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Posted - 16/08/2009 : 16:48:06
Hi
My son Thomas and i have a "classic" cornsnake called Snips, she is about six months old we've had her for two of those, she's handled daily for around 15 minutes and is always happy and active during this period (usualy poo's during this time a couple of days after feeding?).
Once she goes back into her viv (small plastic one, heat mat at one end with a small rock cave over and a log at the cold end) we don't see her again she's either in the hot cave after feeding or under the cold log. Should we see her moving aroung the viv?
We have one of the circular temperature guages in the midle of the viv that states 23 degress C.
Should she be active and out in the open, when you go into the reptile shops you always see the snakes out and about.
Any advice would be much appreciated
Thank you |
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| lee2308 |
Posted - 22/08/2009 : 10:40:29
hi and welcome to the forum,best place to stick a dial thermometer in is a wheelibin,dont know why they even bother making them. |
| Stumpy |
Posted - 22/08/2009 : 02:06:08
I have a digital thermometer, which I got from Aldi, it has a probe on a wire which I use to sample the temperatures.
The Heat mat is best at 30 - 32 degrees C.Snakes get their warmth from laying on the warm rocks so air temp is not as important as the ground temp.
You may need to reduce the covering on the heatmat or get a larger one to increase the air temp to around 29 degrees C. |
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Posted - 21/08/2009 : 22:15:39
Thanks for the welcom. I got a dual area thermometer and the cool side is 22 c & the warm side is 26.7 c. I'm using the heat mat and not the bulb as the viv isn't very high, how can i increase the temperature to 29 c
Thanks |
| HannahB |
Posted - 18/08/2009 : 15:05:50
hey and welcome |
| Kehhlyr |
Posted - 18/08/2009 : 12:49:28
hi and welcome. |
| Kellog |
Posted - 17/08/2009 : 21:21:25
Mine is going throug that at the moment. Have had to minimise his viv (remove substrate and plants etc) cos of mites and think that putting him on kitchen roll has made him feel exposed and wonder whether it has also dropped temp. Thermo are on each end but high up (level of light), but think it must be cooler at his level. Changing bulb as soon as possible and getting his viv back to normal. xxx |
| Flatpack63 |
Posted - 17/08/2009 : 14:25:11
Hi and welcome. |
| CAL |
Posted - 17/08/2009 : 13:23:48
Hi and welcome to forum.
Sometimes you will find your snake will be a bit quiet and stay in hides for longer than usual. Mine is just going through the same thing at the moment. He's fine to handle, and eating well, but prefers to hide away. Its normal, or at least mine has had many spells like that over the years.
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| KITTYCAT |
Posted - 17/08/2009 : 12:37:20
hi and welcome to the forum, as said b4 snakes are mainly active at night once you sort the temp out you should see an improvement. |
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Posted - 17/08/2009 : 12:35:14
hi and welcome:) |
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Posted - 16/08/2009 : 23:13:20
Hiya and welcome..sort out your temps and things should improve. |
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Posted - 16/08/2009 : 21:16:10
Thank you very much for your advice, i've ordered a dual area digital thermometer.
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| gingerpony |
Posted - 16/08/2009 : 20:43:00
heya and welcome |
| Remmy |
Posted - 16/08/2009 : 18:29:50
Hi, To start with your temps are to low. You need a thermometer at either end not one in the middle. The dial gauges are also inaccurate so digital will be better. The temp at the warm end needs to be around 29c. Corns are mainly active at night so you wont see them move a lot in the daytime. The reason they are out and about in reptile shops is because they dont normally have hides to go into so you see them all the time. |
| Brookestar |
Posted - 16/08/2009 : 17:29:46
first of all 23c is a bit low. should be around 27. corns snakes are generally lazy but the temp may be playing a part in her lazyness. corns are nocturnal so become more active at night. mine stay in their hides all day but when darkness falls its a different story and they will move around.
main worries would be the temperature.
hope this helps |
