New corn. <3 Also; is this normally? & Any name ideas?

whoaxmary · 02-21-11, 02:44 PM

Sooo, picked up my new corn snake today. <3 She is absolute lovely. The previous owners called her "Ruby". I guess it does suit here but I don't know what I think of it...any ideas?

whoaxmary · 02-21-11, 02:44 PM

Also..The aquarium that she came in had this in it...never seen anything like this come from my ball python...:S

mld · 02-21-11, 02:50 PM

Congratulations on your new little baby girl! She is adorable! Ruby is a nice name, Rose is also a nice name for such a little sweetie pie and roses also have their own scent, just in case she decides to musk you!

So how is her temperament like?

emilie · 02-21-11, 02:53 PM

what about popcorn or kernel?

mld · 02-21-11, 02:54 PM

Just noticed the last two pictures, is that supposed to be poop, doesn't look normal. You can always get it tested at any vet! Just in case! Looks like it was fresh in one.

presspirate · 02-21-11, 03:25 PM

The last two pics look like musk to me. She may have been a little nervous due to the move. Gotta love corns! They are so inquisitive. Congrats to you and her, (Whatever you decide to name her.)

whoaxmary · 02-21-11, 03:28 PM

Her temperment is great so far.. Previous owners warned me she likes to pretend to be a rattlier, which I rememeber from housesitting for them when she was smaller, but she seems pretty happy and comfortable. I know I should be letting her settle in her aquarium, but she was out of her hide watching us while my neighboors were over and I couldn't help but pull her her out for some pictures. She loved the attention, but wasn't fond of the camera. . . very camera shy compaired to my bp, who loves the camera. lol Get those pics up soon.

And I think it is supposed to be poop, because you can see a bit of calc. to the side, which I see my ball python pass. It's the super liquidy brown..chuncky bubbly stuff that freaks me out.
I'm going to take it in to work with me tommorow, (work @ a vet for cats,dogs, and pocket pets) and I could take it in and get it looked at under the scope for parasites, but I don't know if any of our snap tests, for any illnesses or whatever, would work with a snake. :S I'm very close with Blue's vet though (used to work with her as well, lol) and I could try phoning her and asking if there is a test my clinic can order.
They wanted to feed her today when I picked her up.. I was a bit concerned bout feeding her then moving her around so much, throwing her in the car and a new aquarium at home, but they already had a pinky (I think she could easily take a fuzzy or more than one pinky) warmed up and insisted on it, so atleast I know she's a great eater.

whoaxmary · 02-21-11, 03:30 PM

That would be great if that's all it is , Pirate~
They had just put that paper town in today apperently, and thats what I brought her home in (I had pillow cases but they said the aquarium would be better), so that makes sense.

presspirate · 02-21-11, 03:50 PM

If she is an adult, she can easily take an adult mouse no problems. I have two corns, each are roughly a year and a half old and they eat 1 large mouse every 10 days. You wouldn't think by looking at their heads that they could do it, but it is amazing what a snake can swallow.

I would almost guarantee that the stain on the paper towel is musk, but if you are concerned, then by all means take it in.

Lankyrob · 02-21-11, 05:18 PM

Hard to say from the pics how big she is? Can you guestimate length and width? My adult takes large or xl mice every fortnight but "looks" bigger than yours..........

I would agree that it looks like musk, does it stink loke something died a few years ago and has been decomposing in a sewer ever since?? If so it is likely musk!

whoaxmary · 02-21-11, 06:18 PM

She is about wo years old, She's atleast two feet long. Her thickest area is a bit smaller that my thumb maybe? When I go to pick up something I'm just going to ask to look and pick out a small mouse or large fuzzie or whatever looks like it would be the right size.

And yes~ It did smell something aweful. Assuming when she does pass something it looks normal, I'm not going to worry about having it check by a vet.

mld · 02-21-11, 06:24 PM

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Originally Posted by whoaxmary

She is about wo years old, She's atleast two feet long. Her thickest area is a bit smaller that my thumb maybe? When I go to pick up something I'm just going to ask to look and pick out a small mouse or large fuzzie or whatever looks like it would be the right size.

And yes~ It did smell something aweful. Assuming when she does pass something it looks normal, I'm not going to worry about having it check by a vet.

Does that sound small for a 2 year old female?

I hope that it was something other than poop, maybe she regurgitated! Especially if it smells really bad, but I doubt it because its pretty small amount of stuff.

whoaxmary · 02-21-11, 08:34 PM

Sounds small to me, (just my opinion - not a corn expert by far) but she was in a tank with little floor space. Maybe 20x20". Put her in a bigger one, gonna up her food intake, and hope she grows.

Shmoges · 02-21-11, 09:49 PM

Pretty snake. its a hypo lavender??

whoaxmary · 02-21-11, 10:43 PM

Thats what I was told.
New pics. ;3 I know I should leave her to settle in, but she seems to love the attention and I couldn't help it.. Curled up in my shirt after a while and it was so cute I had to take a picture.