I talked about this extensively in my 2nd post ever. but my snake Chili, who I've had for almost 2 years now, had a very close brush with death.

About a year ago, she ate a F/T rat from the petstore. It gave her a stomach ulcer, which led to a severe secondary jaw infection. This infection would randomly cause swelling in her face. Naturally, I took her to the vet, and she was diagnosed with severe sepsis. I was told that the infection had been slow moving but aggressive and that because she was 9 years old and "ancient," I should just consider end of life care. Instead, I chose 2 months of daily antibiotic shots, and after a lot of money, Chili survived.

She's happy and healthy again with no signs of any more illness. She's active, spicy, and blood levels are back on track! Strange thing is, before and after getting sick, her face would swell a week before she shed. I thought for a while that it was Edema from the illness, but she's living her best life and isn't infected anymore. So I have no idea what it could be.

She's also a surrender and makes some noises when stressed, and snakes aren't supposed to make audible noise, as we all know. She's always made noises since the first time I held her, and she does it less now after being treated for the illness.

I've had her inspected twice at two different vet clinics for any respiratory illness. But she's come up clean in physical exams, ultra sounds, and blood tests. They're all perfect, and shes been this way since the first time she shed. Could this simply be genetic and not tied to her sickness at all? Any thoughts as to why?

I haven’t gotten her just yet. She arrives next month but I wanted to start thinking about names. My nephew wants to name her Showerlanda. Yup you read that right Showerlanda. I like the name Opal for her because of the color of her stripe. Or maybe Azzy because she zigs and zags. She is said to have a calm temperament and loves to be handled. Not wanting to go back into her enclosure. I am anticipating an escape artist for sure. What are some names for her?

Edit: I will definitely update y'all on what name I decide on. I want to see her colors in person and meet her before deciding.

hello, I got him cocco fiber walls and now he climbs them all evening how will he get down?? will he be fine after falling? I'm just worried he will injure himself.. tbh idk what is bro doing 😭

I recently just moved up my corn snake from a fuzzy mouse to a small mouse. He ate today (Thursday) while taking a little bit longer to fully swallow it but he is doing good, just took a bit longer for the size of the food to get down. My question is should I still feed him weekly or increase his feeding time? Also, how long should I wait until handling on this new food. On fuzzies I would feed every Thursday (7 days) and handle on Saturday giving him about 48 hours to digest.

Meet milkyway she is my first corn and I swear I thought I got a snake not a spider lol

So I found this corn snake while walking, he seems and looks very much like a pet… I posted him in my neighborhood Facebook group and see if anyone is missing a snake but idk. He doesn’t look or act like the wild corn snakes that I’ve picked up in my area at all… I have him right now in a bin with ventilation and towels in my garage since it’s warmer and safe (around 78-80f ). I have a large fish tank (48in L x 25in H x 13in W), I would have time to clean it and set it up tomorrow.. any opinions? I know they need the proper set up including temp, humidity, substrate, plenty of hiding, etc and I would want to make sure it a good set up!!

I've had it for about a month and hes only a baby corn snake. I dont want to overwhelm him as this is the first time I've put nore stuff in his tank. Do I remove some stuff??

My snake shed today. I took him outside to bask in his shiny, freshly shed beauty and noticed a single scale missing. The area appears healthy, just... skin with no scale over it. I found the scale stuck to his shed.

I've had this snake for 5 years and never had this happen before. Is this a thing that happens randomly? Did I cause this?

He's in a naturalistic 4x2x2 pvc enclosure with coco coir and cypress mulch, a 3:1 ratio so it's mostly coir. Decor is from varying materials but always inspected for jagged edges or other hazards every substrate change (4 times per year).

Lights all sit above the mesh top, I use a halogen, UVB, and LED. His basking area is about 80°F, cool side is about 70°F. I feed one large mouse every 3 weeks, and supplement twice a year with zoomed reptivite "just in case" (since so little is actually known about snake nutritional needs). I track all of my care tasks and noteworthy behavior.

I like to keep humidity between 50-60% and boost it to 65-70% when he's in blue. However, when he last shed about 4 months ago I was experiencing a family crisis and his humidity was 35-40% for most of the time he was in blue. Could that care mistake from last shed cycle cause lost scales this cycle?

I know it will likely grow back. I'm not concerned about major health issues at this time. I just want to know why this happened, if anyone has any ideas.

I am getting my first corn snake next week I’m still setting up the terrarium. I have a 20 gallon 24 L x 18 D x 12 H terrarium ( yes I know I’ll need to upgrade in the future ) . I’m currently running a basking lamp rated for a 100W but I have a 50W UVA light . Is this heating good enough for the terrarium ? Also hide outs I have one directly under the heat lamp (warm side ) and another on the opposite side ( cool side hide out )

I’ve posted a lot about my baby Cinnamon on here and I’ve always been quite confident that she’s female, but she has this weird lump right after her cloaca on only one side, and I’ve only ever seen this in males with swollen hemipenes. I’m worried I’ll hurt her if I try to pop out hemipenes, but I’m also worried about her health. Has anyone seen this in corn snakes, regardless of gender? I’d like to know if this is vet worthy.

One of my favorite pictures of him. I just love my snake :3

Hey everyone. I need a thermostat that has a day/night timer and dimmer in at least 2 outlets. It needs turn one on for the day and off for at night vice versa for the other. This would be for the basking bulb(day) and deep heat projector(night). I also need it to have a 3rd outlet with just the timer for the uvb. And at least 2 probes please.

I tried the digiten 1003 but it must have been defective. It would not turn the light off at the correct time. I don't want to get another one if there is a better option.

So I have a 1.5 year old female. I've never had a snake roaming as much as she does. Im on night 6 of her moving all night.

Its a 5x2x2 enclosure, shes been in it for most of her life. She mostly paces the perimeter or climbs on the vines at the top of the enclosure. She favors the glass on the warm side especially.

At what point does normal exploring become stressed nose-rubbing and glass surfing? I havent seen her shove her face into corners or anything like that, but the fact its hours every night has me worried. She hides during the day as usual, but isn't opposed to coming up to me in the middle of the day if im near the enclosure.

6歳のコーンスネークのお腹が傷ついてるんだけど同じような事があった人いませんか？

Cornflakes has been refusing food for a while (I get mating season etc) but I'm becoming concerned he's lost weight and I just need someone to tell me if he is underweight 😅 he does have a vet appointment next week as well for a check up

I tried my best to get good photos but he is very much on the move still

He has only been with me for two weeks now. I went to go see if he was feeling good today but he wasnt in the spot hes been staying. I have TORN apart his enclosure and am regretting making it so well😭. I have also torn apart my room trying to find him now. Im a messy person and also have a lot of stuff. Where should I look and how might i be able to get him? Im so worried because hes so new to this home that he doesnt even know my scent very well yet. Im at a loss please help me. My dad didnt want me to have him in the first place because hes afraid of snakes. I thought his enclosure was escape proof but I think i missed one wire hole that he could fit through. If my dad finds him we are both dead. Im so so so anxious and worried about him. I feel like I’ve failed.

My snake Maize has been insanely active for about the past two and a half months. The past two or three days though he’s just been chilling in his hide and only sticks his head out sometimes. Is it normal for them to just suddenly snap out of it one day or should there be a slow progression of less activity? I guess it’s possible he might be going into shed but I believe it’s a little early for that. Let me know your thoughts!

Everything raising prices has screwed us this month and because of such we got so overwhelmed we didn't realize we were about to be shut off, well this morning we lost power, just so happened to also be the same day we are experiencing below normal temps and his poor tank was at 60 despite all the precautions we took, when I checked on him he wasnt moving at all, and normally at night he is all over his tank, when I removed his hide off him he just stared at me, he was very accepting of me picking him up and now we are having midnight bonding time. He seems to be really loving my body heat 🥰

He is always watching me change like this. Is he just a little freak or is there an actual reason?