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its me again.This time im going to explain my problem fully. my corn is in a 4ft tank. i have a 2ft uth on one side with a 2ft light that i dont use. With just the heat mat on it varys between 82-86F i believe that is right. But on the colder side it only reaches 62-68F depending on what time of day it is. i have loads of hides in there but she only uses the one on the hot and cold side.in the middle of the tank it stays on a steady 72F. But she never goes in that hide. So do you think this is ok? or does anyone know how to warm the cold side up a bit?she did regurge but i believe it was because i fed her 2 large fuzzies. i waited ten days and fed her 1 fuzzie on sat and shes kept it down so far. any help would be great :cheers:
 
There might be differences in the hides other than temperature that would make the snake prefer one over the other. Is one darker or something? Maybe it just likes being in a hide that's not out in the middle of the cage. Less out-in-the-open.

Swap whatever you are using for hides. Put the one that was in the middle on the cold end and vice-versa. See what happens.

But I remember someone saying that they made a cold hide for their snake that was 68 degrees, and the snake spent most of it's time in there. It's probably nothing to worry about.
 
I think the most obvious solution would be to try to raise the temperature of your room a few degrees if at all possible. I can remember reading a thread on here before about how cold temps could be and I know that someone replied and said that all of their snakes have temps in the mid to upper 60s on the cool side (at least at night). I can't remember the thread or who it was, though. :shrugs:
 
I'm very new to snakes, BUT..

I have a tall tank. It ranges from 85 on the warm side to 70 on the cool. At night it goes well below 70, except for where the pad is.

Our girl chooses to sleep high in the vines at night, where it's the coolest.

Sometimes she'll make her way down to warm up, but then she's back up in the vines all curled up like a little python..

Hmmm..waaaaait a minute...and I thought I bought a cornsnake..

j/k :crazy02:

Anyway, I wouldn't worry about it. Your healthy snake will go where it's the most comfortable.

Kathy
 
yes. my corn is curled up under a box on the cool end, and he just ate yesterday. the ambient temp of the cool end is around 77.
 
what kind of viv is it. I had the same problems with my four foot wooden vivs for my boas. My room temp was in the sixties and the heat mats don't help ambient temps at all. I had to use a heat lamp with my heat mat and eventually just went to using the lamp alone.
 
strange

this is strange..

I just bought another corn snake, the same heating pad.

In my daughters TALL tank, the pad gets just about to 85 without overhead heating. It's a terrarium.

My tank is a 20g aquarium and within 30 mns..the pad heated up well over 90! Holy Crap!!! I have since put paper towel under the subtrate. So far it's still under 90.

My concern is, what if the little guy goes under everything and right against the glass? I'm sure it'll be too hot for him.

It doesn't make sense..a pad is a pad..glass is glass..no matter if it's tall or wide. The thermometer is at the bottom on the substrate..well against the glass so I could get a true reading, should my snake go right on the glass.
 
Quick fix use a tile above the uth. Then find a thermostate or retrostate (sp?)
There is a thread here on how to make your own somewhere.

Good luck
 
Sorry, place it inside Viv above uth. I should warm up but disfussed some of the heat. Do you have something you use like that for hot pots off of the stoves, can't remember what there are called. might work. :shrugs:
the base of a ceramic flower pot. shooting out ideas now for a quick fix
Good luck
 
by the way, what can i buy to take a true reading of the temp on the ground, like where my corn would be? preferably something i can move around, something i can stick into the substrate and take a quick reading in the hot end, then in the cool end. just wanna make sure. if someone could like me to a product or give me the description or name of one, that would be great.
 
snakessss said:
by the way, what can i buy to take a true reading of the temp on the ground, like where my corn would be? preferably something i can move around, something i can stick into the substrate and take a quick reading in the hot end, then in the cool end. just wanna make sure. if someone could like me to a product or give me the description or name of one, that would be great.
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Please take ambient temps out of the pictures.

Your looking for a thermometer with probe with it (indoor/outdoor thermometer). This you can get at any hardware store Lowe's/depot or Wal-mart.
 
No, it's not the ambient Temp.

I have a normal reptile thermometer on the ground of each tank.

I think you are talking about a pot holder Lenny..LOL I like the ceramic tile idea. I'll pick one up tomorrow.

Thanks!
Kathy
 
take Lennycorn's advise and get or make a rheostat. All you need is a good warm day and by itself, a uth can hit 100 and that can prove fatal to your snake.
Go to search and type in "homemade rheostat". I was able to make one in about 1/2 hour! I now use them in all my vivs. Cost about $7.00 a peice to make. That's pretty cheap (like me) when you consider the options.:realhot:
 
I think what Lenny is talking about is a trivet. I've seem them made out of tile, metal, and wicker.
 
my warm side fluctuates between 85 and 87. This is with the temp probe undet the hide, under the substrate, right against the glass.

With a thermostat, you set the temperature and the unit keeps that temp. With a rheostat, you'll get a little more fluctuation, but I rarely need to adjust the setting. It's basically putting the uth on a dimmer switch similar to what's used for some lighting fixtures. You'll need to use the rheostat with a digital thermometer that has a probe as I've described above to help you regulate the temps you want.
 
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