Corn Snakes
Corn Snakes, Pantherophis guttatus (formally Elaphe Guttata Guttata) are very popular choices for pets. Â This species of snake belong to the family Colubridae and can live for up to 16 years of age!
If being kept as pets these snakes should be kept in a strong vivarium with a temperature of 24°C to 27°C, (that’s 75°F to 80°F). These snakes are quite hardy and can grow over 4 feet long in length so the bigger the vivarium the better!
You can now get Corn snakes in many different colours; however, they are generally a reddish orange colour.
Corn snakes are likely to shed their skin every 6 or so weeks, so don’t be alarmed if you see flakes of snake skin in the cage that aren’t attached to your corn snake.
In the wild, Corn Snakes would suffocate their prey by wrapping themselves round it and squeezing hard. They are non-venomous so you can’t get poisoned by a corn snake, although some may bite if they feel threatened.
They eat rodents such as mice and shrews. As a rule, when feeding your snake the food it’s being given shouldn’t be bigger than one and a half times the snakes own head; this way the snake hopefully won’t have any problems swallowing or digesting the food.
May 9, 2010
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Tags: Animals, Pets, Snakes · Posted in: Snake Species
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