Corn Snake Heat Mat Or Lamp
While she was still in her exo terra plastic box as a young corn snake i used the following setup.
Corn snake heat mat or lamp. But for a heat mat any mat stat will be sufficient. Corn snakes are generally seen late in the evening. A naturally basking species such as a garter snake will do much better with a heat lamp than a heat mat because it encourages natural basking behaviour which a heat mat. The vivarium setup for my young corn snake.
I used a lucky reptile mat on the underside of the box for her hot basking area. This allows you to dial down the amount of electricity going to your reptile lamp or heat mat thereby controlling the output and the cage temp. Heat mats are preferred because they provide no light meaning that they can keep your snake warm 24 hours a day. It depends on the type of snake and what material you mean by snake tub.
This was controlled via a microclimate evo lite thermostat. In this video i outline the basics in providing the correct heating and lighting for your corn snake. An ultraviolet heat lamp is great if you want to view your corn snake at night and not disturb it corn snakes are not. Heat lamps dry out the air inside the enclosure so they work better for snakes with low humidity requirements such as hognose snakes and corn snakes.
Make sure you research what temperature your species of snake needs. We try to provide this heat over 1 3 of the enclosure while letting the rest of the enclosure cool to 70 o f on the opposite side. That s why ultraviolet heat lamps and top of the range heat mats are perfect for your pet corn snake. This is controlled by a dimming thermostat to make sure that the temperature is.
Most snake owners choose heat lamps heat mats or both. To achieve this we attach a basking lamp to the ceiling of the enclosure on one side. This is arguably the most important variable when it c. Snakes from tropical countries like ball pythons require higher temperatures than snakes from more temperate climes.
Heat mats are the still the most widely used method of maintaining correct temperatures for corn snakes although i believe that they are an inferior heat source compared to heat lamps. Corn snakes are cold blooded creatures and need all the heat they can get. Naturally corn snakes would be experiencing temperatures of around 90 o f in the sun.