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viraleye
Yearling
United Kingdom
695 Posts |
 Posted - 08/09/2011 : 19:39:18
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Hello all!!
My girlfriend has had a garter snake in the past, and since having the thought of us gettin a snake a corn snake seems to be the perfect option, thing is i need to get a vivarium but would rather get one with the full set up but would also rather get something decent to start with rather than ending up buying twice. also want it with a cabinet
any help opinions or comments are very much appreciated
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1.0.0 Cyrus - Amel het Anery ph Hypo - CURRENTLY AWOL
0.1.0 Diamond - Avalanche ph Charcoal, Hypo
1.0.0 Garland - Bloodred het Hypo
1.0.0 Pinball - Carolina
0.1.0 Casey - Hypo Lavender Stripe het Amel
0.0.1 - No Name Yet - Crested Gecko |
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Mamma
Fully Grown Corn
United Kingdom
4494 Posts |
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Okeetee Mick
Fully Grown Corn
United Kingdom
2308 Posts |
Posted - 08/09/2011 : 20:24:03
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| Hi, really depends on how old your snake is, you do not want to put a baby corn in a viv that is far too big or it will freak out. For a very young corn I suggest a large faunarium which are very reasonable in price and move to a larger viv in time. Sure a lot of members will on here will offer good advice. Good luck. |
0.1.0 Okeetee (Sookie) 0.1.0 Powder (Luna) 0.1.0 Bloodred (Arlene) 0.1.0 Caramel Stripe (Tara)
0.1.0 Ghost (Crystal) 0.1.0 Caramel (Jessica) 0.1.0 Lavender Stripe (Portia) 1.0.0 Platinum (Godric)
0.1.0 Thayers King (Lettie Mae) 0.1.0 Albino Blairs King (Lorena) 0.1.0 Russian Ratsnakes (Pam)
0.1.0 Korean Ratsnake (Katerina) 1.0.0 Russian Ratsnake (Lafayette)
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viraleye
Yearling
United Kingdom
695 Posts |
Posted - 08/09/2011 : 20:28:26
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| Well im hoping to get a hatchling so i can see it growing. i just don't want to waste money |
1.0.0 Cyrus - Amel het Anery ph Hypo - CURRENTLY AWOL
0.1.0 Diamond - Avalanche ph Charcoal, Hypo
1.0.0 Garland - Bloodred het Hypo
1.0.0 Pinball - Carolina
0.1.0 Casey - Hypo Lavender Stripe het Amel
0.0.1 - No Name Yet - Crested Gecko |
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Okeetee Mick
Fully Grown Corn
United Kingdom
2308 Posts |
Posted - 08/09/2011 : 20:35:41
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| I have four at present all very young in their own fauns and have two 4th vivs set up and ready to go, but will wait until they are a little older before introducing them to each other and to vivs of that size. Can understand you not wanting to waste money and there is a feeling that as long as there are plenty of hides it is ok, but I will wait as the last thing I want to do to to stress them out. |
0.1.0 Okeetee (Sookie) 0.1.0 Powder (Luna) 0.1.0 Bloodred (Arlene) 0.1.0 Caramel Stripe (Tara)
0.1.0 Ghost (Crystal) 0.1.0 Caramel (Jessica) 0.1.0 Lavender Stripe (Portia) 1.0.0 Platinum (Godric)
0.1.0 Thayers King (Lettie Mae) 0.1.0 Albino Blairs King (Lorena) 0.1.0 Russian Ratsnakes (Pam)
0.1.0 Korean Ratsnake (Katerina) 1.0.0 Russian Ratsnake (Lafayette)
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scottishbluebird
it is all my fault
United Kingdom
8403 Posts |
Posted - 08/09/2011 : 21:22:03
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Hi and welcome
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0.1.0 Corn - Kellogs
1.0.0 Hognose - Storm
0.1.0 Staffy - Lyla
1.0.0 Spaffy(staffy x springer)-Spyro
1.0.0 Ferret - Peanut R.I.P
0.1.0 Crestie - Fudge. Wish List - Pygmy hedgehog. Tropiocolotes |
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gingerpony
Queen Bee
United Kingdom
10455 Posts |
Posted - 08/09/2011 : 21:34:08
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heya and welcome 
best investment i made was in RUBs - Really Useful Boxes - till the corns are adults and in decent size vivs. then i was so impressed with them all the corns are in a racking system in RUBs now  |
cornsnakes, ratsnakes, bullsnakes, boas and day geckos
Location:Leeds/York/Selby area |
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thistle
Sub Adult
United Kingdom
1757 Posts |
Posted - 08/09/2011 : 21:43:56
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Hi, welcome to the forum.
It's really not a good idea to put a tiny hatchling in a large vivarium. They are nervous of large open areas and so tend to go off their food when kept in too big an environment. They are also very good at escaping from vivs, you'd be amazed at the size of hole or gap between the glass that they can squeeze through, not to mention the difficulty of trying to find a tiny hatchling in a large viv. They feel much safer and so do far better in smaller confined areas.
You don't have to spend a fortune, a hatchling can live happily in a small rub (Really Useful Box) or in a tuperware food container from your local supermarket, you just need to add a few ventilation holes. I've got my hatchling in a 5 litre clip lock clear plastic sandwich box, it cost me a couple of pounds and will do him for months.
If you really want to use a large vivarium then you could always section of a small area for the hatchling and as it grows you can increase it's living space until (after several years) it is big enough to have access to the whole viv. |
2.0.0 Dogs (westie Angus, shih tzu Archie)
0.5.0 African Pygmy Hedgehogs (Harriet, Amelia, Matilda, Jemima, Maisie) RIP Hector
0.4.0 Guinea Pigs (Isobel, Effy, Mrs Mack & Sheila)
1.0.0 Lutino C0ckatiel (Sammy)
3.0.0 Corn Snakes - CB10 Amel (Barnaby), CB11 Anery Lavender (Bailey), CB10 Caramel Motley (Bradley)
0.1.0 CB11 Western Hognose Snake (Maggie) |
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viraleye
Yearling
United Kingdom
695 Posts |
Posted - 08/09/2011 : 21:55:39
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Can someone show me what RUB they have? surely they need light and water etc which a small tupperware box would be too small?
I need advice from the bottom!! I always make sure i research.as much as i can but im strugling with snakes. |
1.0.0 Cyrus - Amel het Anery ph Hypo - CURRENTLY AWOL
0.1.0 Diamond - Avalanche ph Charcoal, Hypo
1.0.0 Garland - Bloodred het Hypo
1.0.0 Pinball - Carolina
0.1.0 Casey - Hypo Lavender Stripe het Amel
0.0.1 - No Name Yet - Crested Gecko |
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gingerpony
Queen Bee
United Kingdom
10455 Posts |
Posted - 08/09/2011 : 21:59:44
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i've got juveniles in cricket tubs, 4L, 9L and 18L RUBS, adults are in 33L but mainly 50L ones
it's much cheaper than buying fauns/vivs  |
cornsnakes, ratsnakes, bullsnakes, boas and day geckos
Location:Leeds/York/Selby area |
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gingerpony
Queen Bee
United Kingdom
10455 Posts |
Posted - 08/09/2011 : 22:01:15
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| the clear plastic ones allow plenty of light in and they can see out too just like a viv, and you just scale everything down with the size of the snake |
cornsnakes, ratsnakes, bullsnakes, boas and day geckos
Location:Leeds/York/Selby area |
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bbjay
Hatchling
United Kingdom
187 Posts |
Posted - 08/09/2011 : 22:13:14
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| Hi there welcome |
0.1.0 Carolina corn snake
0.0.1 mexican black kingsnake
0.1.0 Bearded dragon
1.0.0 Rotweiler
Wishlist:
Jungle Carpet python
Albino burmese python
Emerald tree boa
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tordyjo
Fully Grown Corn
United Kingdom
2036 Posts |
Posted - 08/09/2011 : 22:20:35
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| hi there |
 Lilly Crystal Harry
1.2.0 corns, 1.1.0 cats tropical guppies who continually breed
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viraleye
Yearling
United Kingdom
695 Posts |
Posted - 08/09/2011 : 22:32:53
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| I need some pictures???? |
1.0.0 Cyrus - Amel het Anery ph Hypo - CURRENTLY AWOL
0.1.0 Diamond - Avalanche ph Charcoal, Hypo
1.0.0 Garland - Bloodred het Hypo
1.0.0 Pinball - Carolina
0.1.0 Casey - Hypo Lavender Stripe het Amel
0.0.1 - No Name Yet - Crested Gecko |
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garrie
Sub Adult
United Kingdom
1148 Posts |
Posted - 08/09/2011 : 22:37:15
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| Hey, welcome to the forum |
^click for more pics^
Garrie - Halesworth, Suffolk. 1.0 AURYN (fire morph corn) 0.1 Puzzle (Cat) |
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thistle
Sub Adult
United Kingdom
1757 Posts |
Posted - 08/09/2011 : 22:44:12
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This is the only pic I've got of mine, but it gives you an idea of the set up. It's an air tight clear plastic clip lock box that I got from Poundstretchers, I just had to drill the ventilation holes.
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2.0.0 Dogs (westie Angus, shih tzu Archie)
0.5.0 African Pygmy Hedgehogs (Harriet, Amelia, Matilda, Jemima, Maisie) RIP Hector
0.4.0 Guinea Pigs (Isobel, Effy, Mrs Mack & Sheila)
1.0.0 Lutino C0ckatiel (Sammy)
3.0.0 Corn Snakes - CB10 Amel (Barnaby), CB11 Anery Lavender (Bailey), CB10 Caramel Motley (Bradley)
0.1.0 CB11 Western Hognose Snake (Maggie) |
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viraleye
Yearling
United Kingdom
695 Posts |
Posted - 09/09/2011 : 09:44:35
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| That's a fantastic picture thank you, but where is the heat mat? the light? the water source? Etc or do hatching not need anything like that? |
1.0.0 Cyrus - Amel het Anery ph Hypo - CURRENTLY AWOL
0.1.0 Diamond - Avalanche ph Charcoal, Hypo
1.0.0 Garland - Bloodred het Hypo
1.0.0 Pinball - Carolina
0.1.0 Casey - Hypo Lavender Stripe het Amel
0.0.1 - No Name Yet - Crested Gecko |
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Simmy_82
Sub Adult
United Kingdom
1272 Posts |
Posted - 09/09/2011 : 09:49:21
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| The hear mat is under the tub (look at the top left you can see it). There is a water bowl in the bottom right of the tub (its a blue circular one) They dont really need an artifical light source. |
 
0.1.0 - Cat - Tallulah
0.0.1 - Carolina Corn Snake - Lilith |
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viraleye
Yearling
United Kingdom
695 Posts |
Posted - 09/09/2011 : 09:55:38
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Ahhh so now im gettin it! so would you still only put thru heat mat under half of the tub? also what do you feed hatchings?
I really want to start from the bottom up but i want to make sure i get it right first |
1.0.0 Cyrus - Amel het Anery ph Hypo - CURRENTLY AWOL
0.1.0 Diamond - Avalanche ph Charcoal, Hypo
1.0.0 Garland - Bloodred het Hypo
1.0.0 Pinball - Carolina
0.1.0 Casey - Hypo Lavender Stripe het Amel
0.0.1 - No Name Yet - Crested Gecko |
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Mort13
Fully Grown Corn
United Kingdom
5599 Posts |
Posted - 09/09/2011 : 10:00:50
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Hi,and congrats on deciding to get a corn snake.
Thats the same type of box as I have for mine:
Natural daylight is the best type of light for corns,they don't need artificial light. |
      
3.1.0 Corn snakes, 1.0.0 T-Albino Cape House Snake, 0.1.0 Western Hognose,
1.0.0 MBK, 0.1.0 Childrens Python, 1.0.0 Nicaraguan Dwarf Boas
0.0.1 Occelated Skink, 1.0.0 Leopard Gecko, 1.0.3 Tarantulas, 0.0.2 Damon diadema
1.0.0 C0ckatiel,
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Simmy_82
Sub Adult
United Kingdom
1272 Posts |
Posted - 09/09/2011 : 10:01:15
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Read this thread here, will tell you everything you need to set up a hatchie. You can obviously use a RUB rather than the Faun detailed etc. http://www.thecornsnake.co.uk/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=9878
You will feed them Pinkies to start with. Increase the size of the mice as they grow and get older. |
0.1.0 - Cat - Tallulah
0.0.1 - Carolina Corn Snake - Lilith |
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