How clean are corn snakes???...I know w/ my leo I just scoop waste out of her cage right after she does it....and usually by the time I do it...its fairly dry and easy to get out...and she almost always goes in the same spot...I was just wondering how easy a corn is to clean up after.
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Newbie question for me also....
mom2autumnnreign
Apr 26, 2004 07:28 PM
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zooguy
Apr 26, 2004 07:38 PM
Well, it depends on the substrate that you choose to use. If you choose to use something like Lizard Litter (which is what I use), you can just scoop it out with a plastic spoon. The cage still requires occasional cleaning, of course, but spot cleaning is fairly easy. On the other hand, If you choose to use something like astroturf, you would probably have to clean the turf every time the snake defecates. The problem comes when your snake defecates against the glass (or wall). Mine does that often. My corn is very easy to maintain.
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mariasman
Apr 26, 2004 10:36 PM
Snakes are the easiest animals to maintain in fully captive conditions (fully dependent upon their keepers). Corn snakes kept in a vertical rack system using plastic tubs with aspen or similar such substrate is the easiest way. Expect to scoop out a handful of substrate with the feces about once a week or so, change the water once a week, and perhapas clean entire cage replacing bedding only once or twice annually. On top of this, one meal every week or two (depending on size of food item, of course) is all that is required. Easy. One could actually work the animal a few minutes each week and keep it in excellent condition.
By the way, aquariums are commonly used, but large plastic storage containers are much better (with rounded edges in the interior). The aquarium is harder to clean and just a waste of vertical space in most cases.
dave35
Apr 27, 2004 06:38 PM
I had a corn snake that would go like clockwork about
48 hours after a meal... I'd take her out and put her in a
plastic container with a couple inches of warm water.
She'd go in it and it was a good load- she gets a bath
at the same time.... dump the water out in the toilet-
put her back in her terrarium- piece of cake.
