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More of Phantom

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mrotier

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More pictures of Phantom. Again sorry for the pictures quality, my camera is terrible. I should be able to get ahold of a good one before the end of the month.

Hope you like the pictures! Also, I know she/he is a snow, but I was wondering if there was anything else you guys could tell me about him. I am still a snake n00b haha.









Thanks for looking!
 
ya it is. its not in direct contact tho as there are feet on the tub. its about 1/4" off of it. is that a bad thing? sorry i am a wicked noob. I am trying to learn everything I can but lord knows there are a million different things to consider.
 
Well i dont think it is a bad thing, as long as the temperature is measured with a reliable probe thermometer, and the whole tub isn't heated, leaving a place to seek cooler temperatures.

I never have my guys in their feeding tubs long enough to constitute placing a heating pad underneath, as i feed them and within 10 minutes they are placed back in their permanent homes.
I suppose if they were picky and i had to leave them overnight with their meal i would consider providing them with some heat.

Do you have any pictures of your setup? We all love pictures around here :D
 
the pet store "expert" told me the heat pad would relax him/her. guess they were just trying to sell me . haha.

heres my setup


its a 20 gal. there was an artificial log in that empty spot but i had to break it open to rescue my little guy when he found a hole in it and crawled inside a cavity. hes named phantom for a reason! little guy always manages to find the strangest hiding spots to vanish in for a week.
 
Can't tell anything else about your Snow ... other than he/she eats ;) (which is a very good thing... his/her eating, that is).

A UTH (under tank heater) is needed for his Viv but is, certainly, not needed for feed tubs.
Also, at minimum, you should have two hides ... one hide on the cool side ~and~ another on the warm side. So, you may want to replace the missing hide very soon.

Get yourself a probe thermometer as well. The "stick-ons" are not extremely reliable for giving the correct temp. Plus, you would want to measure the temp, at substrate level, not the ambient air temp (IOW not part way up the side of a tank).
 
Looks great! Like stated above, providing a heat gradient for your animal will keep it the most comfortable.

Allowing proper heat for digestion in one portion of the tank, as well as a cooler side, makes sure your snake has the option to 'thermoregulate', essentially choosing how warm it wants to be by moving throughout the different temperatures found in its tank.

There are threads that are stickied at the top of all new posts in every section on the forum, and contain need to know info on keeping corns. Read up and all your questions will be answered. Sometimes pet shop experts were hired last week, and only know how to clean snake poop :D. Hope i could help.
 
thanks for the input everyone! btw i do have a reptile heat lamp that is over the left side of the tank. is that fine or do i need an under viv heater? i am definitely putting in a new hide and getting a bigger water dish soon. i go home for vacation thursday and theres a big pet store by my house that i was planning on going to. i will also look at thermometers with probes.
 
You can get a two in one Thermometer/Hygometer(sp?) that is also pretty good. My tank just has a thermometer with a probe, and it measures about 80 at night, 85 during day time. Not too shabby :p

Lovely snake btw, I hope you two wont have any troubles with eachother.
 
Under tank heaters provide belly heat, which is most effective if your corn is inside his/her hide resting atop of it. Corns don't bask, so a heating lamp wont do much good aside from keep ambient temperatures up. I used to use a lamp as well, but i found that it dried the air out unnecessarily.

Seeing as you already have the UTH, all you need is a probed thermometer and either a rheostat, to manually control the temperature, or a thermostat, which controls it automatically.

Hooking up a heat lamp or UTH without something to control the heat can be dangerous, as your corn could become badly burnt either off the bottom glass, or an object superheated by the lamp.
 
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