Corns and Hoppers.

[ColbyKun]

Can you feed a corn snake a hopper or a locust?

[ColbyKun]

Also, if you spray water in the tank, will it heat it up? I use aspen bedding. Don't worry, there is no snake in there at the moment, they both arrive this wednesday. So excited. Are snakes afraid of anything?

[mary10]

depends how big your corn snake is.......and when you say hopper do you mean mouse or is that hopper as in grass hopper? corn snakes are purly meat-a-tarians! also for as far as the water goes, it will warm up to the tank temp but then again there really shouldnt be that much water in the tank to last long enough to warm up and stay around, corns generally only need a higher humidity when there in a shed other then that around 30-50 hum is fine and that is usually obtainable just from the hum in your home.

[ColbyKun]

6 months, yes i mean hopper. =] so they dont eat crickets, hoppers and locusts? i know rough green snakes do. i also saw one eat a fish.

[Will0W783]

Most everyone that I know of feeds corn snakes rodents. I don't think they generally eat insects. I feed my adult corns rat weanlings and the one juvenile I have (he's only about 18-20 inches long) rat pinks.

[mary10]

i've never seen a corn take an insect as a meal, maybe out of shere desperation but then i really dont see it happening. if your corn is only 6 months old you should be offering it mice pinkies.

[ColbyKun]

yeah dont worry i know, i haven got them yet. WHat do you feed them as hchlings though? Most of my questions are just curiosity.

[siz]

Don't feed your corn snakes insects. Almost every snake eats rodents, with a few exceptions that eat anoles, house geckos, fish etc. I think rough greens are the only snakes that eat insects in captivity but I could be wrong about that.

[mary10]

Originally Posted by ColbyKun

yeah dont worry i know, i haven got them yet. WHat do you feed them as hchlings though? Most of my questions are just curiosity.

hatchlings eat the same thing mouse pinkies, as they grow you adjust the size of food.

[Smilts]

Hatchlings can take 1 day pinkies with no problems most times....

[ColbyKun]

BLOODY GHOST SNAKE MALE BIT ME WHEN I OPENED THE BOX! Probably because its restless and scared though. My old snake was 4 months old and and bigger than these 6 months snake by a lot. The guy I spoke to said that but is there anything up with that or is it different feeding things? I got a female hypo stripe as well same size as ghost and supposedly the same age. =] Both very cute and beautiful.

[ColbyKun]

And I've never seen a corn snake rattle its tail. I know morph has nothing to do that. I know it wouldreact since it just was delivered but do they ratte the tails. The Hypo Stripeis very nice. They both feed well. The ghost is very hyper.

[siz]

I really liked striped corns, not usually a big corn fan but the stripes are sweet.

[Will0W783]

Lol. Every snake keeper will eventually get tagged a few times. Welcome to the club. As for the tail rattle, it's a colubrid thing. My Spilotes did it, my honduran milk does it, and my female snow corn does it. It's a defensive tactic, where they vibrate the tail tip really quickly against any nearby surface to mimic the sound of a rattlesnake. My snow corn also sometimes does it when you are feeding her. It's really funny-enjoy it. Corns are fun snakes. Also an interesting thing you might eventually see is caudal luring. This is when the snake wiggles the tip of its tail like a worm when you are approaching it with food. In the wild they do it to attract prey. Birds and some small rodents will eat worms and caterpillars and grubs, so the motion attracts them, and BAM- snake gets dinner.

[BP_okay]

Congrats on the new corns! I am so glad you are continuing with this amazing hobby :-)
I have a red striped corn, with some hypo in him and he's my sweetest snake. He's so funny, curious, and has a great disposition. Are you planning on housing them together, breeding them, etc?

Traci