Petfinder.com forums :: View topic

Posted: Mon May 16, 2005 6:06 pm Post subject: help with my baby snakes

i bought a baby albino corn snake about a month ago and he has already shed once since i've had him...(his name is Mickey) and my boyfriend was cleaning up our garden and found a baby garter snake...so i kept him but i was wondering if it would be safe to put him in the same cage as Mickey....PLEASE HELP!!!

Thanks,
Kty

Posted: Mon May 16, 2005 6:15 pm Post subject:

I would leave the garter snake outside. It is a wild animal, and I think it could bring desease to your corn snake.

And if it is as big at I think it is the corn snake would gladly make a meal out of it.

Posted: Mon May 16, 2005 6:38 pm Post subject: no

I would never bring a wild animal inside. Not only is it bad for the animal, but as far as i know, its illegal in every state I have been in. On top of that you should never keep 2 different species of snakes together. Plus wild snakes have all sorts of diseases (IDB, Mites, ect...) that they can give to your new baby, and very possibly kill it! BTW, what are you feeding your new arrival, and how often?
My boyfriend and I have owned and fostered many snakes. At one time we had 23! Our pride and joy is a albine snow corn male who is almost 6 ft (which is huge for his type). He is actually on loan for a breeding program at this time (although we get choice of his first clutch). Baby snakes are really hard to raise though. Of all the ones we have had, only one lived to be past one year old. The reason snakes have so many (or lay so many eggs) is that they have a very high death rate naturally. So keep us updated on how its doing. And please let the baby garder in the wild where it has a better chance of survival!

Posted: Mon May 16, 2005 6:53 pm Post subject:

thanks for your reply(s), and i think i will let him go, umm i haven't feed Mickey much only some crickets because he's so small only about 10 inches, and the woman at Petco told my to not feed him a baby mouse until his first shed which was about a week ago...but i want to go buy a day old mice, like the care sheets say to, but i'm afraid it won't be hungry, and then i would have to kill it and freeze it to warm it in when he is hungry...please keep replying i do need the help he's my first snake and i don't want him to die...i'm planning on buying a mouse soon...please reply

Posted: Mon May 16, 2005 7:14 pm Post subject: babies

well, i would get mice asap. Baby snakes should eat one if not more a week. We buy our pre-killed and allready frozen (so if you come to my house and go to the freezer for ice, dont even look at whats in the little baggies on the door...lol) All you need to do then is pop them in a cup of hot water for a few min. to heat them up. If he does not eat a mouse by next week, you may need to find someone who has expirence in force feeding them. Most good breeders will not sell a snake that has not been introduced on baby mice (or just mice heads if they are tiny snakes), but since he is from a petstore I doubt that has happened. They rarely even know how old the snakes are. A really good web site for info is www.kingsnake.com. They even have message boards/forums just for people like you. They would be better are giving you species specific help. Good luck!

Posted: Mon May 16, 2005 7:48 pm Post subject:

thank you VERY much, if i ever have a question i can't find an answer to can i ask? Embarassed

Petfinder.com forums Forum Index -> Public Forums -> Animal Community -> help with my baby snakes

	Petfinder.com forums Forum Index -> Public Forums -> Animal Community -> help with my baby snakes	All times are GMT - 5 Hours
Page 1 of 1