how 'tame' is your corn snake?

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I have a great caramel corn snake who I love to bits.  Since getting him I have also acquired two little girls who I love also but it has stopped me from handling him as much as i would like to.

I always knew that corns were 'escape artists' etc and read they didn;t like to be over handled.  I have went for approx 6 weeks without handling although &#92;i was opbviously in his viv everyday with water and feeding him weekly.

Anyway I went to this gala day last summer and there was this guy with his corn snake doing a talk on snakes.  his corn was sitting in a box only about 4" high with no lid and just chilling out.  occasionally he would start to exit the box but with one little finger from the owner he just went back in. The owner says he lives loose in the study at home?

If i let my snake out of my hands he tries to flee the room and i know I would have a nightmare trying to catch him again.

How tame are other people's corns?  Do you let yours wander around the room?

Maria · Accepted Answer

NOO!!!! Lol I let my corn snake out sometimes while I watch him (he's 9 months old and 2 feet long) and he Just goes to hide like behind the CD rack, or under the Coffee table or sofa. He cannot be trusted but I know that if i lose him ( i have done twice before) he will be behind somewhere dark and warm.

gallianomom2001 · Answer

All my cornsnakes are "tame" in that they don't bite or musk while handling. However, some are much calmer than others when handled, especially when strangers handle them.  I sometimes let them crawl on the coffee table or something, but in general, I do not let my snakes crawl around the room. There are too many places they can get into that I wouldn't be able to get them back out of.  Hold your snake in your hands and work with him that way. Do not allow him loose in your house.....no matter the size.  I suspect that your just under 6 ft. snake is not truly that size. Unless you physically have measured with a string or with a snake measuring program, most people overestimate the size of their snakes.  The world record for a cornsnake is only 1 inch over 6 ft.  My male is actually larger than my females, so I haven't ever noticed that the female corns are larger than the males. This is true in many colubrids and almost all the boas and pythons, but it's not necessarily true of the cornsnakes.  My male was not only longer, but heavier than the girls were.  They were all hatched at the same time and are from the same lines, so it's not a matter of different morphs.  Either way, I wouldn't let my snake loose to roam or you're going to have a missing snake. I sincerely doubt this guy has his snake loose all the time.  Unless there is no way for the snake to escape the study and nothing to hide in.  Snakes cannot be trained that way. They are creatures of instinct.

? · Answer

i had one for ages and it was rly tame compared to my other reptile pets except me gecko but they are tame anyway ;p and i dont let any of the snakes roam around mainly cos i had 3 dogs but now i have 1 but i still wouldnt just incase ;p

spider royal · Answer

hi i had a corn that used to bite me all time i would not them one roam a round if you would like to no the sex  have it probed or poped or send me a pic with its tail i no visual is not garanteed but when i do it its bout 1 in ten am wrong

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