Temperature Issue

[snippy_girl]

Hi,

I live in Kansas and the winters are freezing, in turn, so is my apartment. Will the temp of mi casa effect the snake? I will have the proper cage set-up with the under tank heater, will that be enough?( this will be my first corn

 

[Bluebeard]

Up here in the great white north I've found that I need both A UTH and red heat bulb on half the tank just to keep the ambiant temp above 70

 

[WhiteLips]

As Bluebeard suggests you might have to add a red or blue heat lamp (you can keep those on 24 hours) you can use a regular light bulb but you will have to turn it off at night- snakes need a day/ night cycle. Keep in mind that all this depends on how warm or cool you keep your house during the winter, is the cage near a window (usually colder) or an inside wall (warmer), do you increase or decrease the temps at night (or during the day) another consideration- is the humidity, usually it goes way down when you turn the heat on, or when you add a heat lamp. A good way to check the temps is with a temp gun (about $25, @ tempgun.com) Hope this helps! Good Luck!
btw- I used to live in Michigan so I am familiar with the great white north, now I live with the palm trees

 

[Spirit]

I use a UTH and keep a 40 watt red bulb on 24/7 the cool side It's not warm enough to raise the temps, but it keeps the cool side from dropping below 70 at night. Above the UTH I use a 60 watt pink bulb during the day and turn it off at night. With the bulb, the surface above the UTH keeps at 85, and without it drops to about 75. I also have it hanging so if I need to raise it (to lower temps on warmer days) I can do so easily.

 

[Quigs]

Can you give us the temps in your enclosure? That would help make for good advice to you.

I live in Missouri and we get very much the same winter as you do. I don't use anything supplimental to belly heat.

Quigs

 

[snippy_girl]

I haven't bought my corn(or enclosure) yet.........I just want to make sure I set up a temperature appropriate enclosure before I bring my corn home.
The temp in my apartment averages 60 degrees in the winter, I have a floor furnace Thanks for the feedback, it is very appreciated

 

[Quigs]

My suggestion to you is this then. Buy everything but the snake. Set it all up and check temps. Usually a UTH is more than sufficent. Actually it is better to put a thermostat inline because UTH's have a tendancy to get too hot!

Another tool, that I don't think I could live without after having one...is a temp gun. I use mine all the time and compare it next to the thermometers in both rooms, it's very accurate and inexpensive.

Quigs

 

[Alias47]

As mentioned above, where the tank is located in relation to the room is very important.

Most of my tanks are UTH only...and temp is fine (I also use a temp gun...absolutely an indispensible tool for keeping herps, especially if you have multiple animals!)...I just added a 60watt normal bulb on top of the one tank I keep in my living room...the room is large with a 10 foot ceiling and sliding doors on one side, front door on the other...so it stays fairly cool...and cools faster than the rest of the house in the winter...I just placed a clip on desk lamp above the hot end of the tank...and plugged it into a timer...comes on about 7am and off at 8pm.
Raises the ambient temp about 6 or 7 degrees...if more is needed I just cover the screen top on the cool end with a towel...the more you cover the higher the heat (this was the method I used for keeping the temp up before winter was in FULL swing and I had to add the light)...seems to be working well so far.