our snakes first home

[jnk22]

This is our snakes first home. soon we'll start working on a 40 critter tank.I go back to work tomorrow after a 3 month lay off. YEA! I would love to see pictures of larger setups to get some good ideas.

 

[mvervest]

Looks like a *** Hotel , nice home for that animal

 

[Sacred_Nightmares]

Holy cow the whole set up looks awesome!! I love how everything is placed and everything. :] Very very nice!

 

[wstphal]

Looks great! Nice amenities. Do you have a thermometer with a probe that reads the surface temperature at the glass? Those stick-on ones only read the air temp, and surface temperatures are what is important for corn snakes. Otherwise, your snake is living large!

 

[Nroc]

I thought I recognized those pots. You posted in my thread about clay pots the other day.

I meant to ask you in that thread, but i figure I'll do it here...

Are you 100% certain that the holes are large enough for your snake after he has eaten? You don't want one to get stuck going in...

ALso, what did you use to drill into the side of the clay? I tried a normal drill bit one day, and it did nothing to the clay.

 

[herpdaily]

Wow thats an amazing setup!

 

[jnk22]

I thought I recognized those pots. You posted in my thread about clay pots the other day.

I meant to ask you in that thread, but i figure I'll do it here...

Are you 100% certain that the holes are large enough for your snake after he has eaten? You don't want one to get stuck going in...

ALso, what did you use to drill into the side of the clay? I tried a normal drill bit one day, and it did nothing to the clay.

Oh yes the holes are bigger than they look i have 3 inch pots and I used a 3/4 inch reamer, worked like a charm I tried a metal drill bit (that didn't do anything) the reamer went through it like butter, the little guy just ate 2 days ago and had plenty of room, i was worried about that also but as he grows i will increase the size of the holes as needed, here's a picture of what i used for the holes

 

[jnk22]

Looks great! Nice amenities. Do you have a thermometer with a probe that reads the surface temperature at the glass? Those stick-on ones only read the air temp, and surface temperatures are what is important for corn snakes. Otherwise, your snake is living large!

sure do, it sits at a constant 87 degrees (with a rheostat) comfy living, if only i had it this good! LOL! But I do have a question. do I even need the heat lamp for ambient air temp, or can I get rid of it, or should I move to something like a ceramic style heat bulb, the bulb goes off at night and thats when the little guy comes out to play, with no light would he be out and visible more? Ok ok i know thats more than one question. LOL! Thanks in advance

 

[Asbit]

Ditch the heat lamp, air temp is not important and it will dry out the air in your tank, possibly causing shed problems from lack of humidity.

 

[jnk22]

thanks for the quick response in the morning it's coming off, so do you need a switch between day time temps and night time temps or should it just stay constant? I've owned balls before and that's a little different, I just want to make sure I'm doing things right, I have researched quite a bit but their are so many different opinions. This was supposed to be mine and my boys snake, but unfortionately he's scared of it, but he puts on a brave face, lol!Thanks again.

 

[Asbit]

You do not need to have a night time temp drop. So long as you have your cool end and your warm end, with the hides in each your corn snake will be fine.

 

[Adolf]

All i can say is WOW WOW WOW!!!!

 

[Rowdyrod44]

Here is a photo of the enclosure. It's a 20L that will probably be too small in no time. Not sure how it'll look from the iPhone, but we'll see. The fluorescent UVB will just be used when I need to see better inside. The basking light will be removed Saturday. I got the UTH from Petsmart, dimmer switch from Home Depot, and thermometer from Walmart. I'm not sure quite how to run the 10 ft. sensor wire to keep it from bothering the burrowing snake. Research will be done and I'll have it all figured out when I do the installation on Saturday. When the girls are holding it Saturday, I'll get photo's of our snake AKA Tully Mars, though sex of snake is still unknown.

 

[bapkate]

Sweet set up! Can I move in?

 

[Rowdyrod44]

OOPS! Sorry I posted this on the wrong page. I'll be more careful in the future. By the way, nice enclosure. I wish they had a page on the main forum page just for posting photo's of peoples enclosures. That'd be nice and easier to view.....

 

[natfoth]

Very very nice snake cage you have there! How old is your snake?

 

[Irish Eyes (Mrs.Z)]

Silly question from someone new to snakes, but is the bedding pine shavings? It sure looks like the pine shavings I put down for bedding in a dog kennel. If so, I thought pine is a no-no for snakes?

I'm probably wrong, but I was just curious, in case.

Really pretty setup, btw .

 

[Rowdyrod44]

I don't really know my snakes age. He's about 18 inches long. I'm leaving it alone until Saturday so it can adjust to his new home and will then be posting pics. I have a thread going in the new members section titled "Howdy" where I initally meant to post this.

As for the substrate, I'm using Aspen and from what I've read it seems to be the prefered bedding. I'm new to all this but if my memory serves me right from my research, the pine is not good for snakes. (Poisonous???) at best I'd check it out before using it.