I'm trying to think like a snake. I'm in a cozy little hiding spot and all of the sudden, I realize it isn't so safe and suddenly I feel so insecure. Wherever I am, I can always get touched. AHHHH!!!
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Is it okay to lift the hide directly off of the snake?
JohnGotGhosts
Jun 11, 2004 05:43 PM
Replies (4)
Hoppy
Jun 11, 2004 06:50 PM
Luckily our snakes do not have that kind of thought process. You and I might avoid an area that we thought was safe only to find out it was not. The snake on the other hand, sees a perfectly suitable hide spot each time, no matter how many times you lift the top off of him/her.
Cognitive thought is just not possible on the Corn Snake level.
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Jim Hopkins "Hoppy"
Hopkins Holesale Herps
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buffysmom
Jun 11, 2004 11:39 PM
Thank goodness, but also a bummer... I've had my baby corn for a week now & she's always hiding in this tree decoration I have in her cage. Tonight I poked & prodded trying to get her out of it, but never succeeded. I put another hide in that area, hoping she'll feel it's safer than the one I poked at her in. If I can't get her out of there, I can't get her used to handling...
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1.1 Corn snakes Snake Plissken & Abby
0.1 Hog Island Boa Isaboa
1.3.0 leos, Yoda, Geo, Tang, Ginger
1.0 Blue Tongue Skink Indigo (Indy)
0.1.1 frogs Buffy the Cricket Slayer, Butrose Butrose Froggy
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LdyPayne
Jun 12, 2004 07:36 AM
solution: remove the tree decoration and leave the other hide in.
buffysmom
Jun 12, 2004 12:49 PM
I did, thanks. After I prodded her last night, I put a 2nd cool side hide in there & left her alone in the dark. W/in an hour, she'd moved out of the tree, so I removed it. Some of these hides are great if they're in the wild, but don't allow you to get to them to handle & tame them here in captivity.
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1.1 Corn snakes Snake Plissken & Abby
0.1 Hog Island Boa Isaboa
1.3.0 leos, Yoda, Geo, Tang, Ginger
1.0 Blue Tongue Skink Indigo (Indy)
0.1.1 frogs Buffy the Cricket Slayer, Butrose Butrose Froggy
1.1.4 firebelly newts Wayne Newton, Isaac Newton, Fig Newton, Juice Newton, Olivia Newton John & Helmut Newton
1.1.0 cats Gus & Mena
