Baby corn snakes and kids
If your child is attracted by the idea of having a reptile as a pet,
then a corn snake would be the place to start. Corn snakes are known for
being the first snakes to be breed in captivity and they’re known for
being easy to care for. Baby corn snakes are particularly of interest
to kids because of their small size and color patterns. Corn snakes make
great pets because they are a very docile species, and most importantly
they’re not poisonous, as well as this they’re not known to bite very
often either. Having a reptile as a pet can prove to
be very informative for a young mind, since reptiles in general are
rather fascinating creatures. Having one as a pet would allow them to
observe the process of growth and development first hand while learning
various things about reptiles, their habitat and their life cycle. To
start with, hatchling corn snakes don’t need a very large tank or
aquarium, something in the range of twenty liters should suffice. Then,
when they move to being juveniles and adults they need to be moved into
a somewhat larger enclosure, something along the lines of 90 cm x 45 cm
x 45 cm will be a vivarium more than large enough for an adult. Despite
what you may have heard, when it comes to captive corn snakes you can
have too large of an enclosure and living in such tank will cause them
stress. In order to avoid subjecting your pet to stress your vivarium
should be somewhere around those dimensions, and you and your kids
should try to replicate the snake’s natural habitat within those
boundaries as well as you can. Make sure there are places where the
snake can hide, this is crucial to them living a natural life.
While caring for a corn snake, your kids will learn that the snakes as
well as all other reptiles can’t regulate their internal temperature as
mammals can, and this means that the enclosure will need to have a very
precise temperature control system which should allow the snake the
freedom of finding the right temperature. One of the things that your
kids will find very fascinating about snakes is the fact that they shed
their skin at somewhat regular intervals, especially when they’re young.
In this case, they tend to do it once every few months. This shedding
process is important because it allows the snake to shed any and all
parasites that may have been living on its skin. For this and a few
other reasons, baby corn snakes are great pets for kids. |
