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Spoiled Snake

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nicolefowler2005

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Is this girl spoiled or what lol

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I love that setup! Definitely post a photo of the loft in use. That is adorable. I'd like to do more with Molly's eventually too, but there's only so much room in her 18 gallon. When I can get a larger tank she will be living in style :)

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I also just went out on Black Friday with crazy crowds just to get a scale cause the other one I got online was junk!!


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Lol you a good mama for sure! I just took over my kitchen scale and named it hers now because I hardly used it for that. I was shocked how small she is. Only 19g. That's so tiny lol.

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You'll probably want to switch to an under the tank heater instead of a basking light. Corns don't need lights and generally don't like them. If your corn is making noticeable effort to get closer and closer to the light your temps may be off.
 
I do have an under the tank heater as well but it's so cold here right now that I unfortunetly have to use both to sustain a good temp!! I wasn't aware of them not liking the lamp!!


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I didn't know they didn't like lamps either. I thought it was just optional. I have a day lamp and a night lamp. I tried an under tank heater and it didn't get warm enough and wouldn't stick to the tank.

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Yah I have a day and night bulb to that I just switch out! My under the tank heater stuck to to tank fine but it doesn't keep the tank warm enough so I don't know of any other way than the lamp


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Remember, the "Air temp" at the top of the tank or the temp of the sides of the glass are not important. The important temp is the bottom of the tank where the snake actually resides. He doesn't fly through the air, he crawls along the bottom.

It's misleading to some folks when they hear that the Under Tank Heater doesn't make the tank warm enough. It's not supposed to make the whole tank a toasty 85 degrees. Just that spot where it's stuck to the bottom. If you've ever plugged one of those heaters into an outlet and let it heat up and then measure it (unregulated) they can easily hit 115 degrees.

The lamp on top is a means of warming the air in the tank because you feel it's not warm enough in there. But warming the air in the tank does very little for the snake when he spends the majority of the time laying on the bottom. All lamps produce heat, some more than others. "Overhead Heat" also increases evaporation and can lower the humidity in the cage.

I too use a lamp, not for heat purposes, but for viewing and to simulate daylight / night time. I keep the lamp a significant distance above the cage so that it provides light but no heat. The only heat Rufus gets is from the Under Tank Heat pads. If I measure the temp at the top of the cage or on the sides of the glass it stays around 73 to 75 during the day and drops down to about 68 to 72 at night. Most people would say that's too cold for a Corn Snake. But Rufus does not live on the sides of the glass or on top of the tank. He's laying under a "Hide" on the bottom and if I measure there, it's 85 on the high side and 75 on the cool side.
 
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