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bradfordboy

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Hi, im contemplating getting a cornsnake,my problem;
i live in a cold house, especially at this time of year, and was thinking that abviously the warm side of the tank will be warm, but the cood side would be freezing, how do you reckon i rectify the problem? 2 heatmats?

also, on average how much does it cost to feed a cornsnake weekly/monthly?

thanks
 
How cold are we talking about?

A space heater in the room with the snakes is a possibility.

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Well, i can see my breath when i wake up in the morning lol, very cold, i have a radiator but it seems to have no effect
 
I don't know what is available in the UK, but perhaps a heat bulb might help in your situation to raise the ambient temp.
 
What about a ceramic heater? I guess you could do two heat mats on different thermostats. I wouldn't even know where to begin with ceramic heater size. I have one on a 40, a 75 watt, and it raises the ambient temp about 10F.
 
I live in the UK and i had the same problem. Best thing i would recommend is having a heat mat at each end (depending on the size of the tank/viv) of the tank and a heat rock in the middle. The tank will be warm but there will also be some cold spots that the snake can go to if he/she is to warm.
 
K'Bear said:
I live in the UK and i had the same problem. Best thing i would recommend is having a heat mat at each end (depending on the size of the tank/viv) of the tank and a heat rock in the middle. The tank will be warm but there will also be some cold spots that the snake can go to if he/she is to warm.
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I'd not recommend a heat rock, I've heard of snakes burning themselves on them.
What sort of viv were you thinking of? If it's a wooden one then a regulated bulb (on a proportional thermostat, with a bulb guard) might be your best bet. If you were going for a glass viv or plastic one then you might need a heatmat for about half the viv floor size, again regulated (matstat) if your house is that cold.
 
Agreed with Janine, id stay well away from heat rocks, iv heard so many horror stories of reptiles getting burnt on these.
 
I know about the heat rocks, i used to keep lizards in the old house, and know to keep away from them. i reckon ill just ask the people in store what to do when i buy the set up.

thanks!
 
I deliberately keep the house on the cold side (high 50's) to brumate snakes and just keep a little space heater by wherever I am (brrr) I don't brumate all my snakes, the young ones are in the warmest room in the house but their cool side is still colder than 75. More like 67-70 range. I have done this for 5 years with no ill effect. But if you can see your breath your house sounds colder than mine.
 
Lucky i posted that because i was considering getting a heat rock but now i am not going to bother.
 
Yeah, hot rocks are bad. My vet actually has their boxes hung up in his exam rooms with a big sign saying don't buy these!!!
 
Nanci said:
I guess you could do two heat mats on different thermostats.
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Our bedroom, were Vern is, gets very cold this time of year. so in her viv, I have two UTH's running off the same thermostat (500R). The 'warm' side has a 30gal size UTH that pretty much covers the whole bottom (front to back) for about a quarter to a third of the length. The thermostat's probe and a digital thermometer is on this side. The other UTH on the 'cool' side is a small 10/20gal size with it's own digital thermometer. The warm side stays in the 84-86 range, while the cool side stays in the 76-80 range. Plenty of non-heated space around the small UTH and in the space between warm and cool sides. I check twice a day, and there always seems to be a 5-8 degree drop between the two. I guess it was just luck how that worked otu. When it warms up a bit, I'll unplug the small UTH till next year.
 
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