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Housing of Hatchlings

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tom e

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I debated putting this in breeding forum, but I guess it's actually a question of husbandry.

It seems it's standard practice to keep hatchlings in deli cups. Anyway, my understanding is that that's probably what most people do. I actually have MANY more tanks and various types of vivs than I have snakes- so the options are def. there..

Currently I'm housing my hatchlings in 2 of the hatchling racks made by Jeff Mohr.. (And I love them by the way- very well built, sturdy and everything just fits perfectly to rule out escapes..) I'm not able to get much of a heat gradient with them and it occurs to me that this is not because of his design, which actually gives more room than your average deli cup, it's just because we tend to keep hatchlings in small containers in general. I'm heating with 3" heat tape up the back of the racks, and having experimented ahead of time, I know that when I set the thermostat to 85 F, the snake effectively gets from 83F to 78F which doesn't quite reach the high or the low I should want. I don't know if I'm being anal here. Or if this is something you also worry about, what do you do to correct it? I wonder sometimes if I should raise temps to 87-88, and giving them effectively 85 at the back, about 80 at the front, and maybe they'll be a little uncomfortable but better for digestion? Maybe I should be trying to cool my room in general, and then going for the high temp I want- though my feeling is that the confines of your average hatchling container just isn't conducive to much of a gradient..

Also please tell me if I'm just worrying too much. LOL.
 
I think your temps sound fine. Some people don't provide gradients for their snakes and just keep the temps in the snake rooms around 80.

If you want a gradient you could up the temps during the day and then decrease them overnight.
 
OK, thanks for the reassurance..
I'll keep it at the first option than, 83-78? That's where I have it currently. Maybe just really slice into the pinkies to aid digestion, or offer halves to everybody.
 
Digestion shouldn't be a problem. 85 os better, but 83 is just fine, I agree. yes, it would be better for the temps to be a little higher, but I don't think it will cause problems, as jodu said.

I think slicing into the pinkies, at least skin deep is always a good idea, so you might as well do that, but i doubt the hatchlings will have too much trouble.

I have my hatchlings in shoebox racks heated by strips of 3" flexwatt in the back on the bottom of each shelf. My tempatures normally stay around 85 in the back and we try to keep it at 78 in the front, but ambient room tempature often is closer to 80. it seems hard to keep large gradients in any tanks smaller that, say, 10 gallons.

Good luck with the hatchlings, and I bet everything will be fine with your current set up.
 
Your temps are fine. My house stays at ~80 during the summer and I run no heat for any of the corns, including hatchlings. All of them are doing great. So you have nothing to worry about.
 
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