My corny corn corn snake NIKKO!

[College fishman]

So i finally got my new corn snake, and my GF named him/her Nikko i just got Nikko today and im not exactly sure if nikko is a guy or girl. more research to be done haha

here are some pics of Nikko.

(Not me, my friend casey)

Nikko is in a 10 gal right now. i have a 29 long for her when she is bigger.

isnt he/she a beaut! (just a temp home btw, i have a nice plan for nikko in the future, aka 2 weeks)

 

[vlcek81]

Great looking Corn! i just got one 3 days ago, still no name yet....

 

[College fishman]

thanks, i was going to get a baby, but i was worried it wouldnt eat cause it wouldnt take a pinky in the store.


and i just fed nikko and he ate in seconds! it was exciting haha

 

[vlcek81]

Yea, i think its fascinating how they open their mouths like that. Mine is only about 10-12 in and seems to stay in his hide all the time.

 

[College fishman]

when they get older they are less scared. i just fed nikko again, and he ate like a champ. its weird though, he shakes his tale like a rattle snake and when it hits anything, it makes a rattle noise. sooo freaky haha


my BP is really chill compaired to nikko, but i love nikko none the less

 

[vlcek81]

Ye i heard corns tend to be rather fast moving when your holding it, mine just moves nice and slow then chills wrapped around my hand. Hope he stays that way when full grown

 

[College fishman]

yea nikko is chill, he does move around a lot though. my ball python is SUPER chill. she is really really nice too

 

[andyjs]

its weird though, he shakes his tale like a rattle snake and when it hits anything, it makes a rattle noise. sooo freaky haha

I believe it's actually a mimicry defense type of thing. In the wild, they do it in dry grass or leaves and it causes predators to back off thinking they have cornered an actual rattler. At the store where I used to work, we always fed the snakes in big paper bags and the corns always did that. It was pretty cool

 

[College fishman]

haha my GF was freaked out by it haha. but i read up on it and my research said to jsut handle the snake like normal and itll grow out of the shaking