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Corns w/o heat?

Dakafall

Dakafall

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I know the title might be a little misleading, so just to clarify I know that corns need heat and what temp. My main question is how long could they be without it. I'm working on a rack system which involves waiting for the thermostat and flexwatt to ship, but in the meantime went on Craigslist and found some nice hatchling corns and the owner seems like she's in quite the hurry to get rid of these snakes. So I guess my question would be, what would be the max time to let them be w/o heat (my room temp is around 70-75 way low, I know) or would it be in the snakes best interest to pass on them and hope I can save others later.
 
If there is somewhere in your house that stays around 80 I would say you could keep them there without heating, 70 seems a bit low though.
 
Depending on how temporary the situation is, you can pickup a black bulb from zoo-med or zilla that will get the ambient temperature up to par and won't interrupt the light cycle. Otherwise, I would pass on the hatchlings. Just to make sure they stay healthy.
 
If you are talking only 2 or 3 weeks at the most. Then buy the snakes and feed them, the ones that regurge do not feed them again until you get the flexwatt in place. hatchlings can go several weeks without eating and be good. If it is longer than 3 weeks I would have to think long and hard about it.
 
When I first go into snakes we bought two hatchlings and had them in one set up. After I found this site I and saw the danger I took one snake out of there. I set the anery in the feeding tub under a desk lamp with a probe thermometer. Everyone was on light duty switching it on and off around the clock.
 
Should be a week max, probably gonna pick them up on Thursday, just need to figure out what tubs to use in my rack
 
Just be sure you're able to maintain a steady temp between 80 and 85. And Fatman, the post is about HEAT not EAT... lol
 
That temp is fine for them. I keep my room at about 70 or so and even hatchlings can go a couple weeks without heat. Just dont feed them, because they will regurge and you do not want that to happen to a hatchling.

Corns are very hardy snakes. Remember in the wild, where it does cool down even in Florida, even hatchlings have to cool for months until it warms up again. One winter I was in Florida and it was so cold for about two-three weeks (18-30*) and I could not get my house warmer than about 50* (even with a wood burning stove). So I had to turn off the rack heat and waited it out. I just didnt feed anyone in that time frame and they were fine afterwards. At that time, I had about 20 hatchlings left from that years clutches.
 
Lol ratsncorns that's nothing, try -30 celcius for weeks sometimes months, usually a steady -15 to -20.
And Dakafall if your that concernd then you could always make a temp reostat with a light switch dimmer and outlet.
 
Hatchlings should be fine with no heat for a week.
Oh... and don't feed them until you have heat.
 
I wouldn't risk it unless the person you get them from hasn't fed for a while. Avoid the unnecessary regurge that will likely happen if you bring home a snake that still has food in its stomach and don't have a set up ready...
 
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