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I am getting a 3 level showcase cage and each compartment is a 40 gallon. I dont have room to put little tanks for baby animals everywhere so would a little cornsnake be lost in such a big cage?

>>I am getting a 3 level showcase cage and each compartment is a 40 gallon. I dont have room to put little tanks for baby animals everywhere so would a little cornsnake be lost in such a big cage?

I prefer to keep hatchlings as small as possible. Too big cages result in them feeling not secure and stop eating. Subadults and adults do not mind big cages.
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Marcel Poots (Holland)
'Where is your crown King Nothing?' James Hettfield

it seems that everybody who is anybody insists that cages can be too big- but i just don't see the logic in it... they naturally LIVE in the wild -- now i am not so logically out of tune to ignore the fact that keeping corns in captivity changes just about everything concerning their keeping (and you can't use the argument that they live in the wild, because i'm sure they aren't fed frozen/thawed mice in the wild, or provided clean tap water in the wild{for example}), but provided there are enough nooks and crannies for the babies to hide, i don't see what else the problem could be...
this is less crabbin, and more wondering, please give your opinions and info!

Well I am someone but a nobody aswell. I base my opinion on experience. Over the last 15 years or so I have tried small snakes (not only corns but Ballpytons, Green treepythons and even Burms and Boa's) to get in large cages. No matter how many hides you give them they all seem more happy in tight spaces. Just like in nature. You do not see many hatchling corns wondering around. They are always hidden away in very tiny spaces.

>>it seems that everybody who is anybody insists that cages can be too big- but i just don't see the logic in it... they naturally LIVE in the wild -- now i am not so logically out of tune to ignore the fact that keeping corns in captivity changes just about everything concerning their keeping (and you can't use the argument that they live in the wild, because i'm sure they aren't fed frozen/thawed mice in the wild, or provided clean tap water in the wild{for example}), but provided there are enough nooks and crannies for the babies to hide, i don't see what else the problem could be...
>>this is less crabbin, and more wondering, please give your opinions and info!
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Marcel Poots (Holland)
'Where is your crown King Nothing?' James Hettfield

I cant speak for the snakes themselves or know exactley why some species freak out in a large enclosure.I moved my ball pythons to 40 breeders and they stopped feeding completely.Not just one all 3 of them.They all had there own 40 breeder and hides.I gave them a month to adjust and they would never come out of there hides.I put them all back in there 20 longs and after a week they were there normal happy selfs.I dont know if this holds true for corns or not.I keep my juvies in ten gallon aquariums and the adults in 20 longs.I just cant see how he could even see a juvie corn let alone feed the little guy in such a large enclosure.Not to mention it was probably built for pythons or boas so there are probably ways for the little fella to escape....Paul.

I have never had this problem with any of the corns I have had. Perhaps though, becuase I put them straight into the big enclosure.