Do you get creeped out when you see a slippery, sliding snake?
If you do, then I will tell you why you shouldn't be afraid. Hi,
my name is Tyler Bethune, and today I am going to teach you all
about corn snakes. My snake is an Okeetee corn snake, which is a
type of rat snake that lives in the South from Texas to Florida.
They grow two to three feet long, and I feed mine baby mice.
(It's a young snake and is still small.) Corn snakes are good
pets because there's not a lot of clean- up and they are easy to
feed. They do need a lot of attention and handling to make them
friendly and not afraid of you. What do you need to do to care
for a corn snake? You need to play with it, feed it twice a week
and clean its cage. What items do corn snakes need? They need an
aquarium with a tight lid; a heat pad to keep the tank between
80 and 90 degrees; a water bowl; something to cover the tank
bottom, like sand or Astroturf; and a place to hide in the tank.
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