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Lankyrob · 01-30-11, 05:29 AM

I have an anery type a with the yellow on the neck. Yours definitely looks lighter colouring than mine, i will post a pic here

TeaNinja · 01-30-11, 07:03 AM

your corn looks very nice rob. whenever i go to the pet store and see the tiny baby corns i find it hard to believe those tiny little things can eat a pinky!

Lankyrob · 01-30-11, 07:52 AM

I know what you mean - that one is a right pig - one week i could only get rat pups instead of pinkys. He ate his and then the other corn had gone blue and didnt want to eat so i offered him a second one and he ate that too!

blindfireak40 · 01-30-11, 04:38 PM

Beautiful, Rob! How old is that guy?

Speaking of going blue, mine just has. About how long until I can expect a shed? And where do you keep your humidity?

Lankyrob · 01-30-11, 05:30 PM

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Originally Posted by blindfireak40

Beautiful, Rob! How old is that guy?

Speaking of going blue, mine just has. About how long until I can expect a shed? And where do you keep your humidity?

He was born in March last year. I do nothing special for the corns humidity but where i live relative humidity is around 40-50%, all my snakes have a hide stuffed with damp sphagnum moss which seems to help with their shedding.

I did some research into breeding corns and the general thought seems to be that they should be 3 years old, 3 foot long and 300 grams. This was before my adult turned out to be male not female

percey39 · 01-30-11, 04:45 PM

Hello and welcome to the forum. I myself have done some powerfeeding with young snakes to see what the effects were. To me there were absolutely zero health effects on the animals that were powerfed other than the rapid growth. Powerfeeding will not bring on safe breeding any quicker it will only increase your snakes size, breeding should only be attempted at 4 years of age in my eye's but many start as young as 3.
I have spoken about feeding patterns before and as long as you slow down to a fortnighlt feeding routine around 16-18 months of age i have found there to be no ill affects or any sterile snakes. This is only from my experiences and i am yet to have a documented study by a reputable person say that it does have any negative side affects. In reality nearly all snakes in captivity are overweight compared to their wild counterparts.

blindfireak40 · 01-30-11, 05:47 PM

Excellent, it sounds like the humidity here is about the same or higher...with the light on, the tank stays at about 45%, climbs to about 55% at night. I think i'll get right on the sphagnum moss thing, sounds like a good idea.

And good to know on the breeding information. I'm hoping to acquire another corn after my schooling is done (in about 2.5 years), and maybe when that one's old enough it can make babies with Vermicelli