Corn without UTh

ok, so i am rescuing a corn snake, dont have a UTH yet but if i keep him in a 42 qt tub. In my reptile room it stays 77-80 ambiant with 47% humidity. this check is also on the furthest side of the room were not heat source is. would, during the summer would it be ok without it. if it wouldnt would it be fine for a week atleast

I have colubrids without heat, but I like to keep ambient temps around 82-85.
Rats and Kings but no Corns.

They are putting on size and eating like normal.

thats good, if it stays 80 with door open if i could close, id bet it would go up :D thanks

also i wanted to plug into to ranco but bps has his at 88-94, figured that would be to high for him

Yeah 88 to 94 is too high. You should be fine till you get a uth.

85 and over, mine all soak.

alrighty sounds good

as long as the ambient is in the 80-85 range, you should be fine with no head. I have my corns on flexwatt that's around 84 with my ambient around 80.

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Originally Posted by BHReptiles

as long as the ambient is in the 80-85 range, you should be fine with no head. I have my corns on flexwatt that's around 84 with my ambient around 80.

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I don't know. Not having a head could be trouble.

:p

Corns seem to be pretty hearty in general. I know when I moved last, around May of last year, I had to have my corn in the living room for a while due to lack of space. Between the move and a death in the family I was pretty distracted, I noticed at one point that someone had unplugged my corn's UTH, I'm guestimating that it was at least a week it was unplugged. He was fine. It was very likely not nearly 80 degrees in the house either, I'd guess low to mid 70's. He's safely in our room now and still doing great.

thanks guys, he will have a UTH soon, building a rack for bps, so i will have a free 20 long with heat soon

I have kept corns for extended periods of time without additional heat. I kept the snake room above 80 during that time, but there were times it dropped to around 75. All of those snakes ate, pooped and grew normally. One of my friends keeps hers at room temperature. He's doing great. I don't think corns are as sensitive to temperature as more exotic snakes are. They are native to an area where the temperature fluctuates a lot. If you've ever been to VA it could snow one week, and the following week you are heading to the beach because its 80 degrees outside.

I stopped heating my corns a long time ago. They do just fine in normal house temps - at least here in TX. So long as it doesn't get too hot you'll be fine. These guys tolerate cooler temps just fine - it's too hot that will kill them.

ok love all replys. atm she is in a 20 long with a che i occasional turn on and let get to 80, turn off and then with ambiant temp it stay uper 70s all day and before bed let it get back up to 80 cause our NC night have been cold this week.

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Originally Posted by Blue Apple Herps

I stopped heating my corns a long time ago. They do just fine in normal house temps - at least here in TX. So long as it doesn't get too hot you'll be fine. These guys tolerate cooler temps just fine - it's too hot that will kill them.

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What temperature do you keep them? I've thought about not heating my corns as I have found there is absolutely no change in their appetite or growth. A few of my corns currently are unheated as the heat tape broke during our move and I haven't been able to replace it yet. They are doing fine. Temp is about 72-74.

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Originally Posted by Jay_Bunny

What temperature do you keep them? I've thought about not heating my corns as I have found there is absolutely no change in their appetite or growth. A few of my corns currently are unheated as the heat tape broke during our move and I haven't been able to replace it yet. They are doing fine. Temp is about 72-74.

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It's room temp. It never gets cooler than 65 or warmer than 82. Probably 74-78 80% of the time. In the winter when it's in the 60s most of the time inside I feed less often as their metabolism slows down some.

I don't live in the US so don't know the temperature but snakes need to thermo regulate so should have a hot and cold end of their enclosure.