Corn Snakes (Elaphe guttata guttata):
Wow!
Corn snakes!
NO ONE HAS THESE.
Just kidding.
Great snake for beginners.
Easy to care for and feed.
These guys are found all throughout the southeastern United States.
They get up to around 4 ft. long.
Their diet in the wild can be lizards, rodents, fish, frogs and bats.
They thrive just fine on mice and rats in captivity.
I have a 3.4
ratio (♂.♀)
of these babies, and they give me plenty of offspring each year.
I’m still usually sold out of them by December or January, though,
because a local retailer likes to buy my stock.
(He knows quality when he sees it – ha-ha.)
I breed snows and amels. All of my amels. are also het for snow. I never have any trouble getting these guys started on mice. They take to pinkies right away. I’ve never had any of my corns bite me (except maybe when they’re just hatchlings, but even then I can’t recall a specific time a corn snake has bitten me). Their demeanor, attractive colors and ease of care make them good pets.
(Amel. pictured on top; Snow pictured on
the bottom – washed out a bit by the flash.)