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Hi, Newbie here with a couple of questions.

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Hi all,

I've recently purchased a baby amel corn snake from a local reptile dealer. It is about 35cm long and about 0.7cm in diameter. I am wondering how long it will take for it to reach adulthood and sexual maturity. I also will need to know how to tell whether this snake is male or female, since I intend to breed it when it is mature.

It's shed its skin a few hours ago, should I wait a few days before handling him/her, or will handling still be okay? I was told by the dealer that handing snakes from a young age helps them to become more friendly towards people in adulthood.

I'm completely new to having a snake, so I want to do the best I can in helping it to grow up healthily and happily.

My dad, who is also new to snakes, had purchased a breeding pair of Hognose snakes. The female is pregnant and he has followed the instructions of the dealer regarding setting up the incubator. Does he need to separate each snake into seperate snake boxes after the eggs have hatched, or is it okay for him to keep them together for a short while?

I know it's probably off topic for me to mention this here, but I also own a male Chilean Rose tarantula, a few flagtail coldwater fish and two Devon Rex cats.

Ciao,
Hellfire
 
Hellfire2010 said:
I've recently purchased a baby amel corn snake from a local reptile dealer. It is about 35cm long and about 0.7cm in diameter. I am wondering how long it will take for it to reach adulthood and sexual maturity. I also will need to know how to tell whether this snake is male or female, since I intend to breed it when it is mature.
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It depends on who you ask. I wait until the female is 3 years old and 2 for the male. If you could post a pic of the tail and vent someone could give you an educated guess as to the gender.


Hellfire2010 said:
It's shed its skin a few hours ago, should I wait a few days before handling him/her, or will handling still be okay? I was told by the dealer that handing snakes from a young age helps them to become more friendly towards people in adulthood.
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You can handle it after a shed, but should wait two day after a feeding to avoid stressing it out and causing a regurge.


Hellfire2010 said:
My dad, who is also new to snakes, had purchased a breeding pair of Hognose snakes. The female is pregnant and he has followed the instructions of the dealer regarding setting up the incubator. Does he need to separate each snake into seperate snake boxes after the eggs have hatched, or is it okay for him to keep them together for a short while?
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I'd keep them seperate. it makes it easier to determine which one did what. If you have a regurge and they are all together you won't be able to tell which one has the problem.
 
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