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How to make my snake warmer in winter?

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FaithForever

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Hi, please excuse what may be a very rookie question but if I don't ask I won't know!
I have a just turned 1 year old corn, have had him 6 months. His tank had been at a solid 80 degrees in the warm end all summer with the heatmat I have under about a third of the tank (that's how big the heat mat is).
Now it's colder here in the UK the temperature in his tank is falling. I have a smaller mat from when he had a smaller tank, can I somehow use it as well to increase the temperature in there?
If not what would be the best option to warm him up a bit? Something I can replace the mat with or a stronger heatmat (do you get stronger ones?)
Again, sorry if this is a very obvious question to experienced snake keepers!
Thank you:)
 
Do you have a thermostat on the uth? And do you have a thermometer probe on the warm side on top of the glass?
 
FaithForever said:
I'm sorry I don't quite follow, I have a small thermometer stuck to the inside of the glass at 'ground level' :)
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That's ok lol. Those stick on thermometers are not accurate at all, and "ground level" is not where you need to measure the temp. Get a digital thermometer with a probe connected to it and place the probe on the inside bottom of the tank glass above your heat mat. If it reads 85-87 you're good. If it reads higher, you will need a thermostat to lower it. If it reads lower, you need to replace it. It should cover 1/3 of your tank and be rated by size for that tank. Let us know what your temps read with a probe and we can go from there. :eek:k_01
 
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