For your convenience, this is a professionally-curated shopping list of supplies that I personally recommend for the long-term health and wellbeing of your new pet corn snake, as well as your own peace of mind. In other words, the shopping has basically been done for you! 😉
Because many pet corn snakes are purchased as tiny, shoelace-like babies, this page is divided into two parts: a shopping list for housing young corn snakes, and a shopping list for housing older individuals.
If you want to know why a certain product is on this list, or why a pet snake needs so much stuff, make sure to read the rest of this care manual!
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This shopping list is for young corn snakes <24″ / 61cm long. Baby corn snakes should be assumed to be as flexible as Houdini himself and require special care in enclosure security. Additionally, keeping them in a smaller enclosure when they’re young can help you keep better track of their health and wellbeing.
This setup is not suitable for housing corn snakes long-term!! Eventually you will need to upgrade to an “adult” setup (as detailed in the next section), so budget accordingly. The nice thing about this starter kit is that it will give your snake enough room to be comfortable while you work on setting up its “real” enclosure.
If you started with the above baby corn snake starter kit, good news — many of the things you purchased for that “kit” can still be used for an adult corn snake!
Keep in mind that everything should be purchased and set up BEFORE you get the snake. This will save you a lot of stress, and does your new pet a big favor, too.
I also recommend finding an experienced reptile veterinarian in your area. It’s always better to do a little bit of research when nothing’s wrong than to find yourself in a panic when your pet gets sick. You can find a list of top-rated reptile vets in ReptiFiles’ Vet Directory!