Corn snakes have been known to hibernate when winters are very cold.
The corn snake’s kissin’ cousin is the great plains rat snake or Emory’s rat snake, a native of Nebraska.
This is a pink-colored snake with black bands. Its underbelly has a pattern that resembles corn. Adults can grow to as much as five feet in length. They're not poisonous - the corn snake captures its food by wrapping itself around its prey and squeezing.
Found in the southeastern and central United States, wild corn snakes prefer habitats such as overgrown fields, forest openings, trees, and abandoned or seldom-used buildings and farms. They're found from sea level to as high as 6,000 feet.
They enjoy eating rats (it's also known as the red rat snake), but will eat many small rodents, including field mice, and also birds and bats when they can catch them.
Corn snakes are quite calm and make good pets. They are also excellent tree climbers—a pet owner must make sure their cage is tightly closed!
Their numbers are plentiful in the wild - no conservation efforts are in place at this time.
They can live between 10-15 years in the wild. Some species in captivity have lived well over 20 years.