hi guys. new here but need advice

littleshewolf · 11-28-12, 05:19 PM

hey i have a baby albino corn snake. bought from prt store. he ate 2 days ago, a pinkie mouse, and last nite he threw up on me. also since he shed 2 weeks ago i have noticed he has some brown almost scar or scab like tiny spots in a few places on his body is any of this something i should be overly concerned with? i do not have a vet in my area that deals in reptiles or exotics. closest one is quite a drive from me. would rather not go unless i must due to gas prices.

infernalis · 11-28-12, 05:31 PM

Can you please tell us the temperature in you enclosure, do you have a basking light?

Do you handle the snake? a sure fire way to get a snake to regurgitate is to handle it within 24 hours of eating, the stress makes them vomit.

shaunyboy · 11-28-12, 05:34 PM

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Originally Posted by infernalis

Can you please tell us the temperature in you enclosure, do you have a basking light?

Do you handle the snake? a sure fire way to get a snake to regurgitate is to handle it within 24 hours of eating, the stress makes them vomit.

^^^^^
also pictures of the scabs will help us see whats going on

cheers shaun

littleshewolf · 11-28-12, 05:42 PM

well yes, i keep him in a "ekoterra" enclosure with a white basking light for day and a blue one for nite. and yes i do handle him daily
pet stor advised it as a way to keep him tame
do not have the ability to post pics, as i am using computor @ library, but i got a phone w camera? i think i can e-mail pics off phone but am not sure. i am not the most tech savvy person on earth.

EmbraceCalamity · 11-28-12, 05:59 PM

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Originally Posted by littleshewolf

well yes, i keep him in a "ekoterra" enclosure with a white basking light for day and a blue one for nite. and yes i do handle him daily
pet stor advised it as a way to keep him tame
do not have the ability to post pics, as i am using computor @ library, but i got a phone w camera? i think i can e-mail pics off phone but am not sure. i am not the most tech savvy person on earth.

Everything anyone tells you at the pet store, take it with a grain of salt. They might mean well, but they're very rarely experts. A lot of people have lost pets making that mistake (myself included). If you don't know something, either ask on a place like this or someone with lots of experience. And make sure you do your own research on how to care for these guys.

Like Gungirl said, corns are very easy to take care of. We had one for years who wasn't handled more than once in a blue moon, and she was still tame as could be.

~Maggot

Gungirl · 11-28-12, 05:50 PM

Ok.. a few things. Corn snakes are very simple, I do not use any heat with mine and he is fine. I keep my house 65-70 winter and 80-85 summer. If you have a heat mat use a thermostat. Set the heat mat to 80 that will be more than warm enough.The brown spots could be burns from a heat source with out a thermostat. you can continue to use the bulbs but you still need to use a thermostat with them. Heat mats are better IMO.

Feed it a small pink the same size as its widest point. Once it eats do not touch it for at least 2 days. This will allow it to digest it's food. After it keeps down a meal you can increase the food size to 1.5 times its widest point but still never handle the snake for at least 2 days after it eats. I handle my corn once a month if that and he is as tame as they get. You do not need to handle it every day. if you want you can email me pics and I will post them for you... ktomacie@gmail.com

littleshewolf · 11-28-12, 05:53 PM

awesome, thanx! will email u in about 10 min

Gungirl · 11-28-12, 05:54 PM

ok sounds good..

Lankyrob · 11-28-12, 06:16 PM

I keep my corns at 86f hot end and 75f cold end apart from that everything gungirl says is the same. I handle mine rarely but they are all calm and docile

A lot of pet stores will say anything to make a sale, their purpose is to make money not know about animals

Gungirl · 11-28-12, 06:17 PM

Here is the OP's Photo..

Lankyrob · 11-28-12, 06:18 PM

That looks very much like the inside of a car - why the hell would you have a snake loose in a car?

Gungirl · 11-28-12, 06:21 PM

Here are the other pics..

EmbraceCalamity · 11-28-12, 06:30 PM

NUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU. Never loose in a car. EVER EVER.

EDIT: For everyone else here, I know with albino geckos, their eyes are more sensitive so it's suggested not to use lights. Is it true for albino snakes as well?

~Maggot

Wildside · 11-28-12, 06:42 PM

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Originally Posted by EmbraceCalamity

NUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU. Never loose in a car. EVER EVER.

EDIT: For everyone else here, I know with albino geckos, their eyes are more sensitive so it's suggested not to use lights. Is it true for albino snakes as well?

~Maggot

I have heard this, not sure how true it is as neither my albino geckos or boas or any other albino thing I've kept in the past seem too bothered by lights or the sun.

Also I don't see any brown scabby spots

EmbraceCalamity · 11-28-12, 06:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Wildside

I have heard this, not sure how true it is as neither my albino geckos or boas or any other albino thing I've kept in the past seem too bothered by lights or the sun.

Also I don't see any brown scabby spots

I've heard of some people who say their albino leos won't open their eyes much with lights, but they're nocturnal, so it's hard to say. Personally I know my eyes are more sensitive to light than most people's - not that I'm albino, but just to make the point that the norm isn't necessarily always true. Could also depend on what kind of light and how far away it is from the reptile.

~Maggot