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Zilla Terrarium Liner & sensor securement

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Dresden

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Hi everyone, I am going to get my first Corn in the next couple day's. A hatching, still undecided on the morph, atm just planning was going to go and visit the breeder pick up the friendliest one of the clutch even if it's a norm. Leaning toward's a female atm parent's already have a grandson, they need a grangirlsnake. :) but going to research to see if there is any temperament differences like dog's etc.

Now to my question:

Just bought some Zilla Green Terrarium Liner/Carpet. The reason I bought it is because the Zoo-Med UTH manual said to use a Zoo-Med carpet and not to place paper towels directly on top of the side of the glass aquarium where the UTH is but none of my local stores carried the Zoo-Med carpet brand, was told this was same material by the friendly store clerk who I don't trust any further then I can throw.

I have a couple quick questions from you more experienced folks:

1. The Zilla Green Terrarium Liner has some white spots kind of a dried powder matter on it. I bought two packages they both have it. Is this normal? Is this the odor reducing enzymes that they treat it with?

2. Here is what I was planning on doing. Laying the liner, then paper towel on top of it then putting just a little bit of aspen so messes are easier to spot since it's a hatchling. Good/bad idea?

3. What is safe to use in the tank to tape/adhere the wires for the therm/temp sensor probes? Right now I am using 1/4 plastic tubing split down the side and was planning on electric taping it assuming electric tape is safe? are the adhesive cable runner's like these safe to use?

http://lewistongraingrowers.hdweb.com/item.html?itemid=831182399


Thank you in advance,


Dresden
 
Never use tape inside a viv. Use suction cups, hot glue, silicone glue. Tape will invariably get worked loose and your snake will get caught up in it and could get severely injured.

If you are using aspen then you don't need paper towels or the cage liner. Cage liners seem to be frowned on as they tend to encourage bacteria growth.

If the UTH is regulated then you don't need to worry about paper towels or wood shavings directly on the UTH/glass over it.
 
So just suction cup the probes and dump 2"-3" of aspen on top of the glass and call it a day eh?

For the first few weeks should I keep the hatchling on papertowels? If so how many layers of papertowel would you suggest?


Dresden
 
One layer of paper towels. Just make sure you have a thermostat on your UTH so it doesn't get too hot.
 
I've been keeping all my hatchlings on one layer of paper towel (I actually prefer newspaper now that I've switched, but that's just me), but make sure that one layer covers the whole floor, exactly. Otherwise it's a little tough to keep the cage sanitary IMO. That's why I'm using 2 layers.

Either way, good luck with your corn, when ever you decide to get him!
 
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