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Thank you for visiting Cornsnake.co.uk, please use this website to find various information about these beautiful snakes. I myself have had the pleasure to have owned several snakes in the past, including Corn snakes, Milk & King snakes, Jungle Pythons, Batwing Boa's and Royal Pythons (also known as ball pythons due to the way they curl up in to a tight ball!)
Corn snakes are found in the eastern United States, from southern New Jersey south through Florida, west into Louisiana and parts of Kentucky. However, Corn snakes are most abundant in Florida and the south-eastern U.S. Corn snakes may be found in wooded groves, rocky hillsides, meadowlands, woodlots, barns, and abandoned buildings.
Adult Corn snakes do not usually feed every day, instead they feed every few days, feeding on mice, rats, birds and bats, while hatchling & young Corn snakes tend to feed on small lizards and tree frogs. Corn snakes are constrictors and they feed by biting their prey in order to obtain a firm grip, then they quickly wrap one or more coils of their body around their victim, they then squeeze tightly until the prey suffocates. The snake will then swallow the food whole, usually head first. However, Corn snakes have also been observed swallowing small prey alive.
In captivity, Corn snakes are fed mainly on mice, rat pups and chicks. As with most other species of snake, they will eat food of a proportional size to them selves, so an adult will eat adult mice, while a baby will eat baby mice.
Corn snakes are not an endangered species. However, they are listed by the state of Florida as a Species of Special Concern because they face habitat loss and destruction in the lower Florida Keys. Corn snakes are often mistaken for copperheads and killed. Corn's are a very popular breed of snake due to their pleasant nature and ease to keep, and are frequently bred for pet purposes, however, they are also sometimes captured in the wild to be sold as pets. Corn snakes help to control rodent populations that may otherwise spread disease.
The life span of a Corn snake is up to 23 years in captivity,
but is generally much less in the wild.