As part of the larger Series Corn Snakes describes how these brilliantly colored harmless ... more
snakes do well in captivity - if their owners know the fundamentals of housing feeding and general care. The book also describes the many subspecies native to ...
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Advantages: THEY STAY QUIET SMALL Disadvantages: TOO QUICK FOR YOUNG HANDS
I HAD A CORNSNAKE AS MY FIRST REPTILE, I WAS TOLD IT WAS EXTREMELY EASY TO KEEP, FEED, HANDLE AND LOVE. THIS COULD NOT BE FURTHER FROM THE TRUTH, YES IS WAS LOVLEY TO HAVE A SNAKE BUT THIS SNAKE WOULD NOT STAY STILL, I HAD IT FROM A PET SHOP AT JUST 2MONTHS OLD, IT WAS SMALL AND QUICK. I WAS 10 YEARS OLS AND I COULD NOT HANDLE IT, I THOUGHT IT WAS MEANT TO BE EASY, I FED IT A FEW TIMES AS I WAS TOLD TO AND IT WAS FINE, THEN IT CAME TO THE 4 FEED ON ITS LIFE WITH ME AND IT WOULD NOT STRIKE OR EAT!! I WENT AND RESEARCHED IT ON THE INTERNET AND THEN LATER FOUND THAT ON MANY OCASIONS CORNSNAKES GO OFF THERE FOOD FOR A WHILE AND THEY WONT EAT. THERE FORE IT DID NOT GROW VERY MUCH AND I HAD TO TAKE IT BACK GTO THE PET SHOP TO GET IT LOOKED AT AND THEY SAID THEY WOULD FORCE DEED IT TO GET IT BACK EATING THIS COST ME MONEY AND TIME WITH MY ...
WALSHIE89 03.06.2009
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Advantages: Easy to look after, great little pets! Disadvantages: Only seem to like one person...like parrots, they MUST eat dead mice/rats/gerbils.
The snake I am writing about it the CornSnake. I have always been a reptile person, and although my husband prefers the fluffy animals, snakes have always been something I have wanted, though my mum and dad would never let me have one, and I had a tortoise instead, who was funky but she was adopted by my mum when I moved!!!
So when my husband told me as long as I read up on Snakes and got to know my stuff I was allowed one, I hit the books and net, and started saving up!!!!
In March I went into a pet shop to look at the snakes (yes I did that alot!!!) and there was a baby albino cornsnake, two months old sitting in its little hatchling box. And I just had to hold him, so the man passed him over to me and he slithered around my hand and I just had to have him! So my hubsnad bought the little cutie for me! For a baby it was £50 ...
Advantages: Pretty easy to look after Disadvantages: Having to feed it mice
that it needed. Well....being an animal lover of every kind (except insects) there was no chance. Three days later, the snake was slowly settling in at my house.
What it is:
Well, being that I don't have the foggiest how to look after a snake and not wanting to leave it all down to my boyfriend, he offered to let me borrow a book that he had originally bought to teach him to look after the snake.
According to this book our cornsnake is part of a group of snakes called rat snakes. Rat snakes originate from America, Europe, Asia and North Africa. Unlike some snakes Rat snakes have very good vision, especially for motion, although as with other snakes their sense of smell is impeccable. Rat snake have only one working lung and so you need to look out for respiratory problems.
What it needs:
You will need to keep your snake ...
lynh17 25.03.2007
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Product details
EAN
9780764111204
Type
Fiction
Genre
Modern Fiction
Publisher
Barron's Educational Series
Title
Corn Snakes
Author
R.D. Bartlett
ISBN
0764111205
Manufacturer's product description
As part of the larger Series Corn Snakes describes how these brilliantly colored harmless snakes do well in captivity - if their owners know the fundamentals of housing feeding and general care. The book also describes the many subspecies native to both North America and Europe. There are approximately 50-75 full-color photos throughout.
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