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Heating Problem ( too cold )

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sqrt(-1)

corn-a-licious
Today is the second day I've had my first corn. I've been monitoring the temps in my viv and the cold side is at 65 and the hot side is at 75.

The guy at the rep store suggested I get a lamp instead of a UTH, so I did. I've got a 60 watt black light heat lamp. I'm wondering what you guys suggest I should do to increase my temps. I'm considering getting another lamp for that hot side with a higher wattage and keeping the 60 watt light on the cool side. If I go this route, what wattage bulb should I get for the hot side?

Any other tips are welcome.

Side note: My corn has been hanging out on the cool end in the hide so I moved the heat lamp over to that side and put up a climbing branch so that if he wants he can crawl up and get a little warmer.
 
I would use a UTH under tank heater or heat mat. Most folks here use them.
I feel that you can control the temps better than with a lamp. What are you using to measure the temps and where are you taking the temps at (location). Also don't move the heat if the snake want s to be on the cool side let him be . Them will move around to adjust there body temps to there liking.
http://www.cornsnakes.com/forums/showthread.php?t=28341
This is some good reading too.

Good luck. :)
 
I also would use the UTH. I've found that they seem to like cool temps and I often find them on the cool side. With the UTH they can go in their hides and have a nice warm spot, or go to the cool side and be in a nice cool hide. I also agree with Lennycorn in that you leave the heat where it is. The snake is on the cool side for reasons known only to him. If you move the heat, he'll probably just move to the other side away from it. They tolerate cooler temps pretty well.
 
Dont ya just love petshop recommendations..lol Get a coal stove and put it in the corner of the cage.. works perfectly..lol
 
Ditto on the UTH.

I've heard that using overhead bulb tends to remove humidity necessary for shedding.
 
Thanks for the suggestions.

I've got two thermometers that I laid on the substrate on the cool side and the hot side. The one on the hot side I had under the heat lamp so I could get a reading of how hot the heat lamp could get the temp.

I won't move the heat anymore, I was just afraid that the snake would rather hide than get warm since the hide on the hot side is just one of those half logs (I've never seen him over there ) and the one on the cool side is a fully enclosed rock.

I think I'll head out and get a UTH. I'ver read a view discusions on the best way to mount them to the tank, using tiles, etc. Whats the best way to mount the UTH to be able to control the tempature the best?

Thanks for all the help,
Jon
 
There are different view about all topic here and placements of UTH is no different.
My UTH came with a sticky side that you place under the tank but....
I never remove the paper covering the sticky part because I was told not to. I just duck tape it to the bottom of the tank but I did have to raise the tank a bit. The duck tape never peel off or anything because I guess it never got that hot. I also regulate the UTH with a homemade rheostat.
There is a good thread here somewhere on how to make your own.
 
I second the UTH and the duct tape. I dont personally recommend the dimmers as they allow for temp flux and in the even of a failure it will just keep pumping the power to the heating element possibly causing problems..
 
I live in Canada and a very drafty apartment. I use an UTH and an overhead light, both attached to a thermostat (500R). The thermostat has a probe and it is on the hot side beside the hide. I use two digital thermometres from Walmart $19 each (Springfield Precise Temp). They measure inside and outside temps so they have probes. One is on the glass to measure the glass above the UTH and the other is ontop of the substrate beside the Thermostat probe. Because they measure "inside" temps wich are really the temp where the display is, I use that as the temp for the cold side.

Hope this helps.
 
I've got the UTH, though now I have another dilema. I know you're supposed to leave the snake alone for the first week, but is it more important for me to get the UTH on there than to leave the snake alone (considering my low temps 65 and 75 )?

I might be able to stick it on with out removing the snake from the viv. What to you think?

Jon
 
The UTH goes under the tank, not in it with the snake. What I did, was attach the UTH to the glass from a picture frame and taped that under the cage. Just so when my corns get bigger, I can easily remove the UTH to the new tank when I move them to a new one. I also use a thermostat and keep my temps around 82-85 on the warm side.
 
I would go to Lowe's or Home Depot and get a piece of ceramic tile. I prefer the wall tile to the floor tile; it's thinner and you have more sizes to pick from. I've got 3 uth's of different sizes that I was able to fit perfectly with wall tile.

I place the uth with the tile directly up against the glass on the under side of the tank. You need to prop the uth up so air can circulate under it or it can overheat. I regulate the temps with a homemade rheostat whose directions are available in this forum.

OR,

You can just stick it to the glass. It's hard to remove if you decide to change vivs in the future. Using tile makes it so you can use it for other applications.
 
ratsncorns said:
The UTH goes under the tank, not in it with the snake. What I did, was attach the UTH to the glass from a picture frame and taped that under the cage. Just so when my corns get bigger, I can easily remove the UTH to the new tank when I move them to a new one. I also use a thermostat and keep my temps around 82-85 on the warm side.
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Hey Angela, brilliant minds think alike...and at the same time!:grin01:
 
sqrt(-1) said:
I've got the UTH, though now I have another dilema. I know you're supposed to leave the snake alone for the first week, but is it more important for me to get the UTH on there than to leave the snake alone (considering my low temps 65 and 75 )?

I might be able to stick it on with out removing the snake from the viv. What to you think?

Jon
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Today is day three of owning your snake so I would wait a day or two more. If you have help to hold the up and level while you stick it on by any of the suggestions mention on the thread , you could try that. Meaning a quick slap on trick, but it not....... wait.
 
dwyn127 said:
I would go to Lowe's or Home Depot and get a piece of ceramic tile. I prefer the wall tile to the floor tile; it's thinner and you have more sizes to pick from. I've got 3 uth's of different sizes that I was able to fit perfectly with wall tile.

I place the uth with the tile directly up against the glass on the under side of the tank. You need to prop the uth up so air can circulate under it or it can overheat. I regulate the temps with a homemade rheostat whose directions are available in this forum.
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I couldnt have said it better myself.
 
I was able to attach the UTH with out needing to take my snake out. It's been about six hours and the hot side is still too cold, so I'm going to add my lamp as well. That should do it, I hope.
 
Oh! I didn't noticed there was a 2nd page already. Thanks for all the tips! At this point I just have the UTH duct tapped to the bottom. If this works I'm just going to leave it, though I may want to try using a tile sometime in the future.
 
Lennycorn said:
Cause you never say more than a sentence. :shrugs:
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Just trying to drive up his post count I imagine. 140 posts in two weeks--got to be some kind of record.
 
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