Corn Snake Heat Mat Setup

This heat pad is ideal for corn snakes offering a twenty four hour primary or secondary heat source with optimal mounting on the base or side of the terrarium.

Corn snake heat mat setup.

The vivarium setup for my young corn snake. A range of different heating sources may be used though arguably the best heater for corn snakes is a heat mat. While she was still in her exo terra plastic box as a young corn snake i used the following setup. If you are using a wood or melamine terrarium place the heat mat inside the enclosure underneath a thick layer of substrate.

Tips for corn snake heating. There are other ways to go about it these are just the most common strategies. This was controlled via a microclimate evo lite thermostat. There should be no risk of your snake burning itself on the pad if you re using a thermostat but if.

To make sure that the heat mat remains the correct temperature it is controlled by a simple on off thermostat set to 80 o f. The aim when heating a corn snake enclosure is to make one end of the cage much warmer than the other. These can be placed under a glass tank or inside a wooden enclosure and provide a gentle background heat. Trusted heat mat brands include fluker s and ultratherm.

How you heat the cage is not nearly as important as achieving the proper temperatures. If your enclosure doesn t have a lifted base the rubber feet included will be useful to create airflow between the heat mat and ground surface. Choose a high quality heat mat that will cover about 1 4 to 1 3 of the terrarium s floor space. But for a heat mat any mat stat will be sufficient.

The heat mat will warm objects around it providing a warm patch of ground for the corn snake to rest on.