Is this normal for a new ball?

Yes you can attach the UTH to the surface that the tank sits on. I do the same thing with tubs in my rack system. The heater isnt attached to the tubs, its attached to the shelf the tub sits on...

I recommend have some type of heat control such as a rheostat or a thermostat. If you have a hot day the temp could rise and become too hot, you dont want the temps going above 94. I like to keep my warm side around 90-92

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Originally Posted by blackcrystal22

You might want to take that out immediately. If water gets spilled on it, or the snake urates on it, it could cause a spike or electric shock for your snake.
What type of UTH do you have?
What do you have hooked up to the UTH at this time that is making the temperatures so low? If it is by itself, you might want to give it overnight to warm up completely.
Do you have a heat lamp?

Also, regarding a baby corn snake, make sure it's in something smaller than a 20 gallon (just makes things easier) and make sure there are ZERO POSSIBILITIES to escape! They are so small and capable of squeezing out anything larger than screen holes. So be careful! :]

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The UTH isn't inside the tank... its under it, just not sticking directly to the bottom. It came with rubber "footies" that slightly elevates the tank so there is a space between the tank and the surface its sitting on. The temp is staying around 91-92 degrees which is A LOT better than 115.........lol. And yeah, I'm keeping the baby corn in a way smaller enclosure. About 14-16" long. The height is pretty small too. Perfect enclosure for a baby corn. And the lid snaps secure, so escape won't be a problem. [=

Perfect. 90-92 is the range its staying in. I'm so very relieved right now... I don't want to hurt my snake. Thanks again guys. And yeah, I'll get some kind of heat control as soon as I can.

The cool side [the side with the heat bulb] is around 85.4 degrees F.

Hi,

A dimmer on that bulb should let you tweak it to 80-82f which would mean its pretty much bang on.

Remember though that you need to keep checking and tweaking dimmer switches unlike thermostats.

On the shops selling dangerous items;

They sell them because they are suitable for a wide range of animals. :)

It is up to you to ensure that you then control and moderate them for the specific requirements of the species you keep. :gj:


dr del

Thanks del. Yeah, I need to get a dimmer for it. But at least the temperatures are better than what they were. Asar is basking on his grapevine with his tail wrapped around the humidity gauge. =P

hey doc hes using a white heat bulb that even a dimmer cant dim enough at night to provide a day/night cycle.i have had a private pm with joe and he will be using a red/black lite for ambiants as soon as he can.i would just like to ask this community to gather more info befor telling someone somthing that is stressful to there snake.also i seen a post from a newb asking about there cage and they got one responce referreing to look at the sticky posts.let me remind you most new commers have no idea wat a sticky post is making it a more difficult situation than it should be.i like to think that some of the veterans and others that know somthing about husbandry would chime in instead of being lazy and saying look at the sticky posts.in my opinion this is a lame responce to a newbie question.

If you ever intend to keep multiple snakes a heatgun is a must have! Fortunately my profession called for having one so I already had one but I find myself using it more for my snakes than for my work :P.

sorry for my prior post.im not meaning to point anyone out just lookin out for the newbs

Hi,

Don't appologise you were right on the bulb - for some reason I just assumed it was a red heat bulb. :rolleyes:

Even a red fireglow bulb would be a good temporary replacement - over here they cost the same as regular bulbs for the most part so shouldn't break the bank as a quick replacement. :)


dr del