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And I have hardley seen him. He spends so much time in his log its not even funny. I'll find him poking his head out, but that's about it. Only a couple times have I caught him completely outside the log snooping. I've already fed him since I got him and I wish I had a camera to take a pic. He had himself wrapped around the digital thermometer in the cage and ate the pinky hanging like that.

I haven't been able to hold him since I got him. Is it normal for these guys to hide away like this? Also, how frequent do they deficate? I figured he would push one out once he swallowed the pinky.

Thanks for the help!

Baby and new cornsnakes do tend to hide all the time. They are deathly afraid you are going to eat them!

They might defecate once a week, or every two days, or whenever you hold them. It depends on the snake. Mine will usually "go" whenever they are put in a nice clean cage!
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I dunno how old. I'm guessing he is about a foot long though. I put a red light on his cage today. That brought him out. I tried interacting then, but, he just wanted to run. For a while he stopped to "smell" my hand, but proceded to hide anyways. Everytime I touched him, he ran like the devil.

I've had him for over a week and have yet to see him deficate.

Thanks anyways!

leave him be for a while. I know its hard not to take them out. But he has to get used to new surroundings, smells, sights etc. while instinctively avoiding anything that could be a possible threat to him. I would leave him alone for a couple of weeks with the only interaction being feeding, changing water etc. He come to not associate you with anything threatening and may then associate you with feeding and come out when ever you attempt to feed him. That is when I start handling mine.