This was controlled via a microclimate evo lite thermostat.
Corn snake heat mat or lamp.
Corn snakes are cold blooded creatures and need all the heat they can get.
An ultraviolet heat lamp is great if you want to view your corn snake at night and not disturb it corn snakes are not.
It depends on the type of snake and what material you mean by snake tub.
Heat mats produce warmth without light and are only good for heating the bottom of an enclosure not the air.
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.
This is arguably the most important variable when it c.
That s why ultraviolet heat lamps and top of the range heat mats are perfect for your pet corn snake.
To achieve this we attach a basking lamp to the ceiling of the enclosure on one side.
Naturally corn snakes would be experiencing temperatures of around 90 o f in the sun.
But for a heat mat any mat stat will be sufficient.
The vivarium setup for my young corn snake.
Snakes from tropical countries like ball pythons require higher temperatures than snakes from more temperate climes.
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.
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.
In this video i outline the basics in providing the correct heating and lighting for your corn snake.
If you use a heat lamp you ll need to use a different heat source during the.
While she was still in her exo terra plastic box as a young corn snake i used the following setup.
Make sure you research what temperature your species of snake needs.
This is controlled by a dimming thermostat to make sure that the temperature is.
Corn snakes are generally seen late in the evening.
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.
Most snake owners choose heat lamps heat mats or both.
I used a lucky reptile mat on the underside of the box for her hot basking area.