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Joshua is the house troublemaker. While all snakes are escape artists, he is… particularly awful about it, and currently lives in an enclosure with 13 locking mechanisms. He also prefers to void himself in his water bowl, and then he spreads the horrible mixture on everything. In spite of being an awful little man, he has an incredibly calm temperament for a Corn Snake, and he’s a joy to spend time with.

Facts About Joshua ^{(pantherophis guttatus)}

Joshua is a Snow Corn Snake. Specifically, that means he’s a Corn Snake that visually shows both the Amelanistic, and the Anerythristic traits. Other than being a strikingly colored snake, he’s no different from the average corn snake! Like many native species, Corn Snakes have laws governing whether or not they can be kept depending on where you live – and in their case, it can come down to the specific morph of the snake in question. Check your local laws, folks!

Joshua is about 4ft (1.3m) long, about three years old, and weighs around 2 pounds.

Joshua often buzzes the tip of his tail against the bottom of his enclosure to try and make me think he’s a rattlesnake and threaten me into going away. Results are mixed, and mostly consist of me rolling my eyes at his theatrics.

Joshua has the nice trait of sitting still for longer than 1/5th of a second, a rarity in Corn Snakes. He likes to wrap around objects… and stay there. It makes him very photogenic!

When not ruining his home or my life, Joshua can most likely be found hiding underneath of an upside-down flower pot in his home. Snakes like to fit snugly into their hidey-holes, and this one is the snuggest of all! When I catch him in the bowl, I refer to him as a bowl of pasta.

When Joshua came here, he had mites. Mites are parasites in the arachnid family that can spread disease between reptiles, and are basically the snake equivalent of the devil. They, along with viral illness and disease risk, are one of the main reasons why it’s good husbandry to quarantine any new animal you bring into your home before putting them near your other pets. Once the mite situation was cleared up, Joshua lived in quarantine for another 5 months to make sure they were gone and he had no other problems. Long-term qurantine is better than future regret!