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Hello
I have a strange problem i hope i can find out what to do I have had a Store Bought Corn for several years and i Was given a Wild corn i put the two together and have been handling them both and feeding them in different cages well the wild one as been a bit Nippy at times but has slowly stoped then out of the blue my Store bought one has started it well i thought maybe the wild one was teaching the other one bad habits so they now both live in thier own 20 gallon tanks well my store bought one has gotton so bad i get biten everytime i try to handle her and the wild one has sence stopped biting all together any help in this matter the tanks are side by side should i move them father away or what i love handling my snakes but is getting pretty tired of being biten how can i get her back into a hanling snake

Ok first off:

Placing 2 snakes in the same cage is never a good idea, unless it is for breeding.
Placing a W/C snake with a C/B snake is even worse, because of all the parasites and possible pathogens the W/C can introduce to your C/B snake!!!

Corn snakes are by nature solitary creatures and do not co-habitate, so by housing them together you probably stressed them both out.

What are the temps you are keeping your snakes at? How long have you had the C/B snake?

Place something in between the snakes enclosures so they cannot see each other. Make sure they have a cool end (65-70F) and a warm end (75-80F) in their enclosures. A hide on each end and water. Leave your snakes alone for a few days to let them de-stress.
You might also want to monitor your C/B snake for any type of parasites/diseases it may have picked up from you W/C.
Brian
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RATS
1.0 Corn snake "Warpath"(KY locale)
1.0 Black rat snake "Havok" (KY locale)
1.1 Black rat snakes "Reaper and Mystique" (MO locale)
1.0 Albino Black rat snake "Malakai" (Dwight Good stock)
1.0 Everglades rat snake "Deadpool" (Dwight Good stock)
0.1 Greenish rat snake "Rogue" (Dwight Good stock)
1.0 Great plains rat snake "Reign Fire" (TX locale)
1.0 Grey rat snake "Punisher" (White oak phase)(Dwight Good stock)

Good luck and Happy Herping
Brian

Putting 2 corns in the same cage most likely stressed out your other snake and hence she began biting. She may have gotten sick from the other snake also, and doesn't feel up to par hence the biting....
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0.1 Snow Corn "Hope"
1.0 Ball Python "Wilson" (Castaway)
1. Orange Albino Black Ratsnake "Chunk" (Goonies)
.1 Orange Albino Black Ratsnake "Peaches"
0.0.1 Mexican Black Kingsnake "Onyx"

>>Hello
>> I have a strange problem i hope i can find out what to do I have had a Store Bought Corn for several years and i Was given a Wild corn i put the two together and have been handling them both and feeding them in different cages well the wild one as been a bit Nippy at times but has slowly stoped then out of the blue my Store bought one has started it well i thought maybe the wild one was teaching the other one bad habits so they now both live in thier own 20 gallon tanks well my store bought one has gotton so bad i get biten everytime i try to handle her and the wild one has sence stopped biting all together any help in this matter the tanks are side by side should i move them father away or what i love handling my snakes but is getting pretty tired of being biten how can i get her back into a hanling snake

Ok, I will agree with the others when they say the stress from being housed with the other snake probably contributed to the bad attitude when they were together.
Now, though, I would check the temps. And check them closely.
When the temps get too hot it can cause a snake to get a serious attitude. I would recommend (this is my recomendation only) making sure the hot side is 80 to 83. I would try to keep it below 83 if I could.
Try that and regular handling and see if it doesn't settle down.
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Corn snakes and rat snakes..No one can have just one.
"resistance is futile"
Jimmy (draybar)

Draybars Snakes

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Hey
I wanted to take a Min and thank all of you for your help in pointing things out for me to check in to as it turns out Ive moved her cage to the other wall and in doing so i felt her under the tank heat pad WOW was it hot so i looked again at her thermo guage at it still reads 83so i pulled it stuck it in hot water then on ice its stuck bigger then crap so i got one out of another cage and laid it in her cage got biten twice now mind you and guess what her heater is a wopping 97 Deg so i not only had a bad thermo ive got a stuck open heater so off to the pet store i go all is back to normal tonite i hope but i can say this much shes back in her cave which she has not been no where near for two weeks now im going to keep hands off for a few days and will let yall know how it goes
Thanks Again
MAN

Dude, do you know about commas and periods? lol

Glad that you checked the heat. That hot is not good for a corn. A little hotter and you could have cooked it!
I have found the best thing to do, is to hook a rheostat up to any type of heat element, unless it is the human heat pad with a built in setting switch or dial.
Brian
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RATS
1.0 Corn snake "Warpath"(KY locale)
1.0 Black rat snake "Havok" (KY locale)
1.1 Black rat snakes "Reaper and Mystique" (MO locale)
1.0 Albino Black rat snake "Malakai" (Dwight Good stock)
1.0 Everglades rat snake "Deadpool" (Dwight Good stock)
0.1 Greenish rat snake "Rogue" (Dwight Good stock)
1.0 Great plains rat snake "Reign Fire" (TX locale)
1.0 Grey rat snake "Punisher" (White oak phase)(Dwight Good stock)

Good luck and Happy Herping
Brian

Hello
Yea ive seen pictures of others peoples Tanks on this site.
and seen these digital ones i would like to redo all my tanks with these If anyone know where i can buy them in Bulk please let me know.
I asked at petland the only pet store around me and they looked at me like im retarded lol {Made Mental note}Dont go to these guys for Help anymore LOL.
Thanks Again all
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0.1 Miami Phase Corn
1.0 Normal Corn
0.1 Standard Ball Python
0.0.1 Legless Lizard
1.1 Lepored Geckos
0.2 Green Iguanas
0.1 Blue Stripe Iguana
0.0.1 Blue Tounge Skink