100 degrees... too hot?

Okay don't rip my head off just yet... I know 100 degrees is way to hot for a corn...

If I have my heating pad's thermostat set a little below max it gets up to 100 degrees on the hottest part of the tank BELOW THE SUBSTRATE. My question is (by the way there is no snake in this enclosure yet... still doing temp. tests): If the substrate is about 85 on the hot side, and as low as 67 on the cool side, the hides are (first hide) mid to high 60s and (second hide) mid to high 70s, and the arboreal section is around 75 isn't that perfect? Only problem is for that to happen the glass itself, again NOT THE SUBSTRATE, in the hottest spot of the heatpad gets up to 100 degrees. Is this too hot? Will the snake just thermo-regulate? Can 100 degrees burn a corn? It seems to me like this would be fine. It seems that if the temps are right the corn should have no reason to go burrowing in the substrate.

Thanks for the input, hoping to put him in tonight or tomorrow.

You need to make the hottest part he can actually touch about 85. He can burrow down to it if he wants to. They don't sense that something is hot enough to burn them until it is too late.

There's no way to stop a corn from burrowing. My temps are all perfect, my tanks have a ton of hides and fake plants and still my corns burrow.

It's best to control the temps at the hottest spot it is possible for them to get to.

You say that you have the heat set just below max... Can you just set the thermostat a little lower?

Yes, 100 degrees can burn a corn. It's best to not risk it IMHO.

I also wanted to say kudos to you for doing temp tests BEFORE putting the corn in!!!

Good luck!

You should be concerned with how hot it actually is inside the tank. For instance, the heat cable in my racks runs about 88-90 to keep the inside around 82. Heat is lost to the environment and plastic is a poor insulator so it runs hot, but inside is perfect for the snakes.

However, even if its 100 degrees anywhere actually inside the tank, that's too warm. I think its better to be on the cool side than the warm side. Corns can handle cooler temps, if it gets too hot, not so much.

If you can't lower the thermostat or don't have one, put the tank up on a couple of paperback books to get it away from the heating pad. This will help keep the glass from heating up. Corns are burrowers and as others have said... there is no way to stop them except taking away the substrate, but even with just a papertowel in the tank, they'll find a way under that papertowel. It's what comes natural to them.

Okay, yeah that helps a lot. You hear this magical 85 degree max hottness number being thrown around a lot without a whole lot of specificity towards where/how that number is taken. I will set it lower and keep testing.

Like others have said, the snake can (and probably will) burrow under the substrate. They like to have tunnels, and sometimes they rest on the glass. That's why it's important that the absolute hottest s about 87 degrees and even that is pushing it. You have to make sure that the hottest part in any part of the enclosure that the snake will touch is that temperature.