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Common Corn Snake Problems
Published on Thursday, May 14, 2009 by Regurgitation   The tank may be too cold. This will make the mouse to rot in your snake, finally causing the snake to regurgitate.  Additionally, the mouse may have been to large.   Snake refuses to eat. Make sure your tank is warm enough and the mouse is not too big.  Your snake might also be in a mating cycle or a brumation cycle (a semi-h...
Corn Snake Habitat Heating
Published on Saturday, May 9, 2009 by Corn Snake Habitat Heating Snakes are cold-blooded, and therefore cannot regulate their own body heat. They will die if their tanks are either too hot or too cold. Be sure to keep your tank a constant temperature, or your snake might begin to hibernate. Corn snakes do well in a range from 70 to 82 degrees. One side of the tank should be room temperature, with the o...
Corn Snake Habitat
Published on Saturday, May 9, 2009 by Corn Snake Habitat Your adult corn snake can live in a 20 gallon tank, as long as you let him out for exercise on a regular basis. If you are able to afford 30 gallons or more, this is even more suitable. As you can probably guess, snakes are escape artists, so be sure you have a secure locking top to your tank. If you buy locks from a pet store, purchase four – ...
Corn Snake Diet
Published on Saturday, May 9, 2009 by Corn Snake Diet You should feed your snake about once a week. Do not give your snake a mouse that is more than 1 ½ times the width of his mouth. If there is a large bulge in the snake after eating, the mouse was probably too big. Better to give two smaller mice than one large. There is a bit of debate as to which mouse is better – alive or dead. If your snake wi...
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