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I have a baby corn snake about 15 inchis (i think) i fed him last wenday before i bout him (wanted to be sure he eats) I fed him a VERY small pinky i have 3 good sized pinkys in the freezer when sould i feed him agen (not intrested in power feeding)

ps I hope i dont sound lke a beggener to snake keeping I keep a red tail boa a green snake and a sinoalian milk, i also do snake removal here in north carolinia I AM A BEGENER AT CORNS
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I would rather have a snake in my hand than a joint.....lol NO HOPE IN DOPE!!

>>I have a baby corn snake about 15 inchis (i think) i fed him last wenday before i bout him (wanted to be sure he eats) I fed him a VERY small pinky i have 3 good sized pinkys in the freezer when sould i feed him agen (not intrested in power feeding)
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>>ps I hope i dont sound lke a beggener to snake keeping I keep a red tail boa a green snake and a sinoalian milk, i also do snake removal here in north carolinia I AM A BEGENER AT CORNS
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I would feed it once a week. Puts you, and it, on a regular schedule.
Absolutely nothing wrong with beginner questions.
We were all beginners at one time so asking what some might see as easy questions is how we learn.
It can really be agrivating when a beginner comes here for advise and people call them "newbies" and admonish them for asking beginner questions. That's what the hell this forum is for.
I also get pretty agrivated when someone asks a legitimate question and they get my favorite phrase "Buy the Corn Snake Manual."
Nothing at all against the book or Bill and Kathy Love but sometimes you may need a little more in depth answer then The Loves had time or space to include in their book.
Like I said before THIS IS where beginners should be asking those questions.
For every reader who thinks it to be a lame question there may well be ten that have the same question.
sorry to ramble
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Remember, my posts are MY opinion only.
Jimmy (draybar)

I agree with you Draybar.It just seems lately people arent doing there research before buying a corn.If they just took 10 minutes to read a caresheet they can answer alot of there own questions.And your right some questions arent addressed on the caresheets....Im currently doing research on some banded Gila's.Think i can hide the payments from my wife?hehehehe

>>I agree with you Draybar.It just seems lately people arent doing there research before buying a corn.If they just took 10 minutes to read a caresheet they can answer alot of there own questions.And your right some questions arent addressed on the caresheets....Im currently doing research on some banded Gila's.Think i can hide the payments from my wife?hehehehe

Hey Paul,
Don't you think this is a good place to do that research?
There have been a few people that have actually come here for answers before buying corns....A small few I know but hey gotta start somewhere.
Aren't the Gila's around a couple grand each?
Yeah, I am sure you could hide that from your wife.
About as easy as I could hide buying a new boat from mine...lol
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Remember, my posts are MY opinion only.
Jimmy (draybar)

I agree with the both of you. However, I agree more with Gargoyle420. Much more indepth information can be gained from reading any number of good books/websites/magazine articles. This should be done BEFORE the purchase. The forums just don't allow as indepth an answer as could be gotten from reading these resources. You may not mind answer these "beginner" questions, but some do. But what does that person do if someone like you who doesn't mind isn't around? I think the basics like what they eat, suggested feeding schedules, proper temps, how big they get, etc. should be known before bringing the animal home. Sorry for the rambling, it is just my opinion. And I also get a chuckle from folks who respond to posts in a kinda smug/knowall attitude when two posts earlier state they are still begging their Mom to let them get a snake-LOL!!

I agree that there's a lot of good information out there besides on the forums...but I have to take issue to a few things:
1. the vast majority of caresheets are anything -but- indepth. A typical caresheet will give a sentence to feeding schedules. Besides, not every caresheet on the net is good. (It has to be true - I read it on the internet . A new keeper usually doesn't have the resources to weed the good from the bad
2. Magazines aren't the easiest to obtain. My library system, in a major metropolitan area, doesn't stock Reptiles magazine. Without past issues available, you have to wait for the relevent articles to be printed.
3. Books, while a great source of information, are not -always- the best, and if you have just one book, it's good to get independent confirmation that it's a reliable source.

But yes, people really should find out what they're doing before they go and buy an animal. I know I'm in the minority, but before I got my first snakes, I researched them and decided -what- I was going to get, then when I went to the reptile show, picked them out, bought an appropriate tank, and on the way home stopped at the Petsmart and bought a copy of the Corn Snake manual along with other caging supplies (would've got it at the show, but didn't have enough cash )

Overall, I don't really mind questions from 'newbies', unless it's obvious the person in question didn't do a shred of research him/herself. (I remember a couple posters like that). A question or two is easily forgivable; a dozen or more in sequence is just laziness.

Oh yes, and people (in general) can be too quick to pull out the sharp pointy sticks. I remember I asked a question about diet before at the Monitor forum, and a lot of the replies were along the lines of, you were supposed to find this out before you got it; do your own research; think of what's best for it, not for you. Problem with these responses were: a) I didn't get one yet. b) I was doing my own research and looking at caresheets, and c) the few caresheets I did find didn't answer my question. Oh well.
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>>One of the things I always think about is the simple fact that when I first began keeping snakes there weren't care sheets and there were only a few books on the actual do's and dont's of reptile care. No internet, no clubs no resources to learn from.
My early knowledge came from books about their reptiles in the wild. This made it pretty easy to learn most of the husbandry needs ( make their environment as close to their natural environment as possible) but there were many many issues not covered in these books. I bowed out of snake keeping for a while and when I got back into it the internet was here. A lifesaver indeed.
Now, as stated above most caresheets are genralizations and don't go very deep into specifics. I don't recall reading any caresheets that go into detail when it comes to non-feeders or regurgitators. I also don't recall any caresheets addressing questions like a couple I just recently had concerning brumation. Common sense gave me a pretty good idea but a more definate answer from an experienced keeper was needed. I got my answers from someone on this forum. To some my questions might have seemd easy to research but hey, by asking here, I was researching. Not to mention the simple fact that they were not addressed in any caresheets or books that I have.
So, although I do agree that a person should do their research before getting any pet but I also beleive that this forum is much better then any book or caresheet when it comes to getting in depth answers. If you can get past the "hollier then thow" people to the ones who are willing to help.
Now,if someone askes a question such as "what should I feed my corn snake" that person deserves to be fed to their corn snakes.
but questions that can have as many answers as posters such as "how often should I feed my snake?" are what we are here for.
You can read three books and three caresheets and get 6 different answers to that question.
anyway I ramble
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Remember, my posts are MY opinion only.
Jimmy (draybar)

Just buy her some nice jewelry and she won't mind the monster! lol

Well you do look like a beginner at spelling though. Feed your snake a good sized meal every 10 days and it will be a happy snake.
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2.2 Corns (2 striped and 1 okeetee and 1 blizzard)
1.1 Graybanded
2.1 Banana Cal Kings
1.1 Leopard Geckos (High yellow and Jungle)

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I would rather have a snake in my hand than a joint.....lol NO HOPE IN DOPE!!