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Another Heating Question

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mcoppen

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Hello, first post on here for me. Great forum, been reading for a while and thought i'd sign up. Anyway, i have a 3 month old cornsnake (first snake) and im having some problems with temprature. i've read that the temprature needs to be around 88-95 one the hot side. However im struggling to keep it around the 80-85 mark. Im using a wood substrate, that i have thinned right out with a under tank heat mat. However my snake never seems to on the hot side of the log, but always seems to be on the cold side which is about 69-72, which from what i've read is about perfect. Whenever i pick her up she is pretty cold to the touch. Is this normal? know there cold blooded but expected her to be a bit warmer. Should i be worrying about the temperature? or is she fine? and if it needs to be hotter any tips on how to make the tank (its melamine) hotter?
Thanks a lot,
Mike
 
I don't know where you are getting the info that 88-90 or higher is the proper warm side temp. That is too hot. 80-85 being what you said it actually is, is fine. The fact that your snake spends most of it's time on the cool side tells me it is too warm for it. When it wants to be warmer, it will move to the warm side. I use aspen as a substrate. Most of the people on this forum use aspen. As far as your snake feeling cold, our normal body temps are around 98.6. Snakes will always feel cold to your hands as they are(as you stated)cold blooded. Meaning they do not produce their own body heat. Even if their body temp was 85, it would still feel cold to your hands. I think you temp range is fine. Iwould make an effort tochange to aspen shavings as a substrate though. Your snake will love it and love to burrow in it. :cheers:
 
Thanks for the replies. I had already read that, and it didnt really answer my question. Hence why i posted. I got the temperatures from Barrons Reptile Keeper's guide to cornsnakes by R.D Bartlett and Patricia Bartlett. Obviously there not the experts they think they are. lol.
 
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