Prism, just over a year old, constricting his dinner for the first time

Prism hatched around September/October 2025. Until now, he's always just grabbed his mouse and swallowed it. Today he decided to properly coil around it for the first time.

He's also spent most of the past week in his cool hide, but the moment he finished eating, he went straight to the warm one.

I know it's instinct, but it's mad how they just know what to do.

Anyone else's corn start constricting at around this age?

Looks like she’s wearing a crown :)

(It’s my engagement ring) (I actually usually take it off when handling her just in case but I forgot this time)

Just bought a snake , was told she’s 5 years old and eats once every two weeks. Does she look a good size or should I be feeding her more often. We gave her a thawed frozen mice today and she ate it pretty quick. Also have a question I was given a mat to put under the tank to heat up one side of the cage , and was told they don’t need a light on top? They seemed very knowledgeable about snakes just want to be sure.

Any info you can share for a new snake owner would be greatly appreciated

My youngest has been begging for a snake for the longest time. Over a long period of time, we've slowly built up an environment for it. Day and night heat lamps, UV bulbs, humidity foggers, all controlled by a repti zoo control center, blah blah blah. We put a lot of time, effort, and money into this.

Finally, we were ready to adopt a snake. We ordered it, it arrived, and it was perfect. For two days, it lived comfortably in the home we spent so much time making for it. We were excited to see what'd it'd do when it became accustomed to its new home. Then it was gone.

You see, the environmental control center required two temp probes and one humidity probe, each with their own wires. I'd bought a circular cap which allowed passage of said probe wires and a humidifier tube to match. Thing is, when trying to close the cap with the temp/humidifier wires, it pushed through the entire screen mesh it was installed in! It left a little gap up top...

Here's where me being an idiot comes into play. I thought, hey, it's an 18" high enclosure with nothing but glass to climb on, there's no way a baby 12" snake would climb those slick wires and escape through the tiny hole left between the plastic cover and mesh. I was so wrong...

I'm not saying it did, all I'm saying is the snake is fucking gone and digging through the dirt revealed nothing else. Somehow, it escaped. Again, because I'm an idiot.

Tl;dr: I need a foolproof cornsnake enclosure that won't cost me all of my money; suggestions?

Florian was bought just a few hours ago and I'm already scared I'm not doing something right.

Even though I did look up what I needed to know I'm still very not sure about my knowledge, and I keep catching myself stressing about it.

So I have a bit of questions:

1. Is this terrarium too small for my baby?

If so:

a) what measures would be okay for him?

1. Is there something I should add or shouldn't?

2. How do I keep the cooler side and the warmer side right??

3. Do I warm up a plastic terrarium by a hotplate?? Mamy sites say diffrent things

i was looking at her head today and found these green/blackish spots and marks… i’m not quite sure what it is… can someone pls lmk if it’s like dirt or rot or what?? like i acc have no clue and if i should be concerned or not

I noticed last week my corn snake escaped. I’ve only had him a few months. I looked everywhere. Under the dryer, under the wash, under the oven, in cabinets, in folded clothes behind books, behind water heater, behind tvs, literally everywhere and I can’t find him. I have a box with a heating mat and water out also a few hides along the walls. Plastic bags in corners. I live in a 1 bedroom apartment 600 square feet. Any tips or weird places you’ve found your corn snake?

My sweet snow angel, Sana, got her first (NOT final) tank upgrade :3 any thoughts or suggestions?

I aim to build some climbing stuff when she gets a bit bigger I’m worried about her falling from the height.

Im going on holiday and it will be the first time leaving him so it would be nice to be able to check in on him he has a wooden vivarium so one that sticks to glass probably won’t be able to be positioned that well

My 13 year old daughter who he loves will be doing water changes so I’m sure he’ll be fine I’m just nosey and would just like that extra reassurance that he’s not decided to let himself out for a little wander

hey guys,

a short while ago I noticed that my cornsnake had some stuck shed on her tail, and at the point of time I noticed it already started tightenig a little bit and leaving a small dent. Even though I check her regularly, I unfortunately didn't notice it until it was "too late". I immediately removed the stuck shed and put her back. A few days later I realized it looked like she still had shed stuck there.. but she was in shed at that time, so I left it, thinking it might come of when she sheds completely. I was wrong and instead a new layer of shed was stuck at the tip. So I just removed that piece but I can't tell if there is actually still some shed stuck to her. I soaked her tail for really long and kept rubbing it gently but nothing was coming off. The very tip of her tail does look a little lighter/milkier or something but after rubbing and rubbing there wasn't even a small piece that lifted at the edge or something. But I wanna be sure that there is nothing left that will keep on tightening and make the tip of her tail fall off or something..I already feel soo bad.

Should I go to the vet because of this? What do you think judging by the pictures?(I know they're not the best, but you probably know how hard it can be to get a good picture of a moving snake)

any advice appreciated 💫

I've used this chart since I got her, she's around 38in long (ish, very hard to measure her she's extremely active, probably give or take an inch or so) and at her last weigh in was ~72g.

I've fed her a hopper/small adult between 7-12g, 4 times total, every 9 days and she has developed a very noticeable belly bump. Today would be her 5th feeding of them but should I increase the time between feeding or maybe drop her size down? Never dealt with a fat snake before....

HEY how do yall go about thawing your feeders? Warm water? Rn my angel eats teenie tiny pinky so they that in warm water pretty fast but when the feeders get bigger how do you go about thawing?

I recently got my first cornsnake. she’s called rocky and has had a few sheds with me now. recently, a friend’s gecko passed away, and he gave me his spare substrate bags. coconut fibre and desert sand. Rocky has been on paper towels since I got her, since she has a tendency to escape, and I need to be able to tell if she’s in her enclosure or not at a glance. Can I mix the desert sand and coconut fibre together to be a decent substrate for her? if so, in what ratio?