My snake is cold! winter is just starting and i sleep in the older part of the house so it is a little colder and my dad still hasnt put in the base bords in my closet so the air from under the house is coming in my room. It is about a month and 2 weeks old and its 11 inches its a corn snake. it already eaten 4 times. it used to be about 80 to 85 in there and it has droped to 70 to 80 i have a heater under the tank one of the sticker ones. but my snake wont go on that side it is eather under its log or under the bedding on the cold side i picked it up to day (thursday) and it was freezzing i put it in my shirt for about 10 min and it was already warm i put a towl over the tank about 30min ago i havent seen an improvement. it eat on (tuesday) i dont know if all this nosece info is any help but please tell me if you have any ideas on how to keep it warm this winter.
2007-09-20 12:27:23 · 11 answers · asked by ? 2 in Pets ➔ Reptiles
Try placing the snake's environment in a small room, such as the bathroom or a closet and place an electric heater in there. You should avoid any drafty places to place your snake's tank, and places that is too cold. Also, try adding a higher wattage heat lamp and keep it on at all times, even at night (or try a night lamp) so that temperatures will not drop dramatically.
2007-09-20 12:37:00 · answer #1 · answered by Çåŗőľîņẫ§ħŷġĭ®ł 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you haven't already, get a thermometer with a probe and put it on the glass on the side where the mat is stuck. What is the temp? It should be about 85 on the glass. If it's too hot the snake will stay away. Use about 2 inches of aspen as a bedding, and the snake will burrow to the depth it needs to to warm up. Don't use a white light if you need extra heat at night--it will be stressful to the snake, and is probably not needed. Many baby corns like to sleep up high anyway, but the heat should still be available.
2007-09-20 16:10:28 · answer #2 · answered by KimbeeJ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Snakes are well able to regulate themselves. I find most of my snakes-even my tropical species spend most of their time on the cool side. 70-80 is not excessively low. As suggested, make sure your heat mat has a thermostat attached to avoid excessive heat and don't worry about it. A normal snake will feel cool or cold to the touch. If it feels warm, it's too warm,or it just came off the hot pad. As long as your snake is eating well and deficating regularly and no regurges, I'd say you really have nothing to worry about. If during the winter you feel the cool side is so low that it will be a problem, you can supplement with a red heat light or ceramic heat emmiter to help bring up the ambient temps. My snake room regularly gets down in the low 60's at night in the winter and all the snakes did just fine.
2007-09-20 13:36:29 · answer #3 · answered by gallianomom2001 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Corn snakes will hibernate if they get too cold. Try a small clamp on lamp with a red light for heat. Careful as these get hot and can be slightly dangerous if put into the wrong place. They can be put on top of metal screen tops. Since the snake stays on the cooler side, I would try placing its water dish on that side so it will be more inclined to be closer to the heat source. Those under tank heaters can get too hot so be careful. Put a wash cloth over the screen if no light and monitor temp. above the pad. Take care, I dont think you are having that beg of a problem. Good luck!
2007-09-20 13:22:52 · answer #4 · answered by Lee S 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Feel the heated side by touching it yourself. If it feels pretty hot to you then it may be too hot for the snake to want to stay on that side. You can fix that by adding a layer of sand to that side or the whole tank. Add enough to reduce what you can feel. When it's just slightly warm for you to touch you'll know it's not too hot for the snake. Snakes are used to colder environments in the winter. So don't be too worried if it still eats and poops your probably OK. They will eat less when it's cold anyway.
2007-09-24 08:56:43 · answer #5 · answered by fishmandu 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is easy. Keep the under tank heater where it is and put a heat lamp on the other side on the screen top. Just make sure the heat lamp isnt right over your little guy's water dish unless you want to change the water every day :-) The heat from the lamp will evaporate the water right out of the dish. Also you may want to put a rock under the lamp so he can warm himself up on it whenever he wants. That will also give him something to shed against.
2007-09-23 10:13:17 · answer #6 · answered by Moon 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why dont you just put the heater on the side the snake prefers
2007-09-21 00:15:16 · answer #7 · answered by Lol 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the heating pad is probably too hot for the snake. Try turning the heat down on it, or if it is a wild snake let it go, or it will die.
2007-09-20 12:44:48 · answer #8 · answered by Audra S 2 · 1⤊ 3⤋
why don't you move the sticker heat pad to the other side of the tank where he has been hanging out?
2007-09-20 12:49:06 · answer #9 · answered by They Call Me Mustard 1 · 0⤊ 3⤋
basking light works wonders. put it on top of your screen cage
2007-09-21 02:49:32 · answer #10 · answered by nick 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋