hibye getting a corn snake!

[hibye]

thats toooo big for me oscae.doc im not saying yr wrong but all the care sheets i read say they get fulle size in 3-4 years and get 3-5 feet long.and should be kept in a minimum of 20 gals when ful size.ten when there babies. i will probaly get a bigger tank when it outgrows it.I am not sure to order off of mikes or not because they say to get a minimum of 2 babies and that will cost up to 50-60 $ and 52 dollars shipping.how bout petco.can u guys help me out with some sites/stores. ill probaly swith to green carpet.

[Doc]

Hibye, you can live in an 8x8 cell, but wouldn't you prefer to live in a house? you know what....enjoy it. I tried to be nice....


OK MIK. I NEED BOTH THOSE BARRELS!!! ready....aim.....HERFERT!!

-Doc

[hibye]

k im gonna go with doc because i sorta no him and hes the adult with a 125,90,90 tanks.so heres what ill do instead, when me and my dad are done with the 125 ill change my 30 to a snake tank and ill put green carpet in there

[Doc]

better idea with the 30 gallon tank. that green carpet is just a disease factory waiting to happen. there is little to NO absorbtion in it so the feces just sit on top and the snake will have no option than to live in it. it takes forever to dry up with the humidity in the tank, not to mention when you try to pick it up, the wet, nasty poo slides off onto the glass. It also STINKS something terrible. It doesn't matter if you use the felt carpet or plastic carpet, they share the same problems. Newspaper is all that experienced herps use. Trust me. If you don't want to believe me, check substrate options on a forum and listen to some of those guys. I don't know if Kingsnake.com is still running, but that is where I used to spend time before I started with marine fish. There is a guy name Rob Carmichael who is the director of a zoo in Illinois who is about the smartest snake guy in the world. He will tell you the same things I am. Up to you

-Doc

[reeffreak]

3 pages about corn snakes on a reef forum?

Why?

[Doc]

well it IIIIIIS off-topic, but hey, this is Hibye we are talking about here. I was trying to help and having oh, about 30 years of raising snakes (I actually have a corn snake now) probably qualifies me to give direction, not that he will listen to me, but I am a sucker for a charity-case. Unless they piss me off, then I usually cut them up into small pieces and grill them for my Pug.

-Doc

[reeffreak]

Still,why?

[Doc]

ok, you win. I have no f*&king idea.

-Doc

[reeffreak]

I just notice Hibye is in the top 10 posters.

Thanks Doc![sarcasm]

[Namor]

I currently have a pair of corns in a 40 breeder style, I keep a screen top lid (RAVMA indicates that closed tops tend to lead towards resp illness) and I use coir bedding mixed with pine needles (more like natural enviro as they like to burrow). Had them for 8 years now and I get a clutch that I incubate every year, going strong. I alternate between live and frozen because their are some reports that females that dont' constrict on a semi regular basis have a greater chance of egg binding than those females that do not (again RAVMA). I do prefer heat from lighting, so I have flourescent and incandescent lighting on them.