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The controversy on heating

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AlexSD87

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What would be proper heating for a 15Gallon viv?
I'ts usually 86-89.9 (sometimes 90) F on the warmer side, and around 82F on the cooler side. Should my temperatures be cooler? Im always thinking that the baby corn is cold.. She ate with me for the first time ravenously, so could the temps be ok? I keep the temp pretty much the same (maybe 3 degrees more or less throughout the 24 hours). I feel like that if I turn off the heat lamp, the temp will go too low. And she never seems to want to bask in the warmer side. When should I turn off the heat? Or turn off the lamp and leave the heating pad on? (btw the heating pad is on the side of the viv, not under) :confused:
Any suggestions?
Thank you!
 
I personally put my mats under my vivs. I find it gets an area as big as you/your snake needs. And I use low voltage lighting during the day to illuminate the display.( It doesn't contribute much in the way of heat, maybe a degree or two)
 
89-90 is too high for this species. Your warm side should not be over 85 and the cool in the low to mid 70's. You do not need the lamp, only the uth under the tank where she can lay on the heat to digest. You'll need to regualate it with a thermostat. I find most of mine prefer the cool side, and you really don't have one of those. There is a good FAQ section here on the site. Check it out and get your basics down. That is general husbandry that you should have known before getting the snake.
 
Yeah, your snake isn't going to the warm end because she's already plenty hot.

Just have a spot where the snake can warm up to 85 degrees if it wants to and leave the rest of the cage room temperature.

Food for thought - My corn speds a lot of his time at 68 - 69 degrees during the winter. And last time I fed him chose to spend the next 48 hours at 73 degrees.
 
It also hasn't been mentioned yet, the temps for a 15 gallon or the temps for a 40 gallon should be the same for the snake.
Constant exposure to those temps isn't good for your snake, and even in a blistering hot day in the wild it could dig down deep into the cool earth so it doesn't boil up.
 
Was wondering as someone new to snake keeping, if many of these snakes are found in the southeast their normal temps in the wild would be far varied from the recommended. Florida for example ranges in the low 100s in the summer with shady areas still in the upper 80s. Are their life spans shortened considerably at these temps?
 
Well as I previously said they can and do burrow. If you ever see birds making nests out of the dirt in the shade on a hot day they're doing the same thing. The ground underneath in the dirt is no where near as hot. So those snakes only come out around dawn and dusk when it's not as blistering out.
 
The only time I've spotted snakes is in the evening when it's cooled off. Very rarely if it's very hot in the afternoon. There are plenty of trees, damp earth under logs etc. They aren't in 100 degrees at all.
 
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