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About Corn Snakes Corn Snakes, just like any other snake, have very basic husbandry requirements. Some of these would include a proper, secure enclosure with an appropriate substrate/bedding, a hide so that they feel safe in their home, proper lighting and temperatures as well as food and fresh water. Juvenile Corn snakes can be housed in a 5 gallon tank or small Kritter Keeper cage, whereas adult Corn Snakes will need a 20-30 gallon tank or cage of that size. The cage should be secure and inescapable as Corn Snakes will always find their way out if there is a weak area. An Under Tank Heater on one end of the enclosure will be needed to provide a warm side to the cage. You will want your Corn snakes cage to be around 85F on the warm end and 75-80F on average on the cool end. This way your Corn snake can thermoregulate his body temperature. You can use almost anything for a hide spot for your Corn Snake. There are commercially available hide spots available at most pet stores for reptiles, or you can be creative and thrifty and use things such as water saucers from plant pots with an opening cut out of it or even a shoe box or cereal box with openings cut in them big enough for the snake to crawl in. Ideal substrates/bedding for the bottom of your Corn snake's tank includes cypress mulch, reptibark, shredded aspen, and newspaper or paper towels. Weekly spot cleaning and a thorough cage cleaning every month will keep your Corn Snake happy. Some bedding are toxic to reptiles and should not be used, these include pine, fir and cedar. Visit Crotalus & Company |
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