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So I got the new snake I posted below, hes just over 5 feet in length, the owner has him in a tank WITH NO UNDER TANK HEATER, just a light that gets to over 100 degrees. Feeds him small rats that he WARMS IN THE MICROWAVE and has him in some type of mulch that has 2 inches of poop covering the whole tank. He said he feeds him once a month! Im going to feed him every 7-10 days. Were adopting out or cali kingsnake today becuase the kids like the brighter snakes. We will have him in a 40 gallon tank thats 36x18x18.... alot bigger then the 30x13x13 tank is. And he will be on aspen with a heat pad and 2 hides and a nice water dish. He'll be so much happier!

That's great to hear that it will have MUCH better conditions now!

Now it can enjoy a better life and thrive!....EXCELLENT!

best regards, ~Doug
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I'm glad you got him and that he'll have a nicer home now and more food. Post some pics of him once he's set up in the new tank! I keep my adult corns in 40 breeders with Aspen and caves and silk plants and it works very well.
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Ball Pythons
1.1 het Caramel (Edward & Bella)
1.0 het Orange Ghost (Voldemort)
0.1 Pastel Orange Ghost (Nagini)
1.1 Mojave (Lucius & Renesme)
0.1 Pastel Lesser (Narcissa)
1.1 Pewter (Salazar & Bellatrix)
0.1 Lemonblast (Luna)
0.1 Bumble Bee (Alice)
1.0 Pinstripe (Jacob)
1.0 Bell Pastel (Jasper)
0.1 African Dinker (Esme)

Corns
1.1 het Amel, Anery, Charcoal, Blood (Romeo & Juliet)
1.0 Blizzard (Cotton)
0.1 Anery Blood (Ravenclaw)
0.1 Amel Blood aka Fire (Ginny)
0.1 Lavender Blood aka Plasma (new - no name yet)
0.1 Ultramel Charcoal (new - no name yet)

Western Hogs
1.0 Albino (Hogwarts)
0.1 het Albino (Hufflepuff)

I'm amazed buy how many people have no clue on how to care 4 there snakes......Not like it's hard to get info on how to care 4 snakes, there's so much info out there be it books, internet or just an easy phone call to a reputable breeder...It's nice to see that some one such as yourself realized that it was not being cared 4 proplerly and desided to aquire the snake and give it PROPER care......The hobby needs more of us to do this......

Hi, there are some things you should change about the corn snakes care

First of all, I would not use a heat pad because it is unnatural in the wild and in captivity snakes burrow in the substrate to escape the heat, not go toward it so i personally wouldnt use a heat mat. Instead, i would use a 24 hour heating night bulb that you never turn off, depending on your cage size/type hooked to a thermostat. For thermostats i prefer the one by catalina aquarium it is not very expensive and nearly as good as the ranco, you can get it for 40 dollars shipped from their website.

your aspen is fine, you can feed him inside the cage just make sure you put the mouse/rat on a platter or flat rock of some sort so the snake cannot ingest the substrate and get impacted.

as for the 2 hides i would only use 1 hide on the warm side, i usually put mine in the corner, because the snake might like the cold side hide just a tiny bit better even if they are exactly the same and he may just use the cold side hide just because he likes it better.
water dish should be on the cool side of the cage.
the thermostat probe should go on the warm side set at 85 degrees but not directly underneath the bulb. the cool side should be 75.
i also have a theory of my own you dont have to follow it, i just do and it works for me, i get really paranoid about my snakes. well as you probably know snakes only have 1 lung, and if they are too cramped they can get stressed out and die, that is why i use a cage the snake can completely stretch out in.

you can but i personally dont even use glass cages for snakes, i find they are hard to heat and are hard to insulate.

i use a wooden cage called a critter condo, now yes these are very expensive but they are far worth it.
they are properly insulated and retain heat for 24 hours, they have built in heating and lighting ready to go and sliding glass front doors with melamine surfaces, these are friggin awesome cages!

i change the water every 4 days or whenever it has dried up.
heres a very important piece of information i always use for hides, dont buy those caves for snakes that are so high and big they feel like a house for snake, snakes want to hide in something flat, that will protect them from the predators and elements. cork bark, in my opinion, is the perfect hide for all reptiles.
oh and if you want a great water bowl that bacteria will never develop in, ever, get the zoomed repti rock water dish, these are also awesome, look great and stay clean.
clean up feces whenever you see them, clean the cages once a month,feed every week frozen thawed.

and that should be everything you need to know for now, not trying to be a nuisance just trying to give your cornsnake the best care it can possibly have.
sorry if i treat you like an idiot lol most stuff you have right.