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Originally Posted by janoisol
Hi all! Our first corn snake just joined our family this past Sunday (1/21/18) and I have a few questions
1.) She's about 2 months old and her feeding schedule has been a pinky every Weds. I'm wondering if we should go a head and feed her tomorrow, or give her more time to settle in? My kids and I are dying to handle her but have held off so far to give her some time.
2.) We have a twenty gallon tank with a UTH. It's been averaging 85-90* using an infrared heat thermometer on the substrate above the mat. I am adding a thermastat to keep it regulated closer to the 83*-85* mark. The room it is in is on the cooler side so the unheated side of the tank was dipping to the low 70*s high 60*s so I added a bulb close to the mid point to provide a little more warmth. Do you think this is necessary? There is a hide up towards the top of the tank on the side that the bulb is on that our snake seems to favor. The hide up top is at 85* as well.
3.) She has been super active since we brought her home. Constantly roaming the viv, climbing up and down the branch and vines, climbing around the ridge perimeter by the mesh cover and not really hiding much at all. Is this normal behavior?
Thanks so much for any help!
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Hi there.
Congrats on getting a new corn.
When I got my corn she was 6 weeks old. The breeder had been feeding her on a Friday and I got her on either Tues or weds. I personally left her alone until the Friday when I fed her. Then after that I waited another couple of days until the Sunday or Monday before I handled her.
After a few weeks though, she had been putting on weight very slowly so I decided to up her feed to every 5 days and it made a big difference.
She was also quite active when I first brought her home. Roaming her enclosure and exploring.
I can't answer about the light bulb unfortunately. I personally use a Heatmat with a Thermostat and digital thermometer. I keep the heat between 82 and 85 24/7. Whether my house heating is on or not doesn't seem to make a difference to her. I still find her hanging out in her cold hide sometimes when I think the room is quite cold.
When you say infared, are you using an actual red bulb or a ceramic heater?
A ceramic heater you can leave on 24/7 (attached to a Thermostat) where as with the infared bulbs you can use them 24/7 But a lot of people believe you shouldn't as they believe the animal can still see that light and therefore never have any darkness.
Hope this was of some help anyway ☺
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