How To Handle Your Corn Snake | Tips Tricks & Guidelines 

I have a baby snake. I just got him today. He’s a little grumpy. I love him lmaooo

Seeing so many comments of beginners already knowing not to handle snakes during feeding periods is extremely reassuring. The best community around ❤

thank you sm i just got mine yesterday and i didn’t want to stress her out by holding her for too long!

I got my first pet corn snake yesterday, still a wittle baby. He's still adjusting to his new home, I can't wait to hold him. I held him at the pet store and he was very curious and calm. I hope the stress of moving didnçt chqnged that.

My mum said once I move I can get a corn snake and this is really really helpful to me because I was getting stressed about getting one and how to hold it and what it eats but I was mostly stressed about holding it and this helps so much! TYSM

Very helpful. Yours is the only one of MANY that I've watched about handling, that advises NOT handling them when they're babies or young juveniles. I only got my corn snake a few days ago. She's apparently about 4 months. In fact she looks just like yours. Anyway, I tried to get her out for the first time and she was terrified. Zooming all around her enclosure into various hides to get away. I was so nervous I was shaking too much to even try to grab her. Eventually, I gently "trapped" her against the side of the enclosure, into a small cricket pen that I had for a leopard gecko. The whole point was to feed her for the first time. (My pet store owner was one that advised feeding in a separate small tub and not in the enclosure). Once she was captured, I was delighted that she took the pinky mouse within just 30 seconds or so. After a few minutes, I just placed the whole tub/pen into her enclosure and left her alone to come out when she was ready. I'm actually an old guy who is ex military police and yet I was shaking like a leaf the whole time. So. You didn't need to know any of this but for your other viewers, I think your handling ideas and suggestions are great..i.e. Maybe not even try to handle when they're too young/small and be aware that they will pick up on your anxiety and nervousness. I couldn't believe the sheer speed at which she fled from me and new owners need to know this. Next time I'll really try to move slowly and calmly (easier said than done of course). Finally. What's your view on feeding in a separate tub as opposed to in their enclosure? Once again. Great advice and thank you.

I have an almost 2 year old Motley Corn Snake, Jafar and he loves to go behind his exoterra background as well. Lol

I knew I could trust this video when he started talking about energy!🧿

Omg the background thing! When my corn was just a baby I couldn't find her and turned over the whole enclosure. I didn't see any holes through which she could have escaped. Eventually, I pulled the enclosure from the wall and found her squished behind the foam! It's her absolute favorite spot but it is such a hassle to clean if she shits behind there :( I don't have the foam in the enclosure anymore because of that but I gave her the carton roll that's inside gift wrap and that seems to be a good compromise cause she can be squished and stretched at the same time just like behind the wall.

I got a baby corn snake about five days ago and he's doing good,when I first put him on his enclosure he wasn't stressed he was just exploring

bro you are the best love youre vids!

Most animals especially ones that have a bit of anxiety need time to acclimate to a new environment usually a couple weeks sometimes longer. I would wait for this time to pass before trying to handle your snakes. Him running away though is absolutely fine. He's going to have to learn that he can't just run away from you. If it works for him to get away every time he does run he'll run every time. The idea with snake handling is to move slow and always pick up from underneath the snake. Another tip is to move your snake into a large plastic tub container with a lid that has airflow. Give them half an hour to calm down. They are often easier to pick up after having time to calm down in a new confined space. Good luck boys!

Thanks for this! I’m looking into getting a corn snake as my first reptile and this video covers all that I needed to know about handling pretty well

I’m about to get a corn snake tomorrow and I’m so excited!

Just got a small female corn snake 2 days ago, thanks for the tips!

I have a baby corn snake and I just got her today. Thank you for this video!

Yesss thank u!!! This is what I have been searching for all night!!! It’s 6 am now 🤣 thank uuu even tho I don’t have a snake and I’m not planning on getting one bc my parents don’t like snakes I still search for this 👌

Thank you for covering baby corn snakes! I got one a week ago and the videos i came across only covered adults

I’m so exited to get my new corn snake! There are none in stock right now cause of how cold it is and how hard it is to ship them but I am very exited!

amazing! Thank you for sharing this experiece with us

"Baby noodles" name idea for snake = noodle

Just ordered an adult corn snake! Really excited.

Good shit bro! Subbed

thank you, this was very helpful !

I just picked up a corn snake named Jeffery so I can take care of him for the summer ^^ He’s a class pet, and he’s from a middle school, so random kids often bother him. I really like him and I honestly didn’t trust anyone else with him, so I decided that I wanted to volunteer to take him. And I got him! So I definitely needed some tips!

I’m binging your videos lol subscribed

Very informative, thank you brother.

This helps so much thank you so much

I’m getting a baby snake tommorow, tysm for the tips!

Thank you for this video👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

Got my rehomed corn snake today. Love her sm

Thanks helped alot of us out CORN SNAKES RULE 👍

Thanks for the informative video. Got a 4-5 month old ball, breeder handled his hatchlings alot and mine likes chilling with us its so cool now just need her to poop lol

I have an orange corn snake named Danny Dorito

Thank you this is helpful for my snake

I have a juvenile corn snake and she’s amazing let me hold her ever sense she was a baby and did so good. She the chillest snake i’ve ever met especially for a corn snake! I was so impressed with her behavior she’s the best and I love her🥰

Tysm I’m getting a snake soon so this helps a lot

I picked up our new Coen snake today. He is 3 years old with beautiful orange & red colours. I re-homed him from a reptile keeper I found online. He is booked into the closest reptile vet, just for a health check. When I transferred him over to his vivarium, he hissed at me so I took that as a warning & just let him get settled in. I did feed him tho, because he was due his feed yesterday, but his previous owner didn't want to feed him then, because he may vomit on the car journey to my house... He was very happy to get his mouse tho & gobbled it down, no trouble We aren't going to touch him for at least 2 days now so he can digest his meal. I am waiting till after he poops, that way I'll know for sure that he won't regurgitate for sure 😎👍

Great video 👍🏻

very useful

I just got a corn snake. She wasn't like abused or anything, but you can tell she is not used to human interaction at all. We're slowly working on it. She doesn't like me yet, but we are working on it. I haven't held her yet, but she's slowly getting better. She's a GREAT eater thankfully. She is a feisty little girl, and I love it! I fed her yesterday, and she was on it!! Struck HARD and even wrapped a little bit.

I keep coming back to this video every time she does something new when handling my baby corn snake literally jumped out of my hand today she's never done that before but now im going to just reduce handling from every week to just when I am changing water and feeding till she gets a bit bigger. I done stressed her out enough for me 😭😭. she's never bit or lunged at me so I dont wanna push her to that point of being that scared of me so I will chill out and let her be and just let her get used to me being around her enclosure so I put my study chair beside it to just get her used to me not being harmful and just chilling around her. Ive had her for about 2 months now before now handing hasn't been bad at all she's just been cautious before and didn't really move while handing up until today. I wouldn't want anyone to pick me up either while I am taking my nap 😅😅sorry Lady.

I have a 4 month old baby and shes litteraly the chillest snake ever, when shes an adult shes gonna be like the most chill snake that exists lol

Very helpful video

Ive got a baby corn snake, but im kinda scared of him lol. This really helped thanks

thanks, when u said that young snakes didnt like to be hold, i understood why she is scared when i pick her up

I was worried about handling my baby corn to much but he seems to not mind it he is always so calm flicking his little tongue ive been taking him out only once a day for 30 mins but I wait about two days to handle him after he eats Im so glad i made the decision to get one :)

ngl you kinda sound like faze rug, but in all seriousness I LOVE this channel.

I always wanted a corn snake and named them juicy pop when I was 6 I was amazed on how they flick there tongue and how they catch there prey I really wanted one but I need to make sure if there comfortable enough with it

I’m getting a 4 year old cornsnake tomorrow so this was super helpful thank you ❤️

thanks sooooo much

I have a baby snake and he is so Cailm and he is fine with handling he loves to explore and he’s so cute!

My son just got a caramel tessera corn snake that is 8 months old and the size of you baby snake. We were told that he was already used to being handled and didn't mind. I can tell you that he behaves like your older snake when be held. My sonand I will sit on the floor and let him branch on his own from one to another. He doesnt twitch or look like he is stressed.

i have a young corn snake i’ve had it a year and six months. i still have yet to find out its gender. your video was very helpful

Very helpful thank you 🩵

The approach is what I find difficult. Soon as a I touch mine, it slithers away very fast and scares me a bit, so I have the hook and sometimes after taking her out with that she calms down a bit, but still looking for tips n tricks and ways to help myself get more comfortable as well as the snake

Thank you I have a 2 and a half month old albino corn snake and I worry about holding her wrong

Whenever I hold my corn snake 2 times a day about 5 minutes each time or 10

is a 20 gallon good for a baby corn snake? and then obviously upgrade the size when it gets bigger

What are your opinions on basking lights

Hi! I have had my cornsnake for about two years now. I handled her more often while she was a baby and juvenile. Since more of an adult, she has been more dormant to hide and such. So I have not handled my snake for a few months now as I just come in to change water, feed or clean the vivarium as needed without bothering her. I am patient when it comes to the handling, and will only do it based off her body language. Is there a chance that my cornsnake no longer wants to be handled as I have not handled her in a long while, or would she still warm up to me if I was to handle her the same way I always have? With patience and time considered ofc. FYI, she has never ever bit me.

When I go to open my corn snakes tank, he runs to his hide. Is it okay to lift the hide and grab him or is that way too stressful for him? 😅

When you say babies how old. My corn snake is 5 months old. Should I leave him longer other than changing the substrate until he is older.

Just got a baby black motley corn snake he is so cute he is so called I just feel him for the first time he eats so well

I have a 5 month old baby corn. She is so Sweet but so flighty when i am handling her. I‘m handling her only once a week because I don‘t want to stress her out. Should i handle her more or should i be patient and wait for her to grow up? Amazing video. Thanks for the tips. Greetings Form Germany

Ik this is a old video but I have a sub adult that’s looks like she wants to bite me and always running any tips on how to calm her down

I just took in a 2-3 yr old corn snake, he is very defensive and was never handled by his previous owner. How do I gain his trust? He always strikes/blood-draws, tail rattles, and chases my hand each attempt I make to handle.

I'm looking for my first snake!

I've just bought a 4yr old corn snake im trying to hold him but he won't come oit of his habitat i don't know what to do

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what size are your tanks for a corn snake

What shall I feed my baby corn snake? As a mice is to big?

What kind of corn snake is Mr Cruz ? I have the same one and have been trying to identify him

HII!! you kept saying to let them grow but how long would that take? i love snakes but i sadly don’t have any experience with them. how long will it take for them to be chill and mature?

alsooo how long do they shed for & do their bites hurt? i’ve dealt with a few corn snakes but none have bit me no matter how nervous i’ve been :( so i’m wondering if it’s just some that bite?

Love the handcuffs :D that was cute

I have sweaty hands and my snake sticks to my palms, is there anything i could do to stop my hands from being so clammy and make handling more comfortable for my snake..?

So how do I fully tame my baby ultra Mel morph corn snake he's only a baby like a long worm ?

I have a 1 year old charcoal corn snake and she is very shy every time I go to rub her she tries to bite me.is it because she is getting use to her new encloser or just she is only here two weeks she just wants to hide all the time do you have any advise

It has taken me 6 months to tame my corn snake I'm still a little iffy picking him up from his hide and use a glove, But take the glove off immediately after and you see him calm right down. The slower they move the more relaxed he is. He used to poop on me when I held him. Now I can walk around the house holding him and he just lays on my arm looking down. My ball pythons were way different tamed in weeks, to the point of knowing I'm not food.

I need advice I got a masque corn male yesterday I fed him a XL mouse today. I went to touch him not handle as I know his food is digesting and his went toward my hand slowly and his tongue was flicking was he going to bite me or exploring?

I got a corn snake/rat snake he is 3 years old and a few months but sometimes I always show my hand to him but even then when I try to pick him up he just moves away

When I try to take out my baby corn snake from the back end of her she just tries to get away and then I feel like it's stressing her out. Can you or have you made a full video on how to hold them. Also great vid 👌

Who else here is a mom that got talked into taking care of a snake for their child to look at🤣 I just fed our baby corn snake for the first time! I can’t wait to hold him in a couple of days!

What if your baby snake coils up and lunges at you? I assume that means he’s stressed so I leave him alone but I also know I need to get him use to handling.

I’m getting a pet male corn snake for my birthday so I’m doing a bunch of reaserch

do you recommend getting a female or male corn snake? is one more active than the other or are they the same, if you know.

Any time i hold my snake it just trys to slither away as fast as he can he is just a baby but he wont stay still so do you have any tips

how long do we have to wait until we can carry them if we just got them and they’re babies ?

i just got a baby albino corn and i can’t tell the gender how can i tell?

I had a friend selling me one of her 10 year old corn snake. We're still getting to know each other but it's fun. When I take him out he is usually hiding in his cool spot all curled up so I just grab him like the big pretzel that he is and hold him firmly against my chest and he just chills there there for like 20-30 minutes, only adjusting himself once in while if I move or cough or breathe in his face. I call it the pretzel pose. He rests over my heart and moves with it. I almost fall asleep. But the other night he got agitated a bit and went up to super fast and rolled himself loosely around my neck and stayed there. He was calm but I could feel him get tighter every expiration of mine and when I had a fit of cough(I have asthma) he constricted all at once. I took him off my neck before he choked me but he was hard to undo! I didn't want to hurt him. I was holding himmid body and he kind of projected his head really fast towards my face. he never opened his mouth though. Anyways. I put him back in his terrarium and he was restless in there. He is usually quite lazy and goes back in his cool spot quite fast when I put him back. He just kept going around on every surface, entering in his cool spot and lifting it with his head then coming back out and going all over the place again and again. He did not seem able to settle. he eventually did after being hyperactive for at least 90 minutes in his enclosure. Took him out two days later and he was back to his normal. Today as well.

i have a question if you do put it on your arm and it goes on your clothes do you need to wash the clothes to not get sick

When I open my snakes tank he always comes out of his hide and starts looking around and I'm not sure If that's because he's stressed or just super curious

I just got in anery at least 3.5 feet any pointers on substrates she loves to dig the one ur holding at the beginning

Is there any difference if my snake is older? (she's 8) Like do I have to handle her differently of the same as your male snake? I just don't want her stressed and stuff

Hard not emit anxious energy when your anxious tho?? 😂😂

Today, I held a Python! ( It was a Baby One though, ) They we’re so cute and his name is monty, soon I’ll get a pet snake too, ( it’s prob a hognose or a CornSnake

Do you have tips on how to calm your snake before taking her out? Just got mine today and she always tries ‚biting‘ me when i come too close

Hey can do please let me know how to handle my corn snake, he always tries to bite me when I go to hold him, so I just don’t hold him ! But I want to !!!

“Tiny little noodles.” Love it :D