintine on a shelf in a closet. lol <3
Can't wait 'till she gets home.
At two years old, being in a viv as small as that one, when I move her to a larger one what are the chances of her growing? She's seems pretty small for a two year old corn, but I haen't spend to much time with too many corns, but all the ones I have met were larger than her.
Aaron_S
02-20-11, 11:23 AM
Really thoroughly inspect the new snake when you get her. When she comes home spray Nix in her enclosure before placing her in. Like you would normally do to treat for mites. Also keep everything bare and minimum until you know for sure. Keeping the animals just on opposite sides of the room won't matter though. Mites travel insane amounts of distance in a single night so they'll get there if they are present. You'll need to keep your ball python in a sterile environment as well. Don't get the mulch-y substrate or otherwise yet as a precaution.
whoaxmary
02-20-11, 11:50 AM
Thanks for keeping the advice coming aaron.
Blue is still on paper towel, with just her hide and water bowl, atm. (I placed cardboard inside to make the tank seem smaller for her as there was alot of open space and she didn't appriciate it.)
I was planning on bringing the corn into my parents section of the house (upstairs) spraying her with nix, then carrying her into my section (downstairs) and putting her into a 25g tank i have sitting around (hasn't been used but i've been nixing it whenever i treated blue) - and will have it set up with a temp. water bowl and hide, and just leave the aqu. she comes in upstairs for now..(obv going to clean the hell out of it even though they said they just had today.)
Asked the parents about keeping the new snake upstairs for the first month, they won't let me keep her up their all because 'they don't have room'.. . So it's not going to be possable to keep them in actual seperate rooms. My room is sort of divided into two big rooms, with a big wall opening rather than an actual door.. each aqu. is on the furthest side of each section. ;/ best i can manage for now. would spraying nix around the aqu. (outside walls, table legs, carpet nearby?) help at all to keep any mites from travelling?
Lankyrob
02-20-11, 12:42 PM
Not sure if it works but i have heard that putting double sided tape around the infected tank can srop the mites from travelling, never had to try it myself so no guarantees...........
whoaxmary
02-20-11, 04:09 PM
Hmm, makes sense in my mind. When I go pick her up tommorow I'll grab some tape just for kicks are try it out.
TeaNinja
02-20-11, 04:30 PM
my BRB i had years ago got mites, i'm pretty sure it's because i was young and added a branch to the enclosure without properly baking it and taking precautions. that was one of the reasons i rehomed the BRB. i feel like an idiot now because i probably could have prevented it =/ but we live and we learn. (sometimes at the expense of our pets :( )
in my experience, snakes aren't great pets for little kids. when i think back on my husbandry when i was much younger with my BRB, it was atrocious. i didn't give the poor little snake NEARLY enough privacy and i overheald him. i brought a branch in without precautions giving him mites, i didn't treat the mites properly. rehoming him was probably the BEST thing i did for that snake, sadly.
i feel terrible now that i actually know what i'm doing, but like i said, you live and you learn =/
whoaxmary
02-20-11, 05:22 PM
Well, I'm certainly glad I have everyone here to help me learn. ;3
whoaxmary
02-20-11, 07:54 PM
So I have everything all ready..picking her up at noon tommorow... time couldn't move any slower. lol
Sapphyr
02-20-11, 08:06 PM
So I have everything all ready..picking her up at noon tommorow... time couldn't move any slower. lol
I know how ya feel D: I can't wait 'til our next expo to get my hoggie <3 Your wait is really short compared to mine xD
whoaxmary
02-20-11, 08:19 PM
lol, I wish you luck on your wait then~ Think you'll make it with out buying anything in between? ;3
Shmoges
02-20-11, 08:23 PM
looks like a snow. Cool kajiji is like the canadian version of craigs list. I hope it is a big tank for 160.
whoaxmary
02-20-11, 08:31 PM
Lmao, no it's tiny as heck. I'm going to use a different one when she gets here.
I know it's pricey but I wouldn't be doing it if I didn't know the snake. :P As soon as I saw they were selling her...just felt right to call them up right away. lol. And we canadians got craigslist to~ lol
whoaxmary
02-20-11, 08:33 PM
I figured paying 160 for the tank, which I'll end up using for something, lol, a light, hide, water bowl, heat matt, couple of fake plants and such...plus they're giving a bunch of rat pups for my python they had from another snake...plus the snake itself... not that horrable?(or am i wrong? lol) They only reason they're getting rid of the reps in because they need money - so I kinda understand.
whoaxmary
02-20-11, 09:49 PM
13 more hours to wait. lol.
Sapphyr
02-20-11, 09:59 PM
lol, I wish you luck on your wait then~ Think you'll make it with out buying anything in between? ;3
Oh I'll be fine c: ... but ugh, such a long wait </3 Besides, none of the pet stores around here sell hognoses. :l
whoaxmary
02-20-11, 10:21 PM
Lol, I don't even have any pet stores near me ~ but temptation is always around somehow. ;3
I see from your sigg, you've got a few geckos. I've spent lot's of time with leopard - what is your malaysian like? ;3
Sapphyr
02-21-11, 01:52 AM
Lol, I don't even have any pet stores near me ~ but temptation is always around somehow. ;3
I see from your sigg, you've got a few geckos. I've spent lot's of time with leopard - what is your malaysian like? ;3
Malaysian is very flighty, lightning quick, hides most of the time, and does NOT tolerate handling very well, if at all. She normally gets a good bite on me on the seldom occasions I can actually catch her and hold her. I've heard some Malaysians can be tamed, but not usually... It's generally recommended you not hold them, something about oils in your skin being harmful to their fragile skin... or something. I normally catch mine to make sure she's ok from time to time. I just don't see her eat all that often since she hides so much. She musks ungodly. Last time I held her, she musked for about 30 seconds, squirted it all over the place.
whoaxmary
02-21-11, 09:59 AM
lol - oh how lovely.
Ohhh- leaving in ten minutes to go pick the corn up. <3
Sapphyr
02-21-11, 11:36 AM
lol - oh how lovely.
Ohhh- leaving in ten minutes to go pick the corn up. <3
I know, right? :D ... They're more of 'display' animals, kinda like GTB's.
Good luck on her :D I'm sure she'll be happy to see you~ c:
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