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I recently bought two corn snakes - one snow corn, and one amelanistic corn - and have them housed in their own, seperated, 10 gallon tanks. The younger one, the snow corn, is very docile and easy to handle. The somewhat older one, the amelanistic (both of their names are pending my finding out what sex they are), quickly coils up at the sight of my hand, and has struck at me a few times, though never bitten me, only hitting me with it's head.

My intention is only to make the snakes used to me, and not fearful of being handled. I take the snow corn out just to interact with it, and form some kind of bond, whether purely instinctual or animal or not. I only hope to be able to do the same for the albino corn.

And one last question: at what approximate age do corns need to be in order to successfully sex them, and using what methods?

-munky

Well I'm a bad person to be commenting on something like this being my crossed corn is very aggressive, but your best bet would be to just keep trying .. once u grab him behind the neck where he cant bite you, just hold himfor about 45 minutes so he sees that you're no harm to him.. dont wait til it's too late because when he gets bigger his bites will start to hurt, believe me i know..

I am not an "expert", but I have found with my snakes that to tame them and get them used to you is just basic handling of them on a regular basis. I try to handle mine daily or at least every other day. (except after feeding) Mine have never bitten or struck, but they have been kind of afraid and trying to get away when I first got them. Now all of them are so tame that they just sit in my hand and maybe "cruise" alittle through my fingers and on my arm. Just be patient and gentle they will come along.
As far as sexing, they can be sexed by someone that knows what they are doing as a hatchling. Before I purchase, I usually have them sexed. When they get older they can be probed, by a vet or breeder that knows what they are doing. Congrats and good luck with your new babies.[]