Hello im a newbie here, gf wants to get a corn snake so its my job to search everything out, im getting use to all the terminology here viv, UTH. hopefully ill get it all strightened out. we both have had iguana's, im just trying to find the best way to keep the tank up to temp, i read about UTH, i think this is the best way to go, but the pet store (they only sell reptiles) where we are going to buy it says to just go with a heat lamp, got to figure that one out. and now after reading the forums, i got to figure out what kind we want, we are leaning twords bloodred, before this forum i figured there was only one color with a few different patterns boy was i wrong.
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Snake_Plissken
Life is Study
Welcome to the forums, they are uncannily helpful. From what I have read on the subject, a heat lamp is a bad choice for cornsnakes (Who don't benefit from the light other than heat) in fact someone viv caught fire recently because of a heatlamp going bezerk. a UTH with a rheostat or a light dimmer along with a digital thermometer(with a probe) do the trick just fine.
Rich in KY
Fortunate Fool
Hi and welcome to the forum!
I have never used a lamp for any of my corn snakes. Corn snakes benefit more from belly heat to help aid in digestion. That is why I have always used UTH's.
You can't go wrong with a bloodred. That morph is on my "wish list"!
I have never used a lamp for any of my corn snakes. Corn snakes benefit more from belly heat to help aid in digestion. That is why I have always used UTH's.
You can't go wrong with a bloodred. That morph is on my "wish list"!
Snake_Plissken
Life is Study
yea i read about that one, if that happens than the whole apartment building is going up, not sure they will be too happy with me if that happens. Ill have to talk to the shop about switching out the lamp for uth, im buying a package includes tank and everything so they say im sure ill have to pick up some little things here and there. Question i have a 50gal or larger tank can i use this for a new born or is it too large?
Rich in KY
Fortunate Fool
It is quite large. But I have had a hatchling in a 55 gallon before and it did fine. You need a lot (and I mean a lot) of hides. 5-8 little hides would not be too many. All you need are a bunch of empty toilet paper rolls laying around or buried in the substrate.
susang
New member
I read this thread, the way I read it the owner cut a hole in the mesh and then put the light in. Of course it would fall in. I use lights on some of mine they sit on the mesh are held in place by a hole cut in a wood lid. While I'm not going to be so bold as to say "neener, neener" or even close. No matter what the heat source if used improperly a fire could start. I use red light which is not visible to a corn snake. I also use UTH and cable on some tanks.
Snake_Plissken
Life is Study
Fair enough the set up was a major factor, but I just think that a UTH is a simpler alternative. Not saying lights are awful or dangerous to use, with care and thought I think a light can be adequate.
