Just got a corn, barely any knowledge of what I'm doing.
Went to the reptile show in PA and picked up a baby Snow and an Emperor Scorpion. The Snow just ate a f/t pinky and is exploring the 20 gallon I gave him/her. Yes the size is fairly large for it, but it has a bunch of balled up newspaper in there to hide in. Treated the tank with PAM last night in case I got a snake. I saw that the hot side temp should be ~90, so I'll dig up my rheostat and set that up. I'll have to get an appropriate hide since... well I have a Cool Whip container and that dwarfs him.
Re: Just got a corn, barely any knowledge of what I'm doing.
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Provide your corn with a basking spot of 88-90° F and an ambient (background) temperature of 70 - 75° F. The ambient temperature should not fall below 70° F. It is vitally important to KNOW the temperatures at which you are keeping your snake(s). DO NOT GUESS!! A great way to monitor temps is to use a digital indoor/outdoor thermometer with a probe. Stick the thermometer to the inside of the cage on the cool end and place the probe on the warm end, and you'll have both sides covered at once.
Sorry, the guide is wrong then, hence me thinking it was 90. I barely needed to change anything since I am not running a thermostat and am running a rheostat (I work up, not down, to reduce risk of burns) and it was having the heat mat at around 80 when I saw this.
Thanks, guys.