Can you provide a 20-gallon long glass tank with a secure lid on top?
Can you maintain an ambient temperature of 80 to 85 F and provide a basking site with 85 to 88 F?
Can you maintain an ambient humidity between 40 and 50 percent?
Can you provide properly thawed, pre-killed frozen mice for a corn snake?
Do you have an exotics veterinarian that specializes in reptilians?
A 20-gallon long glass tank (a longer and shallower version of the 20-gallon tank) makes a good-sized enclosure for a corn snake. It is important to use a secure-fitting lid that can be clamped down from the top. Corn snakes will push at the lid with their noses looking for weaknesses and tiny openings, so the fit of the lid is very important.
Maintaining your corn snake's home at the correct temperature is vital. An overhead incandescent heat lamp is the preferred method of heating, but corn snakes are from temperate climates, so they do not need tropical temperatures. Keep an ambient temperature of 80 to 85 F. A basking site should be 85 to 88 F. At night, the temperature should drop only as low as 75 F.
Corn snakes prefer the humidity found in a typical household. Between 40 and 50 percent is a good range for the ambient air in the enclosure: up to 60 percent will promote healthy shedding. Monitor your corn snake enclosure with a hygrometer, especially in the dryer winter months. You may need to mist the tank or refill an evaporating water bowl more frequently.
Captive corn snakes should be fed pre-killed frozen mice that are properly thawed. Hatchlings are started on pinkie mice for feedings, and the size of the prey should be increased as the snake grows. The prey item can be as wide or a little wider than the snake's head. Feed growing snakes twice per week; adults need only be fed one appropriately sized prey item every week or 10 days.
You can take care of a corn snake as a pet!
As with most snake breeds, corn snakes are susceptible to fungal disease and respiratory infections. Fungal infection is marked by discoloration of the skin. A sign of respiratory infection is open-mouth breathing or wheezing. These snakes are also susceptible to mouth rot - a bacterial infection of the mouth that often causes saliva bubbles as well as inflammation in and around the mouth.
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Hi! I’m Sreten Filipović. I graduated from the Faculty of Agriculture at the University of Belgrade, with a master's degree in Environmental Protection in Agricultural Systems. I’ve worked as a researcher at Finland's Natural Resources Institute (LUKE) on a project aimed at adapting south-western Finland to drought episodes. I founded a consulting agency in the field of environment and agriculture to help farmers who want to implement the principles of sustainability on their farms. I’m also a founding member of the nonprofit organization Ecogenesis from Belgrade whose main goal is non-formal education on the environment and ecology. In my spare time, I like to write blog posts about sustainability, the environment, animal farming, horticulture, and plant protection. I’ve also published several science-fiction short stories.
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