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Nathan - 2011-11-13
I have a RTB and as my second reptile she is amazing! My first rep was an iguana and while he was cool he unfortunately passed away from old age. Although scratch is my first RTB, and RTBS aren't recommended for first timers, I found with plenty of love, patience, and the all knowing interwebs it has been more than manageable. I knew I was on the right track when the second day I had her, I fed her and she ate immediately. That's not to say she didn't give me a kiss to get to know me lol. But one of the best things about snakes is that if they bite you its because you were doing something stupid. She's currently 7 and I can't wait for many more happy years with her.

Jessica - 2011-10-26
Hey ya'll!! I need some advice, my husband is getting me 2 corns (male & female). I have wanted one from the time I handled a snake.. They are in the same tank (50g) and I have done my home work, and they have bred before. I know that it's a lot of responsibility maintaining the female before/during/after breeding and then you have the little ones to tend to.. Honestly since they will be my first snakes I don't plan on breeding them any time soon to avoid any injuries.. I will only have the one 50g tank to keep them in and I was wondering if I could separate them until the mating seasons over then put them back together or just separate them all together? Maybe get a comfy clear tub for one until I can get another tank. Also, I know that the female will lay her eggs fertilized or not and I was wanting to know if I should just treat her as if she's pregnant and just make a her a nesting box..

I plan on breeding them but I just want to get used to them and have some experience under my belt before hand :)

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Charlie Roche - 2011-10-27
Breeding corn snakes is quite competitive and there are many out there who do this. If you think you are going to make money breeding, you might clearly be very dissapointed and wind up with the two adults and about 25 - 30 babies. You might want to just keep the two for sometime and wait and make the breeding decision later. However, I did find breeding and it pretty much tells a person what to do.
Jessica - 2011-10-28
When I do plan on breeding them I'm only breeding them once, someone is already interested in the babies.. I don't plan on breeding every year, that's just too much for me.

Shelly Harrison - 2009-08-30
I recently acquired an albino corn snake for my classroom. I am trying to use frozen "pinkies". Last week went fine and she ate the pinkie with no problems after thawing it first. This week she doesn't seem interested. Any advice would be appreciated.

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Stacey Dillard - 2010-02-23
In Aug. my albino cornsnake Bastian will be 20 years old. He is a wonderful pet. He loves to be held (or at least doesn't seem to mind it) He seems to recognize me by my smell, when I hold him, he gets very very still. When anyone else holds him he is constantly moving. When I got Bastian he was the same size as a new pencil, now he is 5 1/2 feet long. He is having a hard time holding weight now so he is pretty thin when he used to be much hardier. When I got Bastian I fed him pinkies twice a week for about the first six to eight months. Might have been a little too long but I was afraid a live mouse would bite him. To feed him the pinkies I would take the pinkie out of the freezer and put it into a cup of warm water until the pinkie was no longer cold inside, then I would take the pinkie from the water and gently squeeze the water from it and dry it off, then I would use a pair of tweezers to hold the pinkie and wiggle it in front of Bastian until he struck. If I fed him more than twice a week he would just throw it back up undigested. I don't know if all that I did was correct, but I don't know anyone else with a twenty year old cornsnake so it couldn't be all wrong.
Baron - 2010-05-13
"Pet snakes would usually eat every other day."
Ryan - 2010-05-13
"corn snakes and other snakes always eat every other day.good luck whith your albino corn snake."
vincent - 2010-05-30
Make sure that the pinkie is warm, you can do that by getting some hot water and holding the pinkie in the water till its warm. I wouldn't let it get too hot though.
chelsea - 2010-07-25
Hi, i have the same animal, my snake wouldn't eat for almost three weeks and I took him to the pet shop and he was just about to shed. They can actually go for about a month or two without eating which of course they would probably be hungry but they can survive. If your snake doesn't eat within a month and a few weeks I would take him/her in, to check to be sure everything is going well. But for now don't worry he/she is fine. :) Give him/her time. Also make sure the pinkie is completely un- frozen that could really hurt them. Make sure once you thaw it, it is about human temperature.
Nicole - 2010-09-30
Those two guys saying corns should eat every second day are mistaken. A very young snake should eat twice a week, while the older ones only need appropriately-sized food once a week. The only times that my snakes haven't been interested in their thawed food I found that if I warmed the mouse up a bit more with more warm water they would take it. Or maybe the snake just didn't notice the food, in which case wiggling the food around a bit so the snake sees it might help. Just make sure your fingers are out of the way so you don't get nipped accidentally.
sonia collins - 2010-10-22
The snake might just be a bit frightened leave it until the next week or it could be agitated as snakes take around a week to digest food and like to be left alone around this time so next week when you feed it and it still seems hungry give it another one and as it gets bigger increase the size of the pinkies go to http://www.videojug.com/film/how-to-care-for-baby-corn-snakes for better information I hope this assists you in your plight.
LARRY - 2010-10-25
I have the same problem.
Andrew Jones - 2010-12-20
Well I also have an albino corn snake he would not eat if he is stressed but if you put it in a container away from his home and let him calm down acre mins then drop the pinky in and he looked at it a while and finally ate it they only should eat two times a week.
Random person - 2011-10-22
Some snakes may be picky like that, my snake Pinky will not eat any white mice so we started to give her black mice and she doesn't refuse so try giving her different mice.

Joshoa - 2011-04-28
Hello, I am an experienced snake owner and I have been dying to find an albino ball in my price range. Please if anybody knows where to get one besides Craigslist at a good price(250) please let me know. 678 847 3672.

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Tom Parker - 2011-07-28
Got one for sale about a year old 100 dollars
Anonymous - 2011-10-05
there are some on ebay and google

sue williams - 2009-03-31
Hi, I think I saw a a white and brown? It reminded me of an albino. It was sunning it self on a railroad tie in my mom's garden/mulch pile. There is lots of cover and chipmunks. This was in maryland in august, in a neighborhood.

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Anonymous - 2011-10-05
It is not white and brown.

Simon - 2011-03-31
I got my corn snake last summer & I noticed something very interesting about her, she has a black & white checkerboard all along her entire belly, this was something I had not seen before so I read up on it & found out that the checker belly is more common in wild corn snakes in the Florida area.

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Charlie Roche - 2011-04-01
I think that is definitely true. The kids and I went to get into the car to go to school and there was about an enormous snake laying in front of the car. This was iin Florida. After screaming my head off, a fella who was working there came over and just picked it up and said he would take it home. It had a checkered sorta criss cross belly. Pretty but not exactly what I expected to see in front of the car.
courtney - 2011-09-28
How can you tell how old is an albino corn snake?

Ernest Williams - 2011-09-23
I just bought a year old from Boas and Balls. I payed $215 for him, I named him Agent Orange. He is active and healthy looking,he eats well. I love his cream/orange body color,orange/brown saddles and red/orange tail. They still some of his brothers and sister for sale at $150-550. He 3 feet long is that small for 1?

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David Brough - 2011-09-24
He will get bigger thats for sure. How big are the brothers and sister?

kb - 2008-06-26
My rtb, Forbes, is the best snake ever. He will be 3 in July and has never even attempted to bite. I have even needed to clean bedding out of his mouth with no problems from him, and he doesn't mind dogs sniffing at him when he crawls on the floor. He will lay on me for as long as I will rub him - but I can definitely see a difference in his interaction with me as opposed to anyone else.
My boy is very spoiled and he loves it. I take him out of the cage nearly every single day, and he goes swimming and takes drives with me in the summer. I will be sad when he is just too big for me to handle alone. We are in the process of having a floor to ceiling enclosure built for him.
A lot of people ask how big will he get or how long will he live, and when I tell them, the reaction is usually 'what are you going to do with him then?' I'm going to keep him, of course! These reptiles are a true commitment and should not be a short term novelty to 'show-off'. Before purchasing one, be prepared to handle them regulary for many, many years - intentions otherwise are just not fair to them.

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Ernest Williams - 2011-09-23
You should never let an RTB on your floors,unless you have just cleaned the floors with a pet safe cleaner. You should also not ware shoes that have worn outside,while you are in your house. You should never let animals near your RTB. You should take a shower before handling your RTB. Captive bred RTB have a poor immune system. It's very common for a young Boa to die from parasites just because the owner was reckless and careless enough to not take all precautions before feeding or handling there snake.

Jose Casanova - 2008-08-09
Hey, I have a 6 1/2 ft true red tail boa constrictor. I have it in a 5 by 3 foot aquarium. I wanted a taruntula inside and just walks all inside the aquarium with the snake inside. Should I let the spider roam within the aquarium?

Jose

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Ernest Williams - 2011-09-23
RTBs are loners,any other pet in its cage will stress it out. That can make it stop eating. The only time you should have another animal in the cage is to have it mate with another RTB.

erica - 2010-05-21
I have a male redtail and he has the biggest attitude. I handle him every other day in not every 2 days because he is still a baby. I feed him 2 hoppers every week. He is 1 1/2 maybe 2 feet and he still likes to bite and I don't know what I'm doing wrong.

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Erik - 2010-05-28
Handle it more every day for a hour or two if you can in relaxed calm setting at first keep it low stress and build from there and make sure he is well fed not too much but well fed.
Ernest Williams - 2011-09-23
You should feed once a week not twice. You also should not handle it 2 to 3 days after feeding. You should also switch to rats they are better for fast growth than power feeding with mice.

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