>>So, straight answer. Should an adult corn snake be kept in a 10g tank? >>

Not sure why this question was skirted. Answer is usually no. A 10gal is too small for many adult corns.

There are some smaller corns out there. For example, some Miami corns stay pretty small and are 10gal snakes. But many corns get quite large, and a slightly larger cage is better. However, he can start a corn in a 10gal and keep it for 2 yrs perhaps in there. So yes a corn will work. He has 2 yrs to figure something else out. Cool thing about corns is that they are adaptable to many different types of caging. He can go with small floor area and large height or large floor area and low height. Stores carry 18x18 floor area cages with 18 inches of height. He can do one of those if it will fit (again, down the road..).

The snakes that truly fit in 10gal tanks their entire lives include Western hognose (males especially), Mexican milksnakes, Pueblan milksnakes, Kenyan sandboas, thayeri kingsnakes. There are likely others. And we all have our differing opinions on optimum cage size. It is very species dependent.
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