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quick question about my snake

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Skandranon

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I just recently got a corn snake, its a baby one, about a month old.

I've done some research on how to set up the cage, and he really doesn't seem to like the heat at all... I have a heat pad on one side, a heat lamp on top and some hides and a cool side. When I turn on the heat lamp he immediatly moves to the cooler side of the tank and when I have the heat lamp off he hardly ever goes to the side where the heat pad is. He seems to like it around 75-80 degrees in his tank, is that weird for a corn?
 
Somebody with more expernience can answer the question better but here is my two cents. You do not need a heat lamp and heat pad. It is probably too hot for the corn.
 
My snake does this too. he will stay on the cool side all the time except for when i feed him then he goes to the warm side to digest.
 
If the corn runs from the lamp, don't torn on the lamp!

Your temps are too high. you don't need a heat lamp, The UTH alone is already too hot. Check the temp at substrate level and also on the glass directly on the UTH under the substrate.
 
You probably have it too hot. A heat pad by itself is usually more than enough heat. By adding a heat lamp, you are slow-roasting your snake.

Skandranon said:
He seems to like it around 75-80 degrees in his tank, is that weird for a corn?
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No, that is perfectly normal.
 
Skandranon said:
I just recently got a corn snake, its a baby one, about a month old.

I've done some research on how to set up the cage, and he really doesn't seem to like the heat at all... I have a heat pad on one side, a heat lamp on top and some hides and a cool side. When I turn on the heat lamp he immediatly moves to the cooler side of the tank and when I have the heat lamp off he hardly ever goes to the side where the heat pad is. He seems to like it around 75-80 degrees in his tank, is that weird for a corn?
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Double check your temperatures with something accurate. I'm guessing that you're not using a temp gun or a thermometer with probes to measure the temp on both sides. That said, your warm side could easily be much warmer than you expect. I'd read over this link and double check your temps. I'd second ditching the overhead light to heat as well - you don't need it and a UTH.

~Katie
 
stick with the heat lamp...its above the tank just like the sun is above the snake when its in the wild...so make it seem more natural with a heat lamp...
 
abaro22 said:
stick with the heat lamp...its above the tank just like the sun is above the snake when its in the wild...so make it seem more natural with a heat lamp...
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Never minding that corn snakes are nocturnal and rely on belly heat after the sun goes down... ;)

Heat lamps also tend to dry a cage out. This, in turn, can cause bad sheds. In mose cases, a UTH is the better choice for corn snakes. 75-85 is the range you want to shoot for. Good luck!
 
I decided that I will not use the heat lamp at all, now I would like to know if it would be better to keep its water on the cool side (about 72-75 degrees) or the warm side (75-85 degrees)
 
Keep the water on the cool side heating it up will discurage the snake from drinking and can even burn your snake if it gets to hot

good luck
 
Nagini Snow said:
Keep the water on the cool side heating it up will discurage the snake from drinking and can even burn your snake if it gets to hot
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If the water is hot enough to burn the snake, then you've already got bigger problems than just hot water.


Keep the water wherever you like. I always put mine on the cool side. Just be aware that the closer to the warm side the more the humidity will tend to rise and keeping it closer to the cool end will tend to decrease humidity.


A corn can do fine in 75-80 degree temps. Plenty of mine liked to spend most of there time on the cool side. Even while digesting some of them would be on the cool side and they didn't have problems. As long as your snake is healthy and digesting normally, there shouldn't be any big concerns.





abaro22 said:
stick with the heat lamp...its above the tank just like the sun is above the snake when its in the wild...so make it seem more natural with a heat lamp...
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What's natural about keeping a snake in a glass tank on wood chips presenting it with prearranged meals and set intervals? Using a heat lamp to keep things natural is a lame reason. Since when did the sun turn into a heat lamp? Snakes also bask on rocks and other surfaces that have been heated by the sun. I guess that means that UTH's are perfectly natural too because they are underneath just like a basking rock would be.
 
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