Baby snow corn.

[Tigergenesis]

Just be sure the light isn't on 24/7 if it's white light. It's been awhile since I've bought one of the infrared bulbs, so I don't really recall. Maybe $7-$9 dollars depending on brand and wattage. If you want to stick with that heating pad I'd add the infrared heat bulb over it. That should help (not sure what wattage to start with).

[Reptidude]

Heres something I thought of. What if I were to put the Human Heatpad inside of a trashbag and tape it off so no water can get into the bag. then I would put it in the cage undernieth the mulch. It should be ok because no water can get to it right?

[Brandon.O]

yeah but if the snake burrows he/she may get burnt

maybe switch to repti carpet,astro turf, or newspaper, i used to use eco earth but now that i switched to newspaper it lets ALOT more heat through.I think next time im at petco i will pick up some reptile carpet just becuase it looks a little better than newspaper

[Reptidude]

Lol from that heat pad? It wont get hot enough to burn anything. Trust me, Ive tried to see how hot it gets. It has a low,med, and high and If I do put it inside the cage it will be on low or med. How hot does something have to be in order to burn a snake?

[Brandon.O]

i think it would be ok on low but i would still be careful, i would rather be safe than sorry

[Reptidude]

Yeah. heres what ill do. Ill go get the probe thing on my thermometer and put it inside the heat pad to see how hot it gets on diffrent settings. Thats the best way to see how hot it gets.

[mlededee]

generally speaking it is never a good idea to put a heating pad inside the tank. you really just don't want to chance it. the snake won't realize that it is getting burned until it is too late, and that is not something that you want to experience.

[Reptidude]

Well after 30 mintues, the heatpad has a steady temp of 90 degrees. Take off a few degress because its going to be barried. Is this an ok temp?

[Reptidude]

Forget putting it inside. Heres what im going to do. I just read a caresheet saying that sometimes a younger snake can eat aspen, cypress, etc. which then isnt to good. So im going to use newspaper. That way the heat probably can do better getting threw the substrate. When he/she gets older ill use cypress and invest in a infrared bulb. Ill just go ahead and use newspaper. Ill tape down the edges so that way the snake cant go under it and get burnt from the glass. I hope this solution will work! Wish me luck, here I go...

[mlededee]

that sounds like a much better idea. :wink: you might need to raise the tank up off of the heating pad an inch or two if it is too hot. that will also help allow for air exchange. i just use a few pieces of wood to do the trick.