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What do you use??

darkmorning1

darkmorning1

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Well i know alot of you guys have alot of corn snakes. or maybe just one. But what do you guys have for tanks? (have any pics?) I think the next tank im going to get is a visionarium tank. Only becuse there like 70 dollers at the reptile house i'm At all the time. and they stack on top of one another. So that means i can get another tank and fix it on top. They use some visionarums tanks there for there (corn snakes) at the shop . But im worried about that heat lamp. there no cover on the light and its in the tank its self and its low. I just worry about peek a boo my cornsnake. lefting her head and burning her self :cry: . and if she does then well i turn that visionarium in to a visionarium puzzle.
 
dont worry

Well first i have a wooden vivarium with sliding glass doors and second of all...
Dont worry about the heat lamp because i have a heat lamp unprotected in mine and nigel has never tried to reach it before :grin01:
 
nigel the corn snake said:
Well first i have a wooden vivarium with sliding glass doors and second of all...
Dont worry about the heat lamp because i have a heat lamp unprotected in mine and nigel has never tried to reach it before :grin01:
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This is very bad advice. Though nigel has not had a problem as of yet, the situation he has his snake in is a dangerous one and there could easily be a problem in the future.

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nigel the corn snake said:
Well first i have a wooden vivarium with sliding glass doors and second of all...
Dont worry about the heat lamp because i have a heat lamp unprotected in mine and nigel has never tried to reach it before :grin01:
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I agree with Dawn on heat lamp. Elle posted pics of a snake burned by heat lamp, but couldn't find it, hopefully she will find it and post it. I have seen snakes burned by heat lamps inside of viv and it is not a pretty sight. susan
 
First Nigel tells someone its okay to cohabitate a young corn snake that is not eating as it should, and now its okay to have an open hot bulb where the snake can get to it...

Lack of knowledge is dangerous when others don't know the facts are wrong.
:puke01:
 
O i see

susang said:
I agree with Dawn on heat lamp. Elle posted pics of a snake burned by heat lamp, but couldn't find it, hopefully she will find it and post it. I have seen snakes burned by heat lamps inside of viv and it is not a pretty sight. susan
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So what do i do then?
Do i buy something that seperates the bulb from the rest of the vivarium?(If so please tell me where to buy it)
Will i have to buy a new vivarium?
Does having a wooden vivarium affect the situation?
Will i have to act fast?
Please tell me because i dont want anything to happen to nigel
By the way if someone could post pics of their vivarium then that would be very very helpfull.
 
So what do i do then?
Do i buy something that seperates the bulb from the rest of the vivarium?(If so please tell me where to buy it)
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You buy a bulb guard. You can get them online in the UK here:
Livefoods.co.uk

Other online suppliers sell them as well. However, your Corn may still choose to sit on top of the guard and even that can burn. I've tried lighting Corn vivs before, and the wire guards get well over 100 degrees. Once I caught a Corn sitting on it, the lights went out and haven't been used sicne. They aren't missed.

If you can't lift the bulb out of the Corn's reach, I wouldn't use it (unless it's the primary heat source, in which case you need a rethink about your setup).

Remember that a Corn snake can lift the front third of its body upright, unsupported. If it supports itself by bracing against the sides of the viv, it can climb higher even if you don't provide branches.
 
I use wooden vivariums with sliding doors. I don't use heat lamps at all - I find it most convenient to use mats in these sort of vivariums.
 
well i know i think the visionarium you can put another thing as light where its out of the cage but laying right on the screen....Is that ok? other then that was else Can i get.
 
You could use a heatmat under one of those with no trouble. That way you wouldn't need the light so you wouldn't have a problem.

Corns need heat, but they don't need extra light as long as you're keeping them in a room that gets natural sunlight.

Just make sure that you raise the tank slightly off the mat, so the weight of it isn't resting on the mat.
 
ok

Plissken said:
I use wooden vivariums with sliding doors. I don't use heat lamps at all - I find it most convenient to use mats in these sort of vivariums.
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I do have a heat mat fitted into the vivarium but i never use it because my only concern is that it wont be as hot as the lamp.
Is yours hot enough?
 
nigel the corn snake said:
I do have a heat mat fitted into the vivarium but i never use it because my only concern is that it wont be as hot as the lamp.
Is yours hot enough?
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:-offtopic First to respond to your light question, the ones I use go on the outside of the viv, no need to buy new viv.
Second you put the mat into the viv, they are called UTH for a reason they go under the tank. Mine get very hot, hot enough to burn the snake. Also there should be no question if you are measuring the temps. JMHO susan
 
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