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new here with a new baby corn snake

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rrb2287

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Hello all I'm new here. Just got a very small baby regular corn snake friday. Lady said he qas due to eat that day but I tried just feeding him yesterday to let him settle in some he didn't eat :( he nudged at it a little bit then yawned then cruled up.. and he has been in his hide box a lot only coming out to like get a drink.
 
Welcome to the group.

The smaller the snake the more important it is to give them at least 5 days to settle in to a new home before trying to feed them and before starting to handle them. (Double and triple check your temperatures.)

Hopefully you will be telling us your new friend ate in just a week or so.
 
Its about 80-84 I just got a zoomed heat pad under the tank I'm scared to run it all the time. But I also know he needs to keep warm. When I got that off thw tank is about 80. And that is because the tank is close to a radiator heater.
 
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I got under thw tank heater tank temp says 82 right now but the snake still feels a little cold. I'm not handling it much I know he needs to adapt I just checkn on him every now n then.
 
Update snake ate his first pinkie for me tonight :) couldn't help it had to at least offer him food again I don't like to see anything hungry. Within 15 seconds of offering him the pinkie he grabbed it.
 
Congrats on the new snake! Check out that care sheet posted above.

The ambient air temp should be between 70-75F or so (80F is a bit too warm) but with a hot spot around 85F - which should be controlled with a thermostat!
One like this will do the trick: http://www.amazon.ca/Jumpstart-Digi...975&sr=8-1-spell&keywords=jupstart+thermostat
If you are finding it doesn't get down to the low-mid 70'sF, I strongly suggest moving the vive away from the heater! Overheating your snake can lead to a bunch of problems in the future.

Keep in mind that our skin's temperature is up in the 90'sF, so a snake will feel cool-to-touch, as it should.

Best of luck!
 
Cute Baby! The classic is always so vivid :) Now let Junior relax a bit too, he's got a large haul lin his belly and a lot of work to do to get that down. Let him crawl all over you in a day or so. Glad he ate ,it's always so stressful worrying if they are going to the first time.:santa:
 
I have no idea how to connect a thermostat to a heat pad I bought a zoo med under tank heat pad when I got him. All I can do is plug that in ill get the thermostat if i can figure it out. how about I show u all his tank then u all can tell me what else I need right away when I go to the pet supplies plus thursday.
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Looks pretty good! But what are you using to measure the humidity and temperature? It could just be out of the frame of the photo. Digital thermometers and hygrometers are the most accurate.

When you get the thermostat all you do is plug it into the wall, and then plug the UTH (heat mat) into the thermostat. It's really easy. There are instructions on how to set the temperature (you'll want to aim around 85F).

You may also want to get a digital thermometer with a probe to place at the bottom of the vive, directly in the middle of the UTH to measure that hot spot temp as well.

Best of luck!
 
So the cord that goes into the heat pad is removable?? I was so excited when I set it up I don't know were the instructions to the heat pad are right now. And no humidity thermostat the pet store should have that. Is the water bowl enough for humidity or I neex to mist the shavings. Sorry for the questions I just want a healthy snake. Also I need help with a name right now snake is nameless.
 
You shouldn't need to mist the shavings unless he is very dry. Also, he will feel cold to the touch to us because our internal body temperature is about 15 degrees higher than theirs, there's no need to worry on that point.
 
Actually what I should have said is instead of misting the aspen, just provide a moist hide if necessary. You don't really want the aspen to be wet, it's not good for them to be on wet bedding for extended periods of time, but a moist hide would provide him with a choice of where he wants to be and help with shedding if his skin isn't coming off easily. I've had excellent sheds with my snake Udjat, 4 so far since I got him, three of them in single pieces, the other was in a couple of strips. No retained skin afterward.
 
So maybe buy a moist bag of moss and stick some in a hide. Just sucks sense we all in winter and that thw air is drier in the winter. I really can't wait to get to get to the pet store thursday to get a humidity thermometer
 
rrb2287 said:
So the cord that goes into the heat pad is removable?? I was so excited when I set it up I don't know were the instructions to the heat pad are right now. And no humidity thermostat the pet store should have that. Is the water bowl enough for humidity or I neex to mist the shavings. Sorry for the questions I just want a healthy snake. Also I need help with a name right now snake is nameless.
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No. No removable cords. The thermostat (instructions in packaging WHEN you buy it which you don't have - I've provided a link in my previous comment because many pet stores don't carry them) plugs directly into the wall, then the UTH plugs directly into the thermostat. The thermostat sets the appropriate temperature and acts as an interception to control the heat so your snake doesn't burn.

Best of luck.
 
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