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Difficulty keeping consistent heat, advice please...

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celticrose1388

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I live in a house that doesn't have a good heating system and at night the temps fall pretty low. I got a cornsnake for Christmas and am now having troubles keeping her cage at a consistent heat. Right now I have her (she is about 12") in a 10 gallon tank and have 2 UTH covering 2/3 of the bottom of the tank. During the day on the warm side the temp floats between 80-85 degrees, but at night the temp can fall as low as 65. I know that the night time temp is WAY to low, but I don't know any other way to rise the temp at night. I don't want to put another UTH under the tank because that would eliminate the cool side for during the days.

So far the temp changes don't seem to be affecting her yet, she is eating regularly and moves between the hot/cold spots in the tank. She doesn't dig under her bedding on the hot side, but will on the cold side.

If anyone could please give me some advice I would really appreciate it.

Thanks
 
As long as your under tank heaters are regulated on a thermostat, you're fine. The air temps don't matter at all.
 
Right now I have a temp gage stuck on the back of the tank right at the bedding level. What would you suggest be a better temp gage to purchase?
 
It's best to have a digital temperature probe, to sit directly on the bedding. They're really cheap. You could get 2, one for the cold side and one for the hot side.
 
I have the same problem with my house. What I do is at night I have a light that I use and I cover half the top of the tank with a towel that helps keep some of the heat from it in, which seems to work some for me.Have to be caredul though not to leave the towel to close to the light(fire hazard) and not to cover the top more than half. I do this for a 75 Gallon tank.
 
The air temp doesn't matter at all. Corns use belly heat. They are active at night, so the air temp being that cold is rather normal for them.

A digital probe thermometer with the probe place on the *glass* directly over the UTH will tell you the true temps.
 
i had the same prob with my jungle pythons enclosure what i did at night was covered half the vent at the rear of my of the enclosure . that worked for me
 
and what kind of thermostat do u have .for your heat lamps i set mine about 150mm off the bottom of the floor i hope this helps good luck
 
cornsnakegirl said:
It's best to have a digital temperature probe, to sit directly on the bedding. They're really cheap. You could get 2, one for the cold side and one for the hot side.
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You mean under the bedding :)
Since your corn snake can burrow, the temperature on the glass under the substrate is what matters. I have my thermostat probe and my thermometer probe right next to each other under the substrate over the middle of the UTH. Those temperature gauges do not give you accurate temps- they can be 10 degrees off in either direction and they only measure the air temps. For example, I placed one on the basking branch for my lizard and it read 107 degree, when I used my temperature gun, it was 120.
 
i set 2 temp gauges in mine is yours all glass u do lose alot of heat with all glass enclosures i make my own enclosures just glass fronts
 
hi alicat can u give me some tips please my jungle python shed last night last 2inches didnt shed and i am trying to get him to feed on pinky rat .but didn't take to well to the pinky rats hes 9months old
 
To get the last two inches of shed off, the easiest way is to just let your snake run his body through a wet towel, or let him soak in a tub of water with a towel in it. What has he been eating before?
 
well, for me I have two babies and I just put a couple of towels over the top (with air holes of course) and it really helps :)
 
RosieSnake said:
do you spray water? one of mine cant shed right because its so dry
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Yes. If they are having rough sheds then the humidity is too low. I usually only mist mine before they shed, but my room sits at a humidity of 50%, so even if I don't catch that they are in shed I usually find complete sheds.
 
you can also make a humid hide out of a plastic sandwhich box and put damp spagnum moss (or frog moss from petco/smart) in it when they are in shed. You have to take it out after though, otherwise they may sit in it and get scale rot.
 
thanks guys my alicat the humidly is 59% only had him 2 weeks i got a container in with him i drilled 10 small hole in the top of the lid and 2 lager one so he can get in ti i never see him in it thou .i put a damp face washer in it .i never had jungle pythons before i had tiger snakes .brown snakes .spotted pythons the all had great sheds
 
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