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New Daddy from CA + HOT

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ItalianStallion

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My little girl should be arriving tomorrow around morning time. Just put the final touches on her place but something caught my eye while doing so. I have read how everyone has a good temp range from like 70s to 80s. My whole tank on the other hand is stuck at 90 without any heating except the day night lamp. I have read about the freezing water but the tank is a 20g 2 hides 2 bowls there's not really a lot of room lol. I work all day and don't leave my ac running so when I get home my house it about 87. Should I run my ac at 80 all day?? I assume fans don't work due to the no sweat. Would a bag of ice cubes work?? Should I put ice in her water?? I feel like she would stay in the shade but still in a 90 tank shade would still suck lol for me anyways. I don't want to put her through that. CA is pretty hot year round and I'm in Fresno so we have no rain or clouds. Just heat. Thanks in advance! Glad to be part of the new crowd. :cheers:
 
I'm no expert on how snakes handle this kind of heat, or the best way to deal with it (I'm from Alberta, Canada, in general we have the opposite problem) but my thoughts on the matter are that if a temperature is uncomfortable or unhealthy for our pets, it's our job to give them relief from it. I'd say maybe run the air conditioner until you find a better solution?
We had a real heat wave this year, and I actually bought an air conditioner for the first time in my life, just to keep the snakes cool. LOL
 
Well, he said it was 90 in the tank with the lamp... so turn off the lamp as even that adds heat. In the height of summer hear, it reaches mid to high 80s in my house and I turn off the heat to all my snakes. If the whole house is 90 degrees all the time, then running the air conditioner is a good idea.
 
Well it's 2100 here and the current outside temp is 87. :/ I turned the house to 80 and been running it since the post cool side is 86 and hot is 88 with the night lamp. Still no UTH used.
 
I tried that once, I didn't find that it made any difference at all, but it DID cause a lot of condensation, and then I had a pool of water in my viv. Good luck, hope it works better for you!
 
Ok I turned the lights off. No difference actually. Put a bottle in the freezer. When I read "wrap if good" is that so my baby won't get frozen on it? Or so it doesn't get condensation everywhere? Thanks for all the help. This temp has me kinda worried.
 
With that kind of heat predicted I'd run the air conditioner at 80 to 85 with no other heat on in the viv. If it is a room air conditioner close of that room with the viv in it so you are not to trying to cool the whole home.
 
I live in Lathrop, not too far from you. It's so hot so I feel you on that. My AC went over on the fourth of July. I pit a frozen bottle of water in the tank. I wrapped it with a bunch of paper towels to prevent condensation from getting the bedding wet. When that would melt I would swap it with another, and put the first one in the freezer again.

I think it worked well enough. After the bottle was melted and I would take it out my snake was usually under all the paper towels, so I think she appreciated the extra cool.

I would definitely suggest you keep your AC on during the hot days. It just gets too hot without it.

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You mentioned "shade", is the tank near a window? If so, find an inside wall to put the tank against, if any sunlight hits the tank the glass is like a magnifying glass and can really raise the temp inside.

Yes, I would use the AC at about 80°, and as Shiari said, lose the lamp completely. Unless it is LED for your viewing purposes, corn snakes don't need that kind of heat. They need the belly heat from your UTH (which you can also turn down or off if the temperatures keep up) for digestion, the UV bulbs can harm or blind some corn snakes.
 
there is a "Misconception" about how AC works and the benefits of turning it off when you're not at home. (I am in the Heating / AC / Ventilating business and have been for almost 38 years.)

An AC Unit doesn't just cool the air in your house. It cools the walls, the ceilings, the carpets, the furniture..... everything........

If the AC Unit is properly functioning, it should come on when the thermostat tells it to, run for a while, then cut off when the determined temperature is met. Some days it may run more and longer than others, depending on the temperature outdoors and the temperature you have it set at.

Some people think they should just "Turn it off" when they are not at home. So when they do come home after a day of being away, your home heats up, everything heats up, the walls, the carpets, drapes, furniture... it all heats up. So you walk in the door, "Man, it's hot today, I need to turn on the Ac...." and the AC runs for about 2 hours straight trying to cool down everything. It's a strain on the AC unit that will eventually wear it out, and you'll still use the same amount of electricity to cool the house that you would have used if you had just let the AC unit properly do its job all day long.

Now I know this is not supposed to be a thread about AC units. You're interested in the health of your snake. Your snake needs heat. Your snake Needs the "Option" to cool off too if he wants to. A properly set up habitat has both a cool side and a hot side. When we say "Hot Side" we don't mean 90. That's too hot. Corn snakes do best at around 81 to 88 with about 84 or 85 being preferred.

I threw in the AC part just trying to help you make a realistic, rational and informed decision.
 
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