I just recently got into corn snakes as my mother (in an arguement while I was moving out) sold my entire tank setup and bearded dragon for 30 bucks behind my back. I got a cute little snow (i think). Anyways, Ive owned reptiles in the past (all lizards tho), and ive got a few tanks laying around from 10-100 gal. I figured the 10 gal would be fine for now since its so small at the moment. My question is, for heat Im using a small sticky under tank heat pad used for heating my old scorpion tank (think it was marketed for hermit crabs). I think it puts out enough heat, and the snake seems to stay active when i take him out and isnt freezing or anything. The pad covers prolly 1/4th the tank underneath, and is directly below the main hiding spot of the snake. I eventually plan to move to one of the much larger tanks when my corn gets bigger. should i go buy a bigger heat pad thingy now or is the small one ive got sufficient? Thanks, this forum has such a great community. Im becoming addicted to corn snakes already with my first one.
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Enough heat?
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marty.warwick
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Preferably a digital one with a probe to measure the temp on the surface of the substrate, thats the useful info. Not a stick on one that just measures ambient temperature - with poor accuracy usually too.
R00K
Tap or Snap!
They are usually called Indoor/Outdoor thermometers. It would sit on the inside of a window and the probe would sit outside. They make wireless ones now. I'm iffy on those cuz I dunno how snakes react to electromagnetic dohickies.
I got mine at Walmart for $20 Canadian. Digital and have min max memory so you can see how cold it got at night or how hot during the day.
Springfield Precise Temp.
Don't forget to put one "on" the glass above the UTH and one ontop of the substrate. If the glass gets too hot and the snake burrows he/she could get hurt.
Hope that helps.
I got mine at Walmart for $20 Canadian. Digital and have min max memory so you can see how cold it got at night or how hot during the day.
Springfield Precise Temp.
Don't forget to put one "on" the glass above the UTH and one ontop of the substrate. If the glass gets too hot and the snake burrows he/she could get hurt.
Hope that helps.
SnakeLuvrs
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i have a lasr thermometer... just aim and push a button and it tells you the surface temp. I love it... 11 snakes one thermometer...