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75 degrees fine for the entire tank?

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zstar5g

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Hi there, just got a two month old corn, and he's in a 10gal tank. I have an UTH which covers about half the tank, and the ambient temp in the tank is holding steady at 75. This is measured with two thermometers placed on opposite ends of the tank, about 1.5" above the substrate. I'm assuming this'll be alright for the little guy, but I'm wondering if there should be more of a difference between the two ends of the tank. FWIW, just by feeling the substrate I can tell that the warm side is a little warmer than the cool side. Maybe the therms. aren't in the right place?
 
You should have an ambient of low to mid 70's and a hot spot of low to mid 80's. Perhaps you need to check where your thermostat and thermometer probes are... Oh and your hand should never be used as a thermometer. Sometimes I put my hand on my mats and they feel cold, other times they are hot. It depends on my body temperature at the time.
 
First, you really want to strive for a temperature gradient of 75 degrees on the cool side to 85 degrees on the warm side. Your snake will choose where it wants to be.

Secondly, with your thermometers, are they of the digital probe type or analog? If they are analog…ditch them and get yourself a pair of digital ones with probes. Place one under the substrate over the center of the UTH. This will give you an “on the glass” temperature which should be the hottest spot in your enclosure your snake can come in contact with. I run mine at 88 degrees “on the glass”. The other one I place in the corner of the cool side at the substrate level.

Please let us know if you have any other questions.

Regards,
Steve
 
ssmith_1187 said:
First, you really want to strive for a temperature gradient of 75 degrees on the cool side to 85 degrees on the warm side. Your snake will choose where it wants to be.

Secondly, with your thermometers, are they of the digital probe type or analog? If they are analog…ditch them and get yourself a pair of digital ones with probes. Place one under the substrate over the center of the UTH. This will give you an “on the glass” temperature which should be the hottest spot in your enclosure your snake can come in contact with. I run mine at 88 degrees “on the glass”. The other one I place in the corner of the cool side at the substrate level.

Please let us know if you have any other questions.

Regards,
Steve
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Since mine burrows down and lays on the glass, I don't like letting it get warmer than 85 there, knowing that the UTH probably has hotter/cooler spots than the one I happened to lay the probe over.
 
Thanks all. I do have analog therms, which I knew probably didn't help much. I'll get some better ones soon. He hasn't had to burrow down at all yet, so he must be comfortable with the heat as-is. But I'll make sure to get something that'll give me better readings.
 
They don't always burrow solely for the purpose of thermoregulation. Sometimes they will burrow to feel more secure. My granite typically only burrows if I disturb her or if she's in a shed cycle. Sometimes they just seem to burrow because it's a Monday and they can.
 
Roxanne typically only burrows right have I've fed her and she's mad she's not getting anymore :D

Otherwise she's in one of her hides or wrapped up in her vine.

Regards,
Steve
 
Jakey burrowed like crazy when I first got the aspen down, now he never does it :S My heat mat is on the side, but I've got a new bigger one to go on the bottom I'm installing while hes hibernating. FWIW... although a temperature gradient is ideal, it isn't completely necessary, and I have seen happy corns living in an ambient temp (providing its well controlled)

In fact, Jake lived in a tank where there was a light bulb on all day and nothing all night for 2 years before I bought him...
 
Until very recently when I set up a "boid room" that was too warm and humid for my corn, I never used UTHs, so the temperature was warm, but it was the same throughout the tank. I never had a problem with that setup - he ate like a champ, he had good sheds, he'd explore at night, sleep during the day just like any other corn. Now that he's living in a cooler place I do use a UTH. Like someone else said, make sure you get a reading in the hottest point (on the glass) so you don't accidentally burn your snake.
 
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