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You are not part of the isopod community I see. Although most try to culture them before selling, some may totally get sold wildcaught though thats usually fancy species being bought by people who intend to culture.
One the topic of getting a new snake after one dies, my first snake (a corn snake) escaped, and I was really sad/upset about it, about a month later we went to a reptile show and my dad bought me this king snake, since we hadn't took down the enclosure and it was the perfect size for both. Then the corn snake shows up, healthy and alive, we got a new tank and supplies, and I now have 2 snakes.
The scaleless snakes make me think of one of my favorite quotes from Jurassic Park “You spent so long asking wether or not you could, you never asked wether or not you should?”
In my opinion, you can't really "replace" a pet. You have different experiences with every pet, so you're just having another experience with another animal, which is completely valid. You're simply making a new friend, not replacing the past one
@@barjee8965 Oh my god reading this is making me tear up, I’m happy this comment was able to help you. I’m genuinely sorry for your loss, but I wish you luck on your journey to finding another animal friend, and I know you’ll make them very happy and they’re gonna happily return that favor. Good luck and stay strong
ive been thinking about getting another corn snake since my other corn snake passed from old age around 6 months ago. i feel like i would be replacing him and that thought just makes me feel like a horrible person. but this made me feel so much better about my decision, thank you.
@@evanescent.6156 I’m really happy to see this is helping other people with this situation. Whatever decision you make is valid, and I wish you luck with whatever your decision may be. I’m happy I could help
I do have one thing to say about the "rescuing" from pet stores. Sure, it's not really rescuing, but if the animal is mostly grown and has had the price dropped (maybe multiple times), the store has already decided it's something they're not gonna buy again. They've been sitting on it for months, at least, so when you buy it for like half price or less, they aren't really seeing that as a win, other than the fact that they can finally get rid of that animal.
As someone who used to be in charge of ordering for a pet store, this is fairly accurate, the only exception being that sometimes the market is just flooded, which means we won't sell that reptile again for a while but eventually we'll bring it back. This happened with pacman frogs a lot in my district. But yeah that particular animal is already considered a loss, and I often gave them away for free to anyone who was willing to buy the proper supplies, or who could prove they already had everything they needed
When I was in my early teens we bought a purebred standard poodle from a pet shop. He was like eight months old and only cost like 600. I think it was because his tail was botched (he arrived at the pet shop that way when he was like two months??). Anyway we had to give him to the poodle rescue league after a few months because he was neurotic :( like he would run into walls, he would walk funny and poop everywhere without even squatting. We really tried but being in a small glass cage for 8 months really messed him up. We were experienced with dogs and thought we could give him a home. I hope he got help because he was such a sweetie. I am in my early 30s now and still think about him
@@lilz Yes, I do think being in a pet shop for a long period of time can really mess up certain animals. I think a snake would recover from something like that better than a dog. 8 months in a glass cage is just horrible for a dog. What a sad story.
@@lilz Just as we're having this discussion, Lori Torinni released a great video about snakes in deprived environments - titled, "Neural Consequences of Environment for Captive Snakes." If you are a snake person, and haven't heard of her, you should definitely check her channel out.
That tattoo hurt me physically. Not the fault of the canvas, fault of the tattoo artist. I'd be pissed if I had that tattooed on me. Definitely needs some sort of cover up work to fix it.
@@morganestylinson806 not at all. It could be the camera quality or his skin got red while they were trying to tattoo though? My boyfriend had that problem and the guy couldn't quite see what they were doing so it resulted in patchy colors.
@@greencat1314 places I personally don't "rescue" animals, but if a pet store is dropping the price on an animal repeatedly, because the animal is obviously ill or just doesn't sell. I would definitely consider buying that animal a "rescue". frankly you aren't supporting that person unless you are spending premium on the animal, and buying the rest of your products from there(tank, substrate, heating elements etc.). if i buy a discounted BP or corn snake form them they hardly make a profit,.. if they don't take a loss from feeding that snake and housing it for months only to sell it for 30 bucks.
My corns were together for 10 years. Recently had a fire, and had a friend watching them while our house was getting dealt with. I even sent this person with 100 full frozen mice to feed while they were in her care. She fed them live, then they tried to eat eachother.... not happy. Now they cannot be housed together.
oh god, I'm sorry to hear that you had a fire. If you sent her frozen mice why on earth did she feed them live? She is a very untrustworthy and irresponsible person in my opinion (for now, since there is no given reason why she even did that)
That’s sickening- your “friend” probably thought it would be fun to watch them kill it. I’ll never understand people like that- and now your snakes relationship is messed up. So sorry about the fire and your now troubles with your snakes.
They're all good now. I also have a picky ball python that only eats live. But clearly wrote out when they ate and what and how. (Ball in his encloser) girls got removed from theirs and fed in a bin. This person breeds snakes, crested geckos ect. (Also some how only one of my snakes came back with mites, but the rest were fine, what a bitch that was with not being able to get ivermectin in canada without a cattle liscense) but she got through it. Yeah, needsless to say i dont say much to her anymore
Dude... why? How sadistic do you have to be to not only know to feed them frozen, but to be GIVEN MORE THAN ENOUGH frozen for free, and then go out of your way to BUY live mice just to watch them kill them? Unless she already had the mice on hand? Either way, it makes no sense.
I've had a corn snake for over 6 years. Got her as a baby, she's bounced between my brother and I taking care of her. She's never been co-habbed, had her regurgitate, or fed live. Wtf is this subreddit?
I’ve had a corn snake since I was 12 and never had any of these problems. Probably the easiest to take care of reptile I’ve ever had… I can’t imagine how these pet owners end up doing these things
I used to work at petco and the animals that they bring in are always sick. I worked with them all in the back with meds and what not. Our ball pythons were always emaciated and full of mites. The amount of dead snakes was beyond cruelty this was just evil. They need to stop selling animals.
Sorry this is very very late, but that’s the reason I bought my corn snake. They had a ton of mites and no one was taking care of them. So I bought them and nursed them back to a healthy condition. Their currently about a year old and growing so fast! But Iv seen other snakes come in with mites that I just don’t have room or money for and they are usually gone in a month or two
I have a 6 year old gold dust corn snake named Khaleesi. She’s now around 5.5 feet, super spoiled, husbandry on point, etc. When I bought her I did quite a bit of research before buying (it wasn’t a spur of the moment decision to purchase a snake). When I went to purchase, the store I bought from (most reputable place in the greater metropolitan area; not Petsmart) ENCOURAGED me to purchase two. So, I did. These were the experts, right? So I went home with two juvenile corn snakes. Needless to say, Cersei did NOT last very long (maybe 3 weeks?). I felt awful about it TBH. PLEASE don’t house snakes together!
The thing is you just can’t trust anyone. They probably just wanted the sale. Even “reputable” places are still businesses and you don’t know for sure if they’re just trying to sell you something or if they actually care about the well being of the animal you buy. That’s why most places will give you refund only within 30 days, because the animal will probably last that long and then die from whatever issue a little later, and then they don’t have to give you money. After buying my first reptile (bearded dragon) from petco, I now know to never buy an animal from any pet store. I will only trust breeders. My bearded dragon had tail rot when I got her and I was a total beginner and had to learn how to take care of her while trying to save her life at the same time. Luckily I noticed it very early and got to the vet and got antibiotics, and I also did a treatment on the tail itself, and now she’s three years old and super healthy and happy (and an absolute crackhead, she has so much energy), but I would never want to go through that again, and I don’t wish it on anyone. The first year of having my beardie was insanely difficult and stressful, and I know it would have been easier if I had gotten one from a breeder. This is the kind of stuff you learn from experience unfortunately, and I’m just lucky that she ended up being okay. By the time I figured it out I’d had her for a couple weeks and I was already attached, I didn’t want to give her back for a refund and I would have been devastated if she died. Never again. I have plans to get a ball python soon and I already have found a good breeder that is local to me, so I know this time it’s gonna be much smoother. I also remember the people at petco gave me some very bad information about bearded dragons, but even then I knew at least not to listen to them, and I had already done my research. There are some things that research won’t prepare you for though
Did Khaleesi eat Cersei? I used to cohab the baby corns I bred, I stopped cohabbing when I found the back third of one of the babies sticking out of it's sibling's mouth. Luckily the baby was still alive when I pulled it out, poor thing's tongue was flicking like crazy
@@PKBitchGirl no, she just quit eating and was being pushed out of any hide, etc. It seemed that she was just the less dominant snake and lost the domain battle, if you will. 😞
My Anery Corn Snake is called Khaleesi! Sorry nothing to do with your cohabitation comment but just wanted to share! As I haven’t heard of another one with her name until now 😊
One of my cats just passed today. This is the first video I'm watching after he's gone, and I'm already feeling a bit happier. Your humor is just really amusing and I enjoy this series, so thank you for making it a playlist. I'll keep watching each one that comes out. Very grateful for your channel ❤️
@Ally Weir....if you like feeling happier after experiencing sad tragedy, then you're in luck sis coz I just thought up this joke that's very fit for this type of stuff, it's this hilarious wise crack about Ally cats.......get it?....Ally cats...😬
Man I agree animals are too cheap to buy, I feel like if they were a bit higher price a domino effect would happen where people would 2nd guess impulse buying and it would probably be taken more seriously with the care of reptiles. But that's in a perfect world.
I had corn snakes when I was younger and they refused to eat when they weren’t being kept in the same enclosure. I tried all kinds of things to get them to eat but they refused to do it. Corn snakes probably aren’t usually kept together but there’s plenty of reasons people have done/do it.
....the majority of snake species love being kept together, to cuddle for warmth among other reasons, I can't read snake emotions but my corn snakes seem to get very depressed and sad when I take one out for any length of time, I love finding snakes in the wild, and sometimes I would find ten of them huddled together in one small crevice, except of course, in the spring time when they will fight for their personal space, or if it's too warm in their location or enclosure, they will fight as well, I have never ever had a problem with a snake eating, even wild caught ones, so I truly never understood that, but I have advised people with other types of animals, after seeing them stress the animal out trying to force it to eat out of concern, or try to feed it too soon after it doesn't eat, a child even will have bad eating habits if the parent stress them out too much during feeding, or is visibly stressed themselves every time they feed the child, I'm guessing with snakes though a snake can go a while between feedings, some people might get stressed out thinking that something is wrong, and try again in a few hours, and the next day, and the day after, and the snake may relate the food to the person that's annoying and stressing them out, especially if it's a new pet, if I put a mouse in and it's not eaten, I won't try again for two to three days, I wish I had a definite answer for it though big bruh, but I've never had a snake that wasn't a great eater so I haven't solved that one yet.
Kinda same! I adopted 2 corn snakes from a rescue, they had been kept together their whole lives and now wouldn't stay apart. They never had any issues either and lived a long life! I had heard they were bad to keep together but they legit wouldn't live without each other, so I wouldn't question that picture because everyone's snakes are different, in the end animals sometimes dont behave how you would expect.
I really don't mind scaleless corns. As far as I know, they don't have any issues, and a lot of people think they're neat. Obviously, with other mutations that have physiological issues or skin problems, I'm extremely against breeding them, but scaleless corns are pretty harmless.
@@nightinggale6470 While I think they probably have *less* tolerance for shitty or dangerous enclosures, their care and keeping really is about the same. They know how to avoid pain, and they're not super fragile, so if the enclosure is safe for any scaled snake then it will also be safe for them.
It took a couple weeks, but I switched from live to frozen when my corn was still a little noodle. Don't have any problems with feeding anymore, as long as I put a blanket over her terrarium (she hates being watched).
I worked in a pet store that acctually hired based off your knowledge. Took care of the reptile department, the amount of stories like this i heard was terrefying. Even in person lots of people just dont listen to advice. Once had a girl come in with two corn snakes in her purse to show them off.
I will neve understand how people can screw up looking after corn snakes just do your research it isn't hard 😂 not to mention they're one of the easiest reptiles to look after it's not difficult
Well the easiest thing to mess up with a baby corn snake is not making the enclosure secure enough.... Yah ive totally lost a baby corn but eventually did find it. That was the first snake i ever got now i have 17 and my favorites by far are boas. I still have my escapee corn her name is houdini.... yah she was named that before she escaped lol
I keep getting shit from mods when I tell people who have snakes in these situations that they should NOT be owning snakes. It's like they care more about growing the community population over making sure animals aren't being mistreated and it CHEESES me
- says he wants to blow a squirrel's brains out for being a wild animal - gets suspended *"And nothing of value was lost"* Reddit in general irritates me so much. Reddit is beyond help at this point
On the art commissions things, you're absolutely right! Kinda. I speak from a year of experience taking commissions. Most artist would like to charge more and push other artists to charge more, the problem is that the consumers don't want to pay that much, specially to smaller artists. I think its just very important for people commissioning to tip what they think the art is actually worth so the artist can be sure that if they had higher prices people would still buy their art.
When my dog passed away (he was hit by a car and died instantly, and he was only 10 months old - we had 0 time to prepare), we ended up with his brother within a couple days and it helped so much. It feels like we had so much love to give and very suddenly nothing to give that extra love to. So bringing another dog into the family was the best thing for us and helped us heal. That dog would have wanted us to heal
It boggles my mind that people think snakes are social creatures. If you don’t find it in groups in the wild, don’t cohab it? If you want to cohab snakes get garter snakes.
The *only* snakes I can think of off the top of my head that like groups are garters. My neighbors had to get pest control to remove a den of DOZENS of them and they seem to be quite social... But that's only one species, and one that isn't usually sold at pet stores.
@@tapirsareunder-appreciated2272 agreed. I believe there’s been articles that have come out that support garter snakes will return to the same hideouts with the same snakes and benefit from being in that “circle”. On my own research, this is pretty true in nature. Captivity may differ.
It's actually more recommended to cohab garter snakes from what I've heard in that community. Especially when they are young. They are a lot more calm and willing to eat when they are with other garters. It's kinda like "this animal is calm so I must be safe as well"
I am a corn snake expert and I can say with confidence that keeping corn snakes together is very good for their health. If you decide to keep corn snakes together make sure you give them a campfire and s’more making equipment because in the wild corn snakes are known to eat s’mores around a campfire with their fellow snakes. Also make sure that you give the snakes a lot of vertical height so they have enough room to fly around and breath fire.One more thing make sure you have a tv in there so that they can both cuddle up and watch their favorite shows ( my snakes favorite show is the office). I hope this enlightened you about cohabitating cornsnakes.
Yes, day old pinky mice can scream. Well, it is more of a high pitch terrified series of panicked squeaking. It is not for the faint of heart to hear...
I think the funky looking black scale spot was probably an infected rat bite, makes the most sense to me, I would have thought burn at first but burns usually scale longways not in a small area
The fact that I once had an internship at a petstore and the owners fed the snakes live mice, because "The vitamins and nutrients are all still fresh and it's the best for the snake"
Nice to hear you speak on “the race to the bottom” for animal prices. It seems to be going similarly for many industries. I’m not well versed on reptile sales but lots of people want horses for $2-4k when the stud fee alone costs that much or more. Doesn’t include the other breeding costs as well or profit margins. Makes my brain hurt.
I posted a vid of our black kingsnake absolutely loving our rug and someone told me that it would hurt the snake and stress it out 🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️ found her yelling at someone else for having a snake on a blanket
I know someone who’s dog has terminal cancer and it’s her dog that she’s had since it was a puppy and her parents went and got a new puppy before the dog even died. They even said they had to replace the dog.
As a new corn snake owner im so glad i'm none of these. So many people get corns on a whim, but i was worried after doing a mound of research ^^' Mikko just chillin' eating his mice tho. very happy. And growing well! Thanks for being a part of my research into looking after him!
I don't understand why people want scaleless reptiles. I mean, I have a sandfish skink. He is super slippery and really fast, and it is HELL any time I need to take him out to give him a checkup. His scales scratch really easilly too, and he is very easilly stressed and if there is anything to hurt himself on in the terrarium, he will do it like within minutes! So whyyyy would anyone want scaleless? The very thought gives me anxiety. It is hard enough when they just have sensitive scales.
I have a scaleless corn snake (not acquired intentionally, but a breeding program drop-out that needed a home). There's really nothing about him that is inherently more worrisome or fragile. I am careful about really scratchy or pokey decorations, but it's not because I think he'd press his body hard enough against anything that he'd hurt himself (I mean, why would he, scaleless snakes can definitely still feel pain) but because I worry about his still somewhat skittish nature and him hitting something if he wanted to move very quickly. Not a huge concern, and it's really the only precaution that I have to specifically take for him. He still explores, climbs, burrows, etc. I really don't know how I feel about them being bred for that trait alone, but it's not as dangerous to the animal as, say, some of the morphs with neurological effects.
@@Sharpclaw2000 Skin is different from scales, but his skin is not dangerously delicate or fragile. I've lived with him (and his scaleless sister) for years with nary a scratch on either of them, despite enclosures with lots of different textures and enrichment options. Scaleless corns do still have belly scales, and usually scales around their mouth and nostrils, so the lack of scales on their backs and sides has no real impact on their normal behaviors. As I said in another comment, I think scaleless snakes would probably be less tolerant of really dangerous or shitty enclosures, but this has been an observed mutation in adult wild snakes, so any captive environment safe enough for a scaled snake would be safe enough for a scaleless snake.
@@Sharpclaw2000 That's been my experience :-) I don't really understand the desire to breed exclusively for this trait, but our two scaleless corns are really sweet examples of how active and engaging corn snakes can be.
I have two rescued female cornsnakes who are co-hab because they had spent their entire lives together (they're both ~11 now) and were rescued together as well. Despite my two girls doing really well together & becoming noticeably confused and irritable when separate, I would never EVER recommend to co-hab corns. Their spatial requirements are so manageable even when they're full grown, so there really aren't any good excuses to try and co-hab two or more corns who have already been solitary. If it weren't for my corns being both female with their background and as old as they are, I would've gone through a lot more trouble insisting they were separated.
Bio active doesn’t mean it from outside. The point the person is making is valid. Captive bred bugs are fine but random ass ones from outside CAN hurt your snake. People in the rat community routinely think their saving rats by buying feeders but their just dooming another rat to die because they can’t accept that snakes can’t go vegan
@@unidentifieduser10 not all vegans. Like anything there are always people who go to the extreme. I am vegan and so are many people I know, but none would feed their carnivorous animals plants.
I think its funny how people think you can't love both, too. I actually have a feeder rat I bought for my snake. I generally feed frozen, but he hadn't eaten for a while and I was worried. But this fucking rat actually licked me as I picked her up to feed him. I know it's the circle of life, I've fed him live once before, but she was so friendly I just couldn't do it. I bought her a sister. She lives in a giant homemade cage in my office now. We snuggle a lot. Yes, I am too soft.
10:20 ish. The only way I'd call it a petsmart rescue, is if they pulled the snake out of the dumpster like I've seen other people do with various animals.
I wish I could look at reptile Reddits without them all being “is it dying? Idk I found it outside help I’m completely incompetent and I’m not gonna do anything about the animal’s health other than complain”. Like please, tell me about your animal, it’s personality and what it likes to do. Stop using Reddit to babysit your animal.
My local mini zoo keeps 3 or 4 corn snakes together... I've always found that weird, especially when they say you shouldn't do that on their website :D
I’ve always been amazed by the price of snakes in the US. I’m Brazilian and here the snake’s prices begin on 7,000 reais. I’m not kidding. + the fact that only a couple species are legal to buy here, like some boas, some ball pythons, sometimes sand boas. It’s rare to find breeders too.
When my old female leopard gecko was dying, her partner (still alive to this day) layed on top of her, as if trying to warm her cooling down body up... He only eventually left when her heart stopped beating... so yeah, reptiles can show love and attachment and You can cohabit them.... but these are few and far between and most reptiles are solitary by nature and should not be kept in pairs or groups... unless they are garter sneks, but yeah, garters =/= corns, that was probably a bad idea. My ball python lady likes to be left alone 99% of the time, but when the 1% happens, she's super explorative, curious and trusting of me and my father (the 2 ppl she feels the most comfortable around), at times begging to be let out if her (quite big, just enough for a snake of her species and size, with 2 comfortable hides she loves more than I love pepperoni pizza XD) terrarium, she actively searches for either of us and actually shows at times she kinda likes to be pet (when in "ok, I'll tolerate touch and not slither away" mood XD) She once had a "clash" with my father, when she was still pretty much a hatchling, but she quickly realises he means no harm and got used to his pressence too XD Reptiles are really far more complex than ppl give them credit for. Sure, You can't expect them to think like a cat or dog would, but when You'll learn how reptiles think and process informations, they suddenly seem much more "advanced" than their evolutionary line actually is :-)
ur right about how FAST they are. my snake doesn’t move a lot, but one time i accidentally had orange peel oil on my hands when i went to touch him and he FREAKED out never seen him move so fast. 100mph
100% accurate about how they continue looking for food after eating...every single time I feed the little greedy lil piggies they spend at least half an hour looking for more.
10:42 is a favorite moment cause these types of jokes where the person knows not the best English (which is fine English is hard) but is trying to crack a joke and somehow their poor english makes it funnier. I love it.
I got my first snake from a chain pet store. At the time I didn't realize it was that bad, and I'm glad I got her, and she's been a perfect pet, but I'm never buying from a pet store again.
Am animal rescue near me had a Christmas special where it only cost $35 to adopt a dog or cat. They are a great rescue, but when I heard about that I was terrified for some of those dogs and cats. Also, why are tegus suddenly like $100? I agree that reptile prices should be higher.
I’ve always gotten a new puppy after one of my older dogs has passed away (I’ve lost 2 16 year olds this year due to heart disease) and I don’t feel like I’m replacing them. To me, it helps because I’m pouring my attention into another puppy and it makes the grieving process easier. I normally don’t do it with reptiles but that’s just me
my brother has like 4 snakes, all different species IN THE SAME ENCLOSURE. its a pretty big enclosure that they have, im pretty sure its about the size of a 6 year old (dont know the actual size so im just using that for demostration) and its so sad, one of there amazon tree boa's died and now just got a ball python to add to the collection of them, he sent me a picture and i think its a banana morph.
I got my corn snakes 2 weeks ago. They are both 7 years old brothers who lived their whole life together in one enclosure. I obviously haven't seen how they acted before I got them but they seem to be doing just fine together. they share a very big enclosure with a lot of hiding spots. but most of the time they hang out together and often sleep tangled or on top of each other. That is also why the person I got them from asked me to not seperate them.
Oh boy I got nervous watching through this vid about a subreddit I frequented when I was an anxious new snake owner! Deadbydaylight had their baby corn snake who died (butterscotch) regurge like 3 times iirc, it was pretty frustrating to read through in real time :( I ended up veering away from the subreddit because it would just constantly make me mald
He blamed it on feeding two pinkies and told everyone not to do that (which is obv a normal practice for growing snakes).. But the problem was that he fed the second pinkie a day after the first?? And he wouldn't understand what he did wrong
Scaleless corns do still have belly scales, which is hugely important. Their care and keeping is virtually the same. I wouldn't go seek one out, but we adopted two of them and they are happy lil' babes.
When one of my ferrets passed away I waited a couple weeks but, honestly getting a new one helped me cope and made it easier for my other ferrets too. I still miss my late baby and sometimes I have dreams when she’s still there, so I don’t think getting a new pet right away is replacing
Sorry about your ferret, I felt the exact same way. My dog died and I honestly felt kind of depressed after but once I had gotten my puppy she cheered me up and helped me a lot
i was just telling a friend how our puppy just regurgitated a whole uneaten hotdog so no dogs do not know when to stop eating nor how to chew, much like a snake, actually...
Snake discovery has frequently cited a research paper that claims that Garter Snakes actually cohabitate in the wild, but when I check the internet I get conflicting information. Can anybody speak to the accuracy of that claim?
My sister’s snake will only take fresh killed mice/rats. It used to only eat live, it didn’t take her too long to get it on fresh killed. I don’t know if she is trying to get it to frozen thawed.
My opinion is, that at least one of the merch you sell is a plush of Potato, with a caption of 'Looks just like Potato, and moves just as much!' while being just a regular non moving plush.... Which means it will need some sort of disclaimer or something otherwise some people will complain that their Potato plush doesn't move. Also sell on Amazon with international shipping so I can buy it. x)
my college kept corn snakes together. they seemed ok. they were young so they might have planned to separate when older but i only went for the year cource
I have to admit, I did once get a Petsmart ball python. It was so close to dead after never having eaten since it arrived that they gave it to me. The guy said... 'I've offered it so many thawed pinky mice, but it won't even look at them'.... So I took it home, put it into a nice dark quarantine tank, and happened to walk by with a live adult mouse a few minutes later. The poor scrawny snake went crazy. I dropped the mouse in to see if it would strike, even though it hadn't had time to get comfortable, and the mouse never landed it was snatched so fast. Suffice to say, the snake fattened back up nicely after being offered food of an appropriate size and heat, and quickly graduated from live mice to pre-killed/warmed weanling rats.
I work at an exotic pet store and we recently raised our normal BP prices and its kinda crazy how upset people are with it. At least it keeps the impulse buyers away lol
I'm pretty sure you weren't actually asking, but yes, a day old pinky can scream. They can squeal from the moment they're born, it's actually one of the main things that helps the mom know they're alive so she doesn't eat them.
A lot of people might say this sort of content radiates negative energy unbefitting of a animal focused channel, but really it's because a lot of us like animals, not people. Instead we like laughing at the stupidity of people inferior to us from time to time, am I wrong?
thought i’d just comment this as a canadian, but snakes are definitely not cheap here. even at pet stores a normal ball python is $150 at least, and same with corn snakes. my corn snake was a bit less, but she was from a pet store, and i paid $125 for her. i’m definitely not complaining because i think they’re worth it! but it’s crazy to me how different it is in canada vs america!
Ok, as far as cohabbing corns goes… like some other solitary as well as non solitary snakes have been shown to eat better when first hatched if put in duo’s or trios, corns in my experience are the same. But only as newborns and should be separated once both are taking food well. It seems to help them eat better in my opinion but again, only when first hatched and after a week or so should we separately housed. Also, they need to be supervised while eating to make sure one isn’t being dominant over the other. If one is a separation is in order.
I work at a petsmart where unfortunately we are required to follow a whole lot of outdated information per petsmart policy but alot of us at our petsmart bring alot to the store in the knowledge department, kind of the reason I'm here lol. The enclosures we have for cornsnakes aren't the largest so the snakes are in close proximity with each other, and I've seen them be pretty affectionate with each other, maybe the curling in balls with each other is a survival instinct for warmth because they are still babies, I've only met 2 aggressive cornsnakes, a few reclusive boys, but overall they are the sweetest snakes in my opinion. (Obviously I would prefer to have them separate from each other, this is out if my power) I should also mention that we never allow cohabitation when selling, they are solitary animals, but as babies I think they may have different temperaments than when they're grown and mature.
I rehomed 2 corn snakes that were 7 years old they had been cohabed since they hatched. Had no issue with them. They had a large viv with plenty hides in different areas. Although I always found them together in the same hide. The only issue I found when I first got them was if they were fed in the viv they could strike at each other after eating or go for the others mouse. I ended up feeding them outside the viv and then reintroduced them after 20 minutes and never had any issues doing it.
@@nightinggale6470 I do agree that handling a snake after feeding can increase stress and also increase the chance of regurgitation. If fed outside the viv correctly their should be no issues. Once fed I allow my snakes to go from the feeding container to their viv without touching them. I worked at an animal college for a lot of years and all their snakes were fed outside their vivs with no issues. It was done to reduce the chance of students being bit by snakes when removing them from their vivs.
@@nightinggale6470 personally I've only ever been bitten once from a snake and it was my own fault. I have owned and kept snakes and exotic pets for over 17 years and worked with them in my job for the past 9 years.
Also when people complain about higher prices at chain stores. Yeah love it's appreciated by employees because it deters SOME impulse buys. Not enough though. I would make hamsters cost $100 in a heartbeat if people would quit shoving them into shoebox sized enclosures and neglecting the hell out of them. Reptiles should be like triple the current costs haha
I had two adult male corn snakes and they used to take turns humping eachother but never tried to hurt eachother. They were also in a 60gal tank with multiple hides, climbing branches, ect.
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Snakes do have as much personnality as humans or dogs but it is just harder to see for us because they are quite different.
imagine getting a corn snake tattoo
reddit is a weird place
With springtails there is a 100% guarantee that they are captive bred because who the heck would collect thousands of miniscule insect to sell them.
You are not part of the isopod community I see.
Although most try to culture them before selling, some may totally get sold wildcaught though thats usually fancy species being bought by people who intend to culture.
@@Katherine-ct5mc Aha didn't actually know that
@imunderpressure uggjhg no, they said thousands of minuscule insects. though technically isopods are crustaceans, it still works.
@@catsplat1272 they literally said “with springtails” and then “insects” and im pretty dang sure springtails are insects
@@Cloud_Strife1997 springtails got seperated from insects awhile back. Have their own class now.
One the topic of getting a new snake after one dies, my first snake (a corn snake) escaped, and I was really sad/upset about it, about a month later we went to a reptile show and my dad bought me this king snake, since we hadn't took down the enclosure and it was the perfect size for both. Then the corn snake shows up, healthy and alive, we got a new tank and supplies, and I now have 2 snakes.
The scaleless snakes make me think of one of my favorite quotes from Jurassic Park “You spent so long asking wether or not you could, you never asked wether or not you should?”
In my opinion, you can't really "replace" a pet. You have different experiences with every pet, so you're just having another experience with another animal, which is completely valid. You're simply making a new friend, not replacing the past one
i just teared up a bit coz i needed to read this today thank you
@@barjee8965 Oh my god reading this is making me tear up, I’m happy this comment was able to help you. I’m genuinely sorry for your loss, but I wish you luck on your journey to finding another animal friend, and I know you’ll make them very happy and they’re gonna happily return that favor. Good luck and stay strong
ive been thinking about getting another corn snake since my other corn snake passed from old age around 6 months ago. i feel like i would be replacing him and that thought just makes me feel like a horrible person. but this made me feel so much better about my decision, thank you.
@@evanescent.6156 I’m really happy to see this is helping other people with this situation. Whatever decision you make is valid, and I wish you luck with whatever your decision may be. I’m happy I could help
I do have one thing to say about the "rescuing" from pet stores. Sure, it's not really rescuing, but if the animal is mostly grown and has had the price dropped (maybe multiple times), the store has already decided it's something they're not gonna buy again. They've been sitting on it for months, at least, so when you buy it for like half price or less, they aren't really seeing that as a win, other than the fact that they can finally get rid of that animal.
As someone who used to be in charge of ordering for a pet store, this is fairly accurate, the only exception being that sometimes the market is just flooded, which means we won't sell that reptile again for a while but eventually we'll bring it back. This happened with pacman frogs a lot in my district. But yeah that particular animal is already considered a loss, and I often gave them away for free to anyone who was willing to buy the proper supplies, or who could prove they already had everything they needed
When I was in my early teens we bought a purebred standard poodle from a pet shop. He was like eight months old and only cost like 600. I think it was because his tail was botched (he arrived at the pet shop that way when he was like two months??). Anyway we had to give him to the poodle rescue league after a few months because he was neurotic :( like he would run into walls, he would walk funny and poop everywhere without even squatting. We really tried but being in a small glass cage for 8 months really messed him up. We were experienced with dogs and thought we could give him a home. I hope he got help because he was such a sweetie. I am in my early 30s now and still think about him
Huh, that's actually smart
@@lilz Yes, I do think being in a pet shop for a long period of time can really mess up certain animals. I think a snake would recover from something like that better than a dog. 8 months in a glass cage is just horrible for a dog. What a sad story.
@@lilz Just as we're having this discussion, Lori Torinni released a great video about snakes in deprived environments - titled, "Neural Consequences of Environment for Captive Snakes." If you are a snake person, and haven't heard of her, you should definitely check her channel out.
That tattoo hurt me physically. Not the fault of the canvas, fault of the tattoo artist. I'd be pissed if I had that tattooed on me. Definitely needs some sort of cover up work to fix it.
The colors and shading don’t even look that good for a freshly made tattoo
@@morganestylinson806 not at all. It could be the camera quality or his skin got red while they were trying to tattoo though? My boyfriend had that problem and the guy couldn't quite see what they were doing so it resulted in patchy colors.
That's why you do research on your artist and look at their work of the style you want. All responsibility goes to the person paying for it imo
@@1jazzyphae ?? Just because you pay for a shitty service doesn’t mean it’s your fault it’s shitty.
@@totallytalia well, yes ? If you pay some shady and shitty artist expect to have a shitty tattoo
Funny how people love to say "it's a rescue" when in actuality you just bought an animal. Stroke that ego I guess.
depending on where you bought it from, it could still be a rescue.
depends. all shelters do charge an adoption fee so technically you are buying them still but i consider buying pets from breeders.
@@tonyolo4591 ✨no✨
When you are giving money to the person who you seem to "rescue" the animal from, you are actively supporting that person.
@@greencat1314 I feel like it depends on the circumstances tho wouldn’t it?
@@greencat1314 places
I personally don't "rescue" animals, but if a pet store is dropping the price on an animal repeatedly, because the animal is obviously ill or just doesn't sell. I would definitely consider buying that animal a "rescue".
frankly you aren't supporting that person unless you are spending premium on the animal, and buying the rest of your products from there(tank, substrate, heating elements etc.). if i buy a discounted BP or corn snake form them they hardly make a profit,.. if they don't take a loss from feeding that snake and housing it for months only to sell it for 30 bucks.
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My corns were together for 10 years. Recently had a fire, and had a friend watching them while our house was getting dealt with. I even sent this person with 100 full frozen mice to feed while they were in her care. She fed them live, then they tried to eat eachother.... not happy. Now they cannot be housed together.
oh god, I'm sorry to hear that you had a fire. If you sent her frozen mice why on earth did she feed them live? She is a very untrustworthy and irresponsible person in my opinion (for now, since there is no given reason why she even did that)
Guessing they're your ex-friend now
That’s sickening- your “friend” probably thought it would be fun to watch them kill it. I’ll never understand people like that- and now your snakes relationship is messed up. So sorry about the fire and your now troubles with your snakes.
They're all good now. I also have a picky ball python that only eats live. But clearly wrote out when they ate and what and how. (Ball in his encloser) girls got removed from theirs and fed in a bin. This person breeds snakes, crested geckos ect. (Also some how only one of my snakes came back with mites, but the rest were fine, what a bitch that was with not being able to get ivermectin in canada without a cattle liscense) but she got through it. Yeah, needsless to say i dont say much to her anymore
Dude... why? How sadistic do you have to be to not only know to feed them frozen, but to be GIVEN MORE THAN ENOUGH frozen for free, and then go out of your way to BUY live mice just to watch them kill them? Unless she already had the mice on hand? Either way, it makes no sense.
I've had a corn snake for over 6 years. Got her as a baby, she's bounced between my brother and I taking care of her. She's never been co-habbed, had her regurgitate, or fed live. Wtf is this subreddit?
I’ve had a corn snake since I was 12 and never had any of these problems. Probably the easiest to take care of reptile I’ve ever had… I can’t imagine how these pet owners end up doing these things
Mty cornsnake will be turning 17 this year
I used to work at petco and the animals that they bring in are always sick. I worked with them all in the back with meds and what not. Our ball pythons were always emaciated and full of mites. The amount of dead snakes was beyond cruelty this was just evil. They need to stop selling animals.
Sorry this is very very late, but that’s the reason I bought my corn snake. They had a ton of mites and no one was taking care of them. So I bought them and nursed them back to a healthy condition. Their currently about a year old and growing so fast! But Iv seen other snakes come in with mites that I just don’t have room or money for and they are usually gone in a month or two
I have a 6 year old gold dust corn snake named Khaleesi. She’s now around 5.5 feet, super spoiled, husbandry on point, etc. When I bought her I did quite a bit of research before buying (it wasn’t a spur of the moment decision to purchase a snake). When I went to purchase, the store I bought from (most reputable place in the greater metropolitan area; not Petsmart) ENCOURAGED me to purchase two. So, I did. These were the experts, right? So I went home with two juvenile corn snakes. Needless to say, Cersei did NOT last very long (maybe 3 weeks?). I felt awful about it TBH. PLEASE don’t house snakes together!
Unless its garter snakes i think thats the only social species. At least the only one i know off hand
The thing is you just can’t trust anyone. They probably just wanted the sale. Even “reputable” places are still businesses and you don’t know for sure if they’re just trying to sell you something or if they actually care about the well being of the animal you buy. That’s why most places will give you refund only within 30 days, because the animal will probably last that long and then die from whatever issue a little later, and then they don’t have to give you money. After buying my first reptile (bearded dragon) from petco, I now know to never buy an animal from any pet store. I will only trust breeders. My bearded dragon had tail rot when I got her and I was a total beginner and had to learn how to take care of her while trying to save her life at the same time. Luckily I noticed it very early and got to the vet and got antibiotics, and I also did a treatment on the tail itself, and now she’s three years old and super healthy and happy (and an absolute crackhead, she has so much energy), but I would never want to go through that again, and I don’t wish it on anyone. The first year of having my beardie was insanely difficult and stressful, and I know it would have been easier if I had gotten one from a breeder. This is the kind of stuff you learn from experience unfortunately, and I’m just lucky that she ended up being okay. By the time I figured it out I’d had her for a couple weeks and I was already attached, I didn’t want to give her back for a refund and I would have been devastated if she died. Never again. I have plans to get a ball python soon and I already have found a good breeder that is local to me, so I know this time it’s gonna be much smoother. I also remember the people at petco gave me some very bad information about bearded dragons, but even then I knew at least not to listen to them, and I had already done my research. There are some things that research won’t prepare you for though
Did Khaleesi eat Cersei? I used to cohab the baby corns I bred, I stopped cohabbing when I found the back third of one of the babies sticking out of it's sibling's mouth. Luckily the baby was still alive when I pulled it out, poor thing's tongue was flicking like crazy
@@PKBitchGirl no, she just quit eating and was being pushed out of any hide, etc. It seemed that she was just the less dominant snake and lost the domain battle, if you will. 😞
My Anery Corn Snake is called Khaleesi! Sorry nothing to do with your cohabitation comment but just wanted to share! As I haven’t heard of another one with her name until now 😊
One of my cats just passed today. This is the first video I'm watching after he's gone, and I'm already feeling a bit happier. Your humor is just really amusing and I enjoy this series, so thank you for making it a playlist. I'll keep watching each one that comes out. Very grateful for your channel ❤️
I hope you are doing well, my family had to put down a childhood dog recently. Stay strong and remember the happy memories ❤
I'm sorry to hear that stay strong in this time I'm sorry for your loss
Sorry to hear that
Thank you all for the kindness 🥺 he was such a sweet little special needs guy who we rescued from a shelter. I'm gonna miss him a lot
@Ally Weir....if you like feeling happier after experiencing sad tragedy, then you're in luck sis coz I just thought up this joke that's very fit for this type of stuff, it's this hilarious wise crack about Ally cats.......get it?....Ally cats...😬
Man I agree animals are too cheap to buy, I feel like if they were a bit higher price a domino effect would happen where people would 2nd guess impulse buying and it would probably be taken more seriously with the care of reptiles. But that's in a perfect world.
reptiles cost 10 dollars to make anything more than 150 for a normal is over priced
I had corn snakes when I was younger and they refused to eat when they weren’t being kept in the same enclosure. I tried all kinds of things to get them to eat but they refused to do it. Corn snakes probably aren’t usually kept together but there’s plenty of reasons people have done/do it.
....the majority of snake species love being kept together, to cuddle for warmth among other reasons, I can't read snake emotions but my corn snakes seem to get very depressed and sad when I take one out for any length of time, I love finding snakes in the wild, and sometimes I would find ten of them huddled together in one small crevice, except of course, in the spring time when they will fight for their personal space, or if it's too warm in their location or enclosure, they will fight as well, I have never ever had a problem with a snake eating, even wild caught ones, so I truly never understood that, but I have advised people with other types of animals, after seeing them stress the animal out trying to force it to eat out of concern, or try to feed it too soon after it doesn't eat, a child even will have bad eating habits if the parent stress them out too much during feeding, or is visibly stressed themselves every time they feed the child, I'm guessing with snakes though a snake can go a while between feedings, some people might get stressed out thinking that something is wrong, and try again in a few hours, and the next day, and the day after, and the snake may relate the food to the person that's annoying and stressing them out, especially if it's a new pet, if I put a mouse in and it's not eaten, I won't try again for two to three days, I wish I had a definite answer for it though big bruh, but I've never had a snake that wasn't a great eater so I haven't solved that one yet.
@@jameandthegiantpeach2273 explain how cold blooded animals are cuddling for warmth?
@@mistyk.2152 this is a guess but it can probably help to maintain and share the left over warmth from basking.
@@mistyk.2152 Snakes literally do that. Haven't you heard of garter snake hibernation clusters?
Kinda same! I adopted 2 corn snakes from a rescue, they had been kept together their whole lives and now wouldn't stay apart. They never had any issues either and lived a long life! I had heard they were bad to keep together but they legit wouldn't live without each other, so I wouldn't question that picture because everyone's snakes are different, in the end animals sometimes dont behave how you would expect.
I really don't mind scaleless corns. As far as I know, they don't have any issues, and a lot of people think they're neat. Obviously, with other mutations that have physiological issues or skin problems, I'm extremely against breeding them, but scaleless corns are pretty harmless.
I’d say they are just not beginner snake,but that’s just my personal opinion
@@nightinggale6470 While I think they probably have *less* tolerance for shitty or dangerous enclosures, their care and keeping really is about the same. They know how to avoid pain, and they're not super fragile, so if the enclosure is safe for any scaled snake then it will also be safe for them.
It took a couple weeks, but I switched from live to frozen when my corn was still a little noodle. Don't have any problems with feeding anymore, as long as I put a blanket over her terrarium (she hates being watched).
I worked in a pet store that acctually hired based off your knowledge. Took care of the reptile department, the amount of stories like this i heard was terrefying. Even in person lots of people just dont listen to advice.
Once had a girl come in with two corn snakes in her purse to show them off.
I will neve understand how people can screw up looking after corn snakes just do your research it isn't hard 😂 not to mention they're one of the easiest reptiles to look after it's not difficult
They are a very popular snake, I can't imagine there's not information out there, one Google there's tones of sources
@@artsyscrub3226 exactly!! There's so much information out there if your gonna get a pet make sure you know how to look after them first!
Its because they are popular and easy access to the public so you'll see more instances of people not paying attention to basic needs
Well the easiest thing to mess up with a baby corn snake is not making the enclosure secure enough.... Yah ive totally lost a baby corn but eventually did find it. That was the first snake i ever got now i have 17 and my favorites by far are boas.
I still have my escapee corn her name is houdini.... yah she was named that before she escaped lol
@@elorine1535 yeah 100 percent they're lil escape artists houdini is the perfect name :)
I keep getting shit from mods when I tell people who have snakes in these situations that they should NOT be owning snakes. It's like they care more about growing the community population over making sure animals aren't being mistreated and it CHEESES me
- says he wants to blow a squirrel's brains out for being a wild animal
- gets suspended
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Reddit in general irritates me so much. Reddit is beyond help at this point
... what's somma the things that really cooks your goose about Reddit lil bruh?
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On the art commissions things, you're absolutely right! Kinda. I speak from a year of experience taking commissions. Most artist would like to charge more and push other artists to charge more, the problem is that the consumers don't want to pay that much, specially to smaller artists. I think its just very important for people commissioning to tip what they think the art is actually worth so the artist can be sure that if they had higher prices people would still buy their art.
When my dog passed away (he was hit by a car and died instantly, and he was only 10 months old - we had 0 time to prepare), we ended up with his brother within a couple days and it helped so much. It feels like we had so much love to give and very suddenly nothing to give that extra love to. So bringing another dog into the family was the best thing for us and helped us heal. That dog would have wanted us to heal
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It boggles my mind that people think snakes are social creatures. If you don’t find it in groups in the wild, don’t cohab it? If you want to cohab snakes get garter snakes.
Most people only find them in groups at Petco and never actually see them in the wild lol
The *only* snakes I can think of off the top of my head that like groups are garters. My neighbors had to get pest control to remove a den of DOZENS of them and they seem to be quite social... But that's only one species, and one that isn't usually sold at pet stores.
@@tapirsareunder-appreciated2272 Rattlesnakes are also very social. But you shouldn't own rattlesnakes, so...
@@tapirsareunder-appreciated2272 agreed. I believe there’s been articles that have come out that support garter snakes will return to the same hideouts with the same snakes and benefit from being in that “circle”. On my own research, this is pretty true in nature. Captivity may differ.
It's actually more recommended to cohab garter snakes from what I've heard in that community. Especially when they are young. They are a lot more calm and willing to eat when they are with other garters. It's kinda like "this animal is calm so I must be safe as well"
I am a corn snake expert and I can say with confidence that keeping corn snakes together is very good for their health. If you decide to keep corn snakes together make sure you give them a campfire and s’more making equipment because in the wild corn snakes are known to eat s’mores around a campfire with their fellow snakes. Also make sure that you give the snakes a lot of vertical height so they have enough room to fly around and breath fire.One more thing make sure you have a tv in there so that they can both cuddle up and watch their favorite shows ( my snakes favorite show is the office). I hope this enlightened you about cohabitating cornsnakes.
Most underrated comment ever.
Finally, someone who *understands* corn snakes. my corn snakes’ favourite show is Breaking Bad.
Cohabbing ratsnakes should only be done when breeding or when brumating. They should be separated after.
"imagine being eaten before you can't even scream"
(._.) lord why am i on this earth if not to suffer the same fate as it
Imagine being eaten before you can even scream..
honestly i think i’d rather be eaten before i got the realization to be able to scream so it’s not as bad😂
Yes, day old pinky mice can scream. Well, it is more of a high pitch terrified series of panicked squeaking. It is not for the faint of heart to hear...
I think the funky looking black scale spot was probably an infected rat bite, makes the most sense to me, I would have thought burn at first but burns usually scale longways not in a small area
The fact that I once had an internship at a petstore and the owners fed the snakes live mice, because "The vitamins and nutrients are all still fresh and it's the best for the snake"
Nice to hear you speak on “the race to the bottom” for animal prices. It seems to be going similarly for many industries. I’m not well versed on reptile sales but lots of people want horses for $2-4k when the stud fee alone costs that much or more. Doesn’t include the other breeding costs as well or profit margins. Makes my brain hurt.
I posted a vid of our black kingsnake absolutely loving our rug and someone told me that it would hurt the snake and stress it out 🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️ found her yelling at someone else for having a snake on a blanket
“imagine getting eaten before you can even scream” PLEASEEE
there is a way you can rescue animals from petsmart... it's just not exactly legal
I hope you are doing better financially, you are probably my favorite youtuber right now😁
‘Imagine getting eaten before you can scream’ hahahahaha I’m dying
The only true "rescue" from a Petsmart is shoplifting
i hate when people say they rescue animals. you aren't rescuing anything when you buy it from a store. its a horrible word to use for that
Imagine being eaten before you can scream 😂😂 Best thing ever
I know someone who’s dog has terminal cancer and it’s her dog that she’s had since it was a puppy and her parents went and got a new puppy before the dog even died. They even said they had to replace the dog.
I used to work in a local exotic pet store where.i had to live feed our snakes. Day old pinkies can definitely scream
Oh god..
As a new corn snake owner im so glad i'm none of these. So many people get corns on a whim, but i was worried after doing a mound of research ^^'
Mikko just chillin' eating his mice tho. very happy. And growing well! Thanks for being a part of my research into looking after him!
What morph is he?
I don't understand why people want scaleless reptiles.
I mean, I have a sandfish skink. He is super slippery and really fast, and it is HELL any time I need to take him out to give him a checkup. His scales scratch really easilly too, and he is very easilly stressed and if there is anything to hurt himself on in the terrarium, he will do it like within minutes!
So whyyyy would anyone want scaleless? The very thought gives me anxiety. It is hard enough when they just have sensitive scales.
I have a scaleless corn snake (not acquired intentionally, but a breeding program drop-out that needed a home). There's really nothing about him that is inherently more worrisome or fragile. I am careful about really scratchy or pokey decorations, but it's not because I think he'd press his body hard enough against anything that he'd hurt himself (I mean, why would he, scaleless snakes can definitely still feel pain) but because I worry about his still somewhat skittish nature and him hitting something if he wanted to move very quickly. Not a huge concern, and it's really the only precaution that I have to specifically take for him. He still explores, climbs, burrows, etc.
I really don't know how I feel about them being bred for that trait alone, but it's not as dangerous to the animal as, say, some of the morphs with neurological effects.
@@emchelle hmm how does that work? How can his skin be the same as a normal snake?
@@Sharpclaw2000 Skin is different from scales, but his skin is not dangerously delicate or fragile. I've lived with him (and his scaleless sister) for years with nary a scratch on either of them, despite enclosures with lots of different textures and enrichment options. Scaleless corns do still have belly scales, and usually scales around their mouth and nostrils, so the lack of scales on their backs and sides has no real impact on their normal behaviors.
As I said in another comment, I think scaleless snakes would probably be less tolerant of really dangerous or shitty enclosures, but this has been an observed mutation in adult wild snakes, so any captive environment safe enough for a scaled snake would be safe enough for a scaleless snake.
@@emchelle aha so basically, they are more sensitive but, if kept in captivity that shouldn't be a problem? :)
@@Sharpclaw2000 That's been my experience :-) I don't really understand the desire to breed exclusively for this trait, but our two scaleless corns are really sweet examples of how active and engaging corn snakes can be.
I have two rescued female cornsnakes who are co-hab because they had spent their entire lives together (they're both ~11 now) and were rescued together as well. Despite my two girls doing really well together & becoming noticeably confused and irritable when separate, I would never EVER recommend to co-hab corns. Their spatial requirements are so manageable even when they're full grown, so there really aren't any good excuses to try and co-hab two or more corns who have already been solitary. If it weren't for my corns being both female with their background and as old as they are, I would've gone through a lot more trouble insisting they were separated.
Bio active doesn’t mean it from outside. The point the person is making is valid. Captive bred bugs are fine but random ass ones from outside CAN hurt your snake.
People in the rat community routinely think their saving rats by buying feeders but their just dooming another rat to die because they can’t accept that snakes can’t go vegan
Wait you’re telling me that the vegans are now trying to turn snakes VEGAN what the actual hell??!!?!
@@unidentifieduser10 not all vegans. Like anything there are always people who go to the extreme. I am vegan and so are many people I know, but none would feed their carnivorous animals plants.
@@lukerobinson5070 oh No that’s what I meant lol it’s always a minority of a not bad thing that make it bad, some people just don’t know when to stop
I think its funny how people think you can't love both, too. I actually have a feeder rat I bought for my snake. I generally feed frozen, but he hadn't eaten for a while and I was worried. But this fucking rat actually licked me as I picked her up to feed him. I know it's the circle of life, I've fed him live once before, but she was so friendly I just couldn't do it. I bought her a sister. She lives in a giant homemade cage in my office now. We snuggle a lot. Yes, I am too soft.
You should look at your own sub! There is some cool stuff there
Go herping: reptiles are too cheap
my $220 austrailian water dragon: ...
10:20 ish. The only way I'd call it a petsmart rescue, is if they pulled the snake out of the dumpster like I've seen other people do with various animals.
true. sometimes stores will give away almost-dead animals for free too
@@GoHerping at least they don't make people pay for them I guess🙄🤦♀️🤷♀️
It’s always morally ok to shoplift from Petsmart
I wish I could look at reptile Reddits without them all being “is it dying? Idk I found it outside help I’m completely incompetent and I’m not gonna do anything about the animal’s health other than complain”. Like please, tell me about your animal, it’s personality and what it likes to do. Stop using Reddit to babysit your animal.
My local mini zoo keeps 3 or 4 corn snakes together... I've always found that weird, especially when they say you shouldn't do that on their website :D
I worked at a pet shop and had a corn snake try to eat one it was cohabited with. Both died not a great experience.
I’ve always been amazed by the price of snakes in the US. I’m Brazilian and here the snake’s prices begin on 7,000 reais. I’m not kidding. + the fact that only a couple species are legal to buy here, like some boas, some ball pythons, sometimes sand boas. It’s rare to find breeders too.
“I think we can take some things too far” says the guy who fakes people out with chainsaw unboxing videos >.>
When my old female leopard gecko was dying, her partner (still alive to this day) layed on top of her, as if trying to warm her cooling down body up... He only eventually left when her heart stopped beating... so yeah, reptiles can show love and attachment and You can cohabit them.... but these are few and far between and most reptiles are solitary by nature and should not be kept in pairs or groups... unless they are garter sneks, but yeah, garters =/= corns, that was probably a bad idea. My ball python lady likes to be left alone 99% of the time, but when the 1% happens, she's super explorative, curious and trusting of me and my father (the 2 ppl she feels the most comfortable around), at times begging to be let out if her (quite big, just enough for a snake of her species and size, with 2 comfortable hides she loves more than I love pepperoni pizza XD) terrarium, she actively searches for either of us and actually shows at times she kinda likes to be pet (when in "ok, I'll tolerate touch and not slither away" mood XD) She once had a "clash" with my father, when she was still pretty much a hatchling, but she quickly realises he means no harm and got used to his pressence too XD Reptiles are really far more complex than ppl give them credit for. Sure, You can't expect them to think like a cat or dog would, but when You'll learn how reptiles think and process informations, they suddenly seem much more "advanced" than their evolutionary line actually is :-)
Bang on the money - how can a snake that’s considered “wild type” be sold for £5, £10 or £15… mental.
ur right about how FAST they are. my snake doesn’t move a lot, but one time i accidentally had orange peel oil on my hands when i went to touch him and he FREAKED out never seen him move so fast. 100mph
Baby pinkie mice can in fact scream. They usually.only do it when being munched alive, Idk if they'd scream when being squeezed or swallowed though
100% accurate about how they continue looking for food after eating...every single time I feed the little greedy lil piggies they spend at least half an hour looking for more.
10:42 is a favorite moment cause these types of jokes where the person knows not the best English (which is fine English is hard) but is trying to crack a joke and somehow their poor english makes it funnier. I love it.
I got my first snake from a chain pet store. At the time I didn't realize it was that bad, and I'm glad I got her, and she's been a perfect pet, but I'm never buying from a pet store again.
Am animal rescue near me had a Christmas special where it only cost $35 to adopt a dog or cat. They are a great rescue, but when I heard about that I was terrified for some of those dogs and cats. Also, why are tegus suddenly like $100? I agree that reptile prices should be higher.
I can honestly say the bullet hole in the gecko affected me much more than the prolapse...
I’ve always gotten a new puppy after one of my older dogs has passed away (I’ve lost 2 16 year olds this year due to heart disease) and I don’t feel like I’m replacing them. To me, it helps because I’m pouring my attention into another puppy and it makes the grieving process easier. I normally don’t do it with reptiles but that’s just me
Do you rescue them or smth?
my brother has like 4 snakes, all different species IN THE SAME ENCLOSURE. its a pretty big enclosure that they have, im pretty sure its about the size of a 6 year old (dont know the actual size so im just using that for demostration) and its so sad, one of there amazon tree boa's died and now just got a ball python to add to the collection of them, he sent me a picture and i think its a banana morph.
that looked like a nasty(possibly infected as a bonus) burn
“two cute little corn snakes just cuddlin” :)
if you don’t know i was just saying what alex said in the beginning
Ssssssweet home alabamassssss
"I'm not trying to convince you that I'm right (even if i am)" is my new life motto
The only problem my scaleless rat snake has is being a bitey little asshole whose shed looks like a used condom. He hates me as much as I love him.
I got my corn snakes 2 weeks ago. They are both 7 years old brothers who lived their whole life together in one enclosure. I obviously haven't seen how they acted before I got them but they seem to be doing just fine together. they share a very big enclosure with a lot of hiding spots. but most of the time they hang out together and often sleep tangled or on top of each other. That is also why the person I got them from asked me to not seperate them.
Oh boy I got nervous watching through this vid about a subreddit I frequented when I was an anxious new snake owner!
Deadbydaylight had their baby corn snake who died (butterscotch) regurge like 3 times iirc, it was pretty frustrating to read through in real time :( I ended up veering away from the subreddit because it would just constantly make me mald
He blamed it on feeding two pinkies and told everyone not to do that (which is obv a normal practice for growing snakes).. But the problem was that he fed the second pinkie a day after the first?? And he wouldn't understand what he did wrong
There's an aquarium here in wilmington that houses 2 corn snakes and 2 copper heads in like a 30 gallon tank together 🙄
I mean hopefully the corn snakes at the beginning where just in breeding
Isn’t a scaleless snake a worm. Why would you do that
Scaleless corns do still have belly scales, which is hugely important. Their care and keeping is virtually the same. I wouldn't go seek one out, but we adopted two of them and they are happy lil' babes.
"Imagine getting eaten before you can scream" .... Christ. XD
When one of my ferrets passed away I waited a couple weeks but, honestly getting a new one helped me cope and made it easier for my other ferrets too. I still miss my late baby and sometimes I have dreams when she’s still there, so I don’t think getting a new pet right away is replacing
Sorry about your ferret, I felt the exact same way. My dog died and I honestly felt kind of depressed after but once I had gotten my puppy she cheered me up and helped me a lot
i was just telling a friend how our puppy just regurgitated a whole uneaten hotdog so no dogs do not know when to stop eating nor how to chew, much like a snake, actually...
On the petsmart snake and wanting to rescue many rescue shelters have reptiles and there are reptile rescues
Snake discovery has frequently cited a research paper that claims that Garter Snakes actually cohabitate in the wild, but when I check the internet I get conflicting information.
Can anybody speak to the accuracy of that claim?
They're native to my area and often in groups. As far as I know they're one of the most social snakes
My sister’s snake will only take fresh killed mice/rats. It used to only eat live, it didn’t take her too long to get it on fresh killed. I don’t know if she is trying to get it to frozen thawed.
My opinion is, that at least one of the merch you sell is a plush of Potato, with a caption of 'Looks just like Potato, and moves just as much!' while being just a regular non moving plush.... Which means it will need some sort of disclaimer or something otherwise some people will complain that their Potato plush doesn't move.
Also sell on Amazon with international shipping so I can buy it. x)
Your voice is so soothing I could sleep while listening to you.
my college kept corn snakes together. they seemed ok. they were young so they might have planned to separate when older but i only went for the year cource
"Imagine being eaten before you can even scream"
I have to admit, I did once get a Petsmart ball python. It was so close to dead after never having eaten since it arrived that they gave it to me. The guy said... 'I've offered it so many thawed pinky mice, but it won't even look at them'.... So I took it home, put it into a nice dark quarantine tank, and happened to walk by with a live adult mouse a few minutes later. The poor scrawny snake went crazy. I dropped the mouse in to see if it would strike, even though it hadn't had time to get comfortable, and the mouse never landed it was snatched so fast. Suffice to say, the snake fattened back up nicely after being offered food of an appropriate size and heat, and quickly graduated from live mice to pre-killed/warmed weanling rats.
I think scaleless snakes look like……. Something wrong…..
I work at an exotic pet store and we recently raised our normal BP prices and its kinda crazy how upset people are with it. At least it keeps the impulse buyers away lol
I'm pretty sure you weren't actually asking, but yes, a day old pinky can scream.
They can squeal from the moment they're born, it's actually one of the main things that helps the mom know they're alive so she doesn't eat them.
A lot of people might say this sort of content radiates negative energy unbefitting of a animal focused channel, but really it's because a lot of us like animals, not people. Instead we like laughing at the stupidity of people inferior to us from time to time, am I wrong?
no, no, you've got a point
"inferior to us" christ the ego to think like that
@@chaunceyloveshack9530 everyone knows the worth of a human being is measured by their reddit posts /s
I got my bearded dragon for $34.99, 6 years ago... now their like $80-200 the reptile prices are going up at least
thought i’d just comment this as a canadian, but snakes are definitely not cheap here. even at pet stores a normal ball python is $150 at least, and same with corn snakes. my corn snake was a bit less, but she was from a pet store, and i paid $125 for her. i’m definitely not complaining because i think they’re worth it! but it’s crazy to me how different it is in canada vs america!
Ok, as far as cohabbing corns goes… like some other solitary as well as non solitary snakes have been shown to eat better when first hatched if put in duo’s or trios, corns in my experience are the same. But only as newborns and should be separated once both are taking food well. It seems to help them eat better in my opinion but again, only when first hatched and after a week or so should we separately housed. Also, they need to be supervised while eating to make sure one isn’t being dominant over the other. If one is a separation is in order.
Example of some snakes is garter snakes for social snakes and hognoses for non social as seen on snake discovery.
12:00 wha-what th-wh- I-I didn't expect to hear something so horrifying on a GoHerping video like JESUS WTF
I work at a petsmart where unfortunately we are required to follow a whole lot of outdated information per petsmart policy but alot of us at our petsmart bring alot to the store in the knowledge department, kind of the reason I'm here lol. The enclosures we have for cornsnakes aren't the largest so the snakes are in close proximity with each other, and I've seen them be pretty affectionate with each other, maybe the curling in balls with each other is a survival instinct for warmth because they are still babies, I've only met 2 aggressive cornsnakes, a few reclusive boys, but overall they are the sweetest snakes in my opinion. (Obviously I would prefer to have them separate from each other, this is out if my power) I should also mention that we never allow cohabitation when selling, they are solitary animals, but as babies I think they may have different temperaments than when they're grown and mature.
I rehomed 2 corn snakes that were 7 years old they had been cohabed since they hatched. Had no issue with them. They had a large viv with plenty hides in different areas. Although I always found them together in the same hide. The only issue I found when I first got them was if they were fed in the viv they could strike at each other after eating or go for the others mouse. I ended up feeding them outside the viv and then reintroduced them after 20 minutes and never had any issues doing it.
@@nightinggale6470 I do agree that handling a snake after feeding can increase stress and also increase the chance of regurgitation. If fed outside the viv correctly their should be no issues. Once fed I allow my snakes to go from the feeding container to their viv without touching them. I worked at an animal college for a lot of years and all their snakes were fed outside their vivs with no issues. It was done to reduce the chance of students being bit by snakes when removing them from their vivs.
@@nightinggale6470 personally I've only ever been bitten once from a snake and it was my own fault. I have owned and kept snakes and exotic pets for over 17 years and worked with them in my job for the past 9 years.
Worked at Petco and PetSmart. Please STOP buying them and calling it rescue. STOPPPP
Also when people complain about higher prices at chain stores. Yeah love it's appreciated by employees because it deters SOME impulse buys. Not enough though. I would make hamsters cost $100 in a heartbeat if people would quit shoving them into shoebox sized enclosures and neglecting the hell out of them. Reptiles should be like triple the current costs haha
I had two adult male corn snakes and they used to take turns humping eachother but never tried to hurt eachother. They were also in a 60gal tank with multiple hides, climbing branches, ect.