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Hey all, ok well I have another issue/question regarding my snow corn. Tonight she is acting very jerky and twitchy with movements. It only happened over the last hour or so. I don't think it's about to shed, cuz she just did a couple days ago. wondering if this is normal or not. Thanks in advance. Also, if there is any breeders in Calgary, Alberta I would be most interested in talking with you about some things. I can tell i'm already addicted to these guys, they are absolutely awesome.

Kevin

Hi. That sounds like mating behaviour. Do you have any males nearby that she might be able to smell?

No, she is the only snake in the place. I don't even think that there is a snake in my entire building. So not sure what she would be smelling.

It does sound like mating behavior. But YOU could be inducing it!

If you pet your snakes, sometimes they think it's from another snake rubbing up against them and they will jerk/twitch their bodies in response to it.
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1.0 2001 Coral snow cornsnake
0.1 2002 Pastel Ghost poss Het Amelanistic cornsnake
1.1 2002 Bloodred cornsnakes
0.1 1998 Het Hypo, Het Caramel cornsnake
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0.0.13 2004 Eggs (potentially normals, hypos, caramels, and ambers)

That would explain it, because I do handle her quite often. She definitely gets lots of attention here, with me and other friends that come over all the time. Thanx for the help and replies everybody.

>>It is not always a mating behavior. They can also do this when there is another snake or even substance near by that they don't really like or recognise.
When my first creamsicle was a hatchling I kept her on repti carpet. I got tired of having to wash it at least once a week so I switched to aspen shavings.
As soon as I put my cream in with the new substrate she started the "twitching" and would not go onto the aspen. She stayed on the rocks or branch. For a couple of days, every time she went onto the aspen she twitched, but it lessoned a little each day and after about a week she became used to it and has been on aspen ever since.
I have also seen snakes do this when "introduced" to an unfamiliar snake even when mating was not an issue. And contrary to popular beleif, snakes do not always try to mate when put together.
Males will do this with males, females with females and , of course, males with females or females with males.
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