I took in a corn snake rescue on Sunday. As the title says, oddly enough this is the first one I've kept. I've been in this hobby for almost 13 years now, but I've never been all that interested in corns.
She (by my best guess based on a couple tries at palpitating) came from a relative of a friend who is afraid of snakes and I wish she would have contacted us about her months ago instead of trying to keep her.
This poor little girl is very emaciated, but very alert and seems to have a good temperament (much better than our 2 cali kings...). The last inch of her tail also had what looked like 2 layers of stuck shed, which I promptly took care of after her initial, very mild, chlorhexidine soak. She's settling into quarantine nicely and has already taken a meal for me with no issues. Once I get another meal or two in her I'll be treating for internal parasites, just to be safe.
So long as her temperament stays the same, I think I'm going to have her be "my daughter's" first snake. She's only 3 so obviously she won't really be caring for her yet, but she absolutely loves my largest boa. The only issue there is that girl has broken the 6' mark, so she's getting a little too large for my daughter to handle/hold, even with my assistance. I figure a "well behaved" corn is a good place to start for her and will be something she can handle more or less on her own (with supervision, of course) and grow into taking care of herself.
Anyway, I believe she's just a standard amel, but she is pretty and seems quite gentle.
I'll update this thread with her progress as she regains weight and I work with her more.
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