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kerry84
Egg
United Kingdom
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 Posted - 10/09/2011 : 02:45:16
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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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Simmy_82
Sub Adult
United Kingdom
1272 Posts |
Posted - 10/09/2011 : 07:27:05
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How big is the snake? That much food sounds like to much.
Temp should be 27-30*C (80-86F) at the warm end.
A thermostat works by turning the heat may off when the desired temperature is reached.
The heat mat should could 1/3 to 1/2 the bottom of the viv.
Setup looks fine. But again this depends on the age/size of your snake. It may well be to big for a small snake.
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paulie78
Fully Grown Corn
United Kingdom
2331 Posts |
Posted - 10/09/2011 : 09:04:18
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| Wow 4 pinkies is a lot how big is your snake ? |
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Sta~ple
qeeun speler
United Kingdom
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Posted - 10/09/2011 : 09:19:48
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| 4 pinkies is just wastful and costly, I haven't heard of corns eating more than x2 of a food item a week. I would try 1 fluff a week after all pinkies have been munched. |
   
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fluffycorn
Yearling
United Kingdom
514 Posts |
Posted - 10/09/2011 : 11:08:22
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| I agree about the pinkies, 4 is way too much, I'd go with the above advice and put him onto fluffs as soon as pinkies are all gone :) |
 
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kerry84
Egg
United Kingdom
57 Posts |
Posted - 10/09/2011 : 12:56:23
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| 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?. |
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shaunb
Yearling
United Kingdom
782 Posts |
Posted - 10/09/2011 : 13:04:10
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If you do decide to feed him fluffs remember you don't go by the size of his head u go by the biggest part of your snake no more that one and a half time the size of the thickest part ov him, and i'd say if he is eating that many pinkies i would definitely put him on fluffs  |
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fluffycorn
Yearling
United Kingdom
514 Posts |
Posted - 10/09/2011 : 13:08:08
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| If you think that a fluff would be too big for him then stick to just 2 pinkies per week, although my stepmum has a small snow corn which looks smaller than your snake and she is on fluffs, then again every snake is different |
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fluffycorn
Yearling
United Kingdom
514 Posts |
Posted - 10/09/2011 : 13:09:00
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Sorry shaun, posted the same time 
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kerry84
Egg
United Kingdom
57 Posts |
Posted - 10/09/2011 : 13:10:56
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| 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 :) |
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fluffycorn
Yearling
United Kingdom
514 Posts |
Posted - 10/09/2011 : 13:13:27
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| A lot of pet shops give out wrong advice ... I don't bother asking them anymore, I just come straight here instead :) |
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a33272
our battery charger
United Kingdom
3063 Posts |
Posted - 10/09/2011 : 13:23:12
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| where an how are you checking the temps?? |
   
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kerry84
Egg
United Kingdom
57 Posts |
Posted - 10/09/2011 : 13:25:59
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| 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? |
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shaunb
Yearling
United Kingdom
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Posted - 10/09/2011 : 13:26:13
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Np fluffycorn   |
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kerry84
Egg
United Kingdom
57 Posts |
Posted - 10/09/2011 : 13:38:45
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kerry84
Egg
United Kingdom
57 Posts |
Posted - 10/09/2011 : 14:07:43
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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
Egg
United Kingdom
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kdlang
Fully Grown Corn
United Kingdom
3556 Posts |
Posted - 10/09/2011 : 14:16:23
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| 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 |
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kerry84
Egg
United Kingdom
57 Posts |
Posted - 10/09/2011 : 14:20:34
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| is the above ebay url ok for the hat matt?? i dont like the idea of not feeding him untill i get one??? |
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kerry84
Egg
United Kingdom
57 Posts |
Posted - 10/09/2011 : 14:37:13
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| aww okies sorry not clued up on this bit of snake keeping :( i live in central london the central part |
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a33272
our battery charger
United Kingdom
3063 Posts |
Posted - 10/09/2011 : 14:42:09
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| just turn mat off get a stat an digital thermometer asap an dont feed until u have then ya will be sorted |
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