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Hey everyone, got a question for you guys. I've never kept a corn snake before, and I'm gonna snake-sit a friends corn for a few weeks. Now I know that some people don't like keeping boas and balls in the same room, I was wondering if the same goes with corn snakes? I'm not going to put it into my rack system, but I will set up its cage on the other corner of my snake room. I'm sure I'm just being paranoid, and I'm sure the corn is healthy, but I don't wanna anything bad to happen. Thanks everyone.
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Coolluigi

"You can never have too many hets" - Jim S

0.1 Pastel Pos Het Hypo
1.1 Pastel
1.0 Mojave Pos Het Hypo
1.0 Yellowbelly
1.0 100 % Het Pied
0.8 50% Het Pied
1.7 Normal
0.2 100% Het Hypo (Orange Ghost)
0.2 Spider
1.2 100% Het VPI Axanthic
and soon to be more. *fingers crossed*

My colubrids, including corns, are all in the same room as my balls. I know some people don't like to keep snakes from different continetns/geographical locations in the same room, but I've never had any issues with colubrids and balls in the same area.

If there's even the most remote reason to think that the corn might be carrying mites, or has been recently exposed to mites, set it up in a different room.

according to the book of David....

mites can walk 40 foot an hour?

How big is your hosue again???....

how big is the snake show's room we all go to for that matter?...

.....aaaaaaaaagh

LOL

.....they shouldn't be able to smell a snake from another room or have reason to try, ....lay down a line of Fabreeze between rooms to throw them off?....

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be simpler to just spay the corn snake's cage with Provent a mite. I do this with any and all new snakes coming into my home, whether its stay is long term or not.

That said, was there any particular reason the snake has to come to your house? It would make more sense to leave it at its owner's home and just check on it couple times a week to make sure it has water etc. Corn snakes, if an adult, only need to be fed once every 10-14 days. Under 3 years, once a week is fine.
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PHLdyPayne

My friend is moving across town, and just would like the corn out of his house while his landlord is showing his aprt. I have no reason to think or believe that his snake has anything wrong with it, it is the only snake he has, it has been a long term pet so I'm not worried that his has mites or anything.
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Coolluigi

"You can never have too many hets" - Jim S

0.1 Pastel Pos Het Hypo
1.1 Pastel
1.0 Mojave Pos Het Hypo
1.0 Yellowbelly
1.0 100 % Het Pied
0.8 50% Het Pied
1.7 Normal
0.2 100% Het Hypo (Orange Ghost)
0.2 Spider
1.2 100% Het VPI Axanthic
and soon to be more. *fingers crossed*