Corn Snakes: The Comprehensive Owner's Guide

The must-have guide for corn snake owners!

• General information on corn snakes that any aspiring herpetologist will want to know
• Acquiring your corn snake and what to look for to ensure your new snake is healthy
• Housing requirements including substrates, shelters and hide boxes, humidity, heating, and more
• Feeding information, including frozen rodents, commercial diets, vitamin and mineral supplements, and strategies
• Breeding considerations, from determining sex to incubating and hatching eggs
• Diseases and disorders from parasites to mouth rot and how to recognize and address them
• Variations in color and pattern, from the pure white opal to the vibrant sunglow

What is the best kind of pet snake in the entire world? If you guessed corn snake, you're in good company!

Ideally, the best snake (1) has a calm disposition around people, i.e., it isn't prone to biting, constricting, or defecating under mild stress; (2) has an attractive appearance to humans; (3) is a convenient size to handle and enjoy as a pet; (4) has space, climate, and food requirements that are easy to provide in captivity; (5) does not pose a physical danger to people; (6) is easy to induce to reproduce and raise offspring; and (7) is genetically variable to stimulate continued fascination and expansion of interest in herpetoculture. Corn snakes pass all these tests admirably!

The intended audience for this book spans everyone from the novice needing the basics of feeding and housing care to the seasoned veteran of "guttata culture" who wants to know the latest on breeding, genetics, and the range and history of color and pattern variations. The book's 224 pages are packed with information about keeping corn snakes, from acclimatizing your new snake to its environment to supporting your snake's shedding cycle to stimulating your snake's appetite and dealing with mites, respiratory disorders, and more. The color and pattern variations section is packed with full-color photos of stunning corn snake varieties from the high-contrast Okeetee to the red and white candycane to the fiery lava to the grayscale charcoal.

Each year, more corn snakes are bred in captivity than any other snake species. Their increasing popularity is largely credited to their rich coloring, easy handling size, and calm disposition. Corns usually will not bite or constrict under mild stress like other snakes. From corn snake experts Bill Love and Kathy Love comes the most comprehensive information available on keeping and breeding corn snakes!

Corn Snakes: The Comprehensive Owner's Guide is a reptile care book from the highly acclaimed Advanced Vivarium Systems series. The AVS series, founded and guided by herpetocultural pioneer Philippe de Vosjoli, is the definitive source on reptile and amphibian care. From choosing a pet to selecting a veterinarian to feeding, housing, breeding, and more, this book delivers the most helpful and up-to-date information available on these popular reptiles kept as pets.

Whether you just got your first corn snake, you're considering it, or you're already a corn snake enthusiast, Corn Snakes: The Comprehensive Owner's Guide is packed with the definitive advice you need!

USA TODAY bestseller Kathy Love has been labeled "a character-driven author, who prefers complex subjects that add an emotional, humorous edge" by Romantic Times. Originally from Maine, she now resides in Maryland with her family, a rescue mutt and five black cats.