Description
- Common Name: Corn Snake
- Scientific Name: Pantherophis guttatus
- Locality/Morph: Saffron Stripe (Poss Toffee)
- Sex: Male
- Age: 2024
- Source: Captive bred
- Native Range: South-eastern and central United States
- Natural Habitat: Forest edges, overgrown fields, farmland, and abandoned buildings
- Diet: Small mammals, birds, and reptiles
- Basking Temperature: ~30°C hotspot
- Ambient Temperature: 20–26 °C (night drop to ~18 °C)
- Average Adult Size: 110–150 cm
The Corn Snake (Pantherophis guttatus) is one of the most popular pet snakes worldwide, favoured for its manageable size, docile temperament, and wide range of colour and pattern morphs. In the wild, they are habitat generalists, found across much of the south-eastern United States in forests, fields, and farmlands where they actively hunt small rodents and other vertebrates.
In captivity, Corn Snakes thrive in a spacious, secure enclosure with both floor space and climbing opportunities. A thermal gradient should be provided, with a basking spot around 30°C and cooler areas in the mid-20s °C, dropping slightly at night. A hide should be available at both the warm and cool ends, along with secure branches and décor for climbing. Substrates such as aspen, cypress mulch, or paper-based bedding work well, and a water bowl large enough for soaking should always be present.
Their diet consists of appropriately sized rodents, offered every 5–7 days for juveniles and every 10–14 days for adults. Like most colubrids, they are good feeders and rarely refuse meals during the summer months.
Corn Snakes are generally calm, easy to handle, and highly suited for both beginner keepers. With proper care, they can live 15–20 years in captivity. Their varied appearance, hardiness, and ease of care has made them a cornerstone of the reptile hobby.
Livestock Delivery:
Livestock is delivered in our own heated reptile courier vans. Delivery time from ordering will depend on your location and when we next have a van in your area, this will usually be a maximum of 2 weeks. You will receive a date and time slot by phone or email, so please ensure you enter these correctly at checkout. Delivery fee for livestock depends on location, prices start at £45. Livestock orders over £500 (+VAT) are delivered free of charge.
Livestock Sale Terms:
If multiple animals are in stock then not all will be pictured, so the photo above may not be exact animal available.
All prices are per individual unless otherwise stated. All livestock is subject to availability, whilst we try to keep the website as up to date as possible errors may happen, in this situation you will be contacted to arrange a refund/alternative.
Errors can happen with sexing and morph identification. Should this be discovered before leaving us you are entitled to a refund. After the animal leaves us it is the customers responsibility to inform us within 48 hours of the animals arrival. Failing to do so may lose the customers eligibility for a refund.
It is the customers responsibility to have the correct setup available and ready for the animal, if you need any advice please do get in touch. We have the right to request proof of setup at any time, failure to provide an image of an appropriate setup or any image at all, may result in a full order cancellation and refund.
Guarantee for all inverts & amphibians is 24 hours. All other livestock is 48 hours. If issues/concerns are notified upon delivery, then this may be extended. All health related queries will be subject to a full investigation should an issue arise. Failing to provide us with the information we request may void any form of guarantee. If we find reason from the information that its injury or death was caused by negligence or incorrect husbandry then the guarantee may be void. Should death or abnormalities occur then you must inform us as soon as possible. In the unlikely event that an animal passes away please photograph the dead body and freeze until you have heard from us. If death or illness occurs after 7 days, and no health issues were reported, then Ridgeway will not be held responsible.
We have the right to refuse any sale, refund or guarantee at any time if we feel it is necessary.
Livestock sales are for customers aged 18+, if under this age you must have prior parent permission. If we have any reason to suspect this is not the case we will contact you before the animal is released.
When purchasing an animal from us you automatically agree to these terms of sale.
