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Heating mats with sand...

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cornflake

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I bought my first corn snake last weekend & he's 2 mo. old. I bought a heat lamp, water dish, grabbed a good sized rock from a wall that has been broken down at my house, & a branch from the pet store. The heat lamp seems to work good but I can't keep it on all the time. I recently bought a heating pad (which I know needs to be on one side) thinking it will be better but haven't used it yet, thinking I'd better ask questions first.

Now the questions are:
If I use the heating pad that I bought from my local PetCo. , if I chose to use sand instead of astroturf; 1. What type of sand can I use (I want to do this for sanitary reasons and looks); 2. Will the heating pad be warm enough or too warm; 3. Should I keep the stick-on thermometer 1" above the sand line?

Thanks for reading this & hopefully someone will be able to help me out!
 
Sand

This has been a common topic recently. Sand is not recommended for most snake species. I would recommend using something else.

Sand can negatively affect your corn in several ways, specifically over-drying the skin, getting between the belly scales, and causing impaction if it is ingested.
 
Wow Thanks!

Yes, I have read about them being able to swollow it and getting ill if not dying. I'm leaning more to the use paper towels, do you think I should worry with that and the heating pad?

I guess my main concerns are temperature (and what to use), humidity, proper substrate and mites. Ew...

So confused! I know it's not rocket science but I want my lil' guy happy and healthy!:eek:
 
do you think I should worry with that and the heating pad?
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It isn't a concern if you have a temperature control device in place. I have more than 70 snakes on newspaper and have never had a problem. As long as you change it when it gets soiled or wet then you should never have a problem. I have zero problems with shedding and have never seen a snake mite. These animals are very easy to care for.
 
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