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| kerry84 |
Posted - 10/09/2011 : 02:45:16
I have a corn snake and i recently got a thermomter for him its reading about 80 i knw this is way to high hes eating and sheding well and eats x4 pinkies a week !! (2 each time )
2 what should the temp be?
3 how does a thermo stat work?
4 should i get a smaller heat mat?
below is what is viv looks like
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| lotabob |
Posted - 13/09/2011 : 18:35:29
Ahhh he's not as big as I thought, he's only a diddy snake probably not much longer than a foot. 2 Pinkies every 5 or 7 days (you choose, not much in it at that size) will be fine until you've used them all up then move up to fuzzies, just 1 to start with every 7 days. |
| Mort13 |
Posted - 12/09/2011 : 18:49:39
I'd recommend placing some towel or a flat plate of some kind down when you feed him,or alternatively placing him in a seperate tub for feeding as he may end up ingesting the substrate otherwise. |
| kerry84 |
Posted - 11/09/2011 : 03:26:56
ive just put a video on youtube of him eating if u wanna see
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9L2zxcr8cnM |
| kerry84 |
Posted - 11/09/2011 : 01:31:45
cool thanks for your help if im stuck with any thing else do you mind if i contact you ? |
| kerry84 |
Posted - 11/09/2011 : 01:26:40
ok thanks in answer to the bulb that was what my old viv looked like when i got it i have a single led strip light now as i didnt want the whole snake burning him self and the cage takes up too much room |
| Sta~ple |
Posted - 10/09/2011 : 17:40:37
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Originally posted by kerry84
yea thats what i thought but he eats them all, i went shop and look at the fluffs they look way too big for him hes about the lenght of my arm hand to elbow. so ud say just feed him x2 pinkies a week?.
Shops will say anything. 2 pinkies a week is enough till then :) Pick out the smallest fluffs from the shop, it is amazing how big of an item snakes can eat! 4 pinkies is like the equlient to 2 fluffs anyway so he should easily be able to manage 1 fluff, probably wolf it down and wnat something bigger.
You need a digital therometer, you can gets some cheap off ebay. Myself and others use these, tehy are great as you can get an elesatsic band to band the probe for the theormeter and stat together and then use the suction cup to lick and stick onto the ehatmat to keep it in place.http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Digital-LCD-Fish-Aquarium-Water-Terrarium-Thermometer-/320669697113?pt=UK_Pet_Supplies_Fish&hash=item4aa9674459
NO the sta does not have to match the w of the mat, that stat is fine. |
| eeji |
Posted - 10/09/2011 : 16:57:32
at that size i'd be feeding one small or one medium every 7 days |
| lotabob |
Posted - 10/09/2011 : 15:48:01
As above if the mat is in the vivarium it MUST have a thermostat controlling the max temperature. That is your number 1 priority, its still warm enough this time of year to be able to switch the mat off until you have a stat and as long as you dont feed the snake it will be fine for a few days. While your buying stuff get a couple of good quality digital thermometers, the ones with probes are perfect, one needs to be attached to the heat mat with the probe for the stat so you can accurately set the stat to the desired temperature.
Also in your picture it appears quite bright in the vivarium so I can assume there is a light of some sort in there, if it is a glass bulb of any sort it needs to be guarded. As well as that unless its LED's or an energy saving bulb it will be generating heat so that needs to be switched off too, if the bulb is exposed, take it out until you have a suitable guard, snakes can break bulbs just holding onto them, picking glass out of your snake will not be a fun experience for anyone.
And the food bit, 1-2 prey items every 5 days is the absolute most you should be feeding your snake. You say that your snake is the length of your arm. A snake of that length (estimating about 2 feet) can easily take fuzzies, small mice and very likely mediums mice too. Don't worry that their head looks too small to eat, they are designed to eat prey items much larger than their head. The guide for how big a mouse can be for your snake is have a look at your snakes body, about half way down will be your snakes thickest point, your snake can eat mice 1.5 times the size of that thickest point. Their jaws can open very wide and their throat is very stretchy, I have kept snakes for a year now and it still amazes me how they eat. Have a look through the pictures section there will be loads of pictures showing snakes eating just to get an idea and put aside any worries that something is too big for your snake. |
| a33272 |
Posted - 10/09/2011 : 14:42:09
just turn mat off get a stat an digital thermometer asap an dont feed until u have then ya will be sorted |
| kerry84 |
Posted - 10/09/2011 : 14:37:13
aww okies sorry not clued up on this bit of snake keeping :( i live in central london the central part |
| kerry84 |
Posted - 10/09/2011 : 14:20:34
is the above ebay url ok for the hat matt?? i dont like the idea of not feeding him untill i get one??? |
| kdlang |
Posted - 10/09/2011 : 14:16:23
Turn the mat off and don't feed your snake until you have got a thermostat. If it feels hot to you then it is way too hot for your snake. The snake could get burnt or suffer neurological damage. You can get a mat stat online for around £25 so not too expensive. Those dial thermometers are pretty useless so you really need to get a digital thermometer too. You can get one of those on ebay for around £3 |
| kerry84 |
Posted - 10/09/2011 : 14:15:09
he ate last night x2 pinkies and has been in teh warm area since he did. with the themostat does it have to match teh same wattage or wotever as you heat mat ?? is this below ok??
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Habistat-Mat-Stat-Thermostat-100w-Reptile-Heat-NEW-/390332496072?pt=UK_Pet_Supplies_Reptiles_Spiders_Insects&hash=item5ae1a138c8 |
| kerry84 |
Posted - 10/09/2011 : 14:07:43
will he be ok with out the mat??? i mean my hse is quite warm in gernal as ive got double glazing sometimes when i pick him up hes so cold to touch when hes been on the cold side
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| kerry84 |
Posted - 10/09/2011 : 13:38:45
????? |
| shaunb |
Posted - 10/09/2011 : 13:26:13
Np fluffycorn   |
| kerry84 |
Posted - 10/09/2011 : 13:25:59
ive got one of them stick on themoter temp gauges in there, im thinking of getting a stat for the heat mat coz its boiling hot in there when i touch it if the snake goes under that mat hes defo gonna burn him self :( . do you have to get certain stats for certain temp mats? |
| a33272 |
Posted - 10/09/2011 : 13:23:12
where an how are you checking the temps?? |
| fluffycorn |
Posted - 10/09/2011 : 13:13:27
A lot of pet shops give out wrong advice ... I don't bother asking them anymore, I just come straight here instead :) |
| kerry84 |
Posted - 10/09/2011 : 13:10:56
ohhh see i was told if you look at the food and it doesnt look as if your snake would eat it then dont try and make him eat so much wrong information being told at pet shops ect. ill give a fluff a try next week gonna stick to feeding him once a week :) |
