2 Cornsnakes found dead :-(

[bsd13]

Well now that we've solved the disappearing eye mystery anyone have any guesses as to the cause of death?

[Blue Apple Herps]

way too warm?



I think it is a lil warm but not way.



My question is if it was too hot from the overhead light (a def possibility) then how did it kill both corns housed in seperate tanks at the same time on the same day?


I would also like to see pics if you have any.

The temps were almost 10 degrees above ideal temps; maybe not way warm, but more than lil warm. Regardless, its just semantics. The temps are too warm for a cornsnake, but not warm enough to completely fry it like appears to happen. The whole thing seems off; something seems to be missing though...

[Jenn]

I have to ask the obvious question. Did these snakes have water?

[Sunny1]

It does kinda seem like something is missing here. But I do have a couple of questions....

Would the snakes have to be too hot either at death or afterwards for their eyes and heads to have sunken in/ looked dehydrated, or could this happen after death at the temps that he had in the tanks?

I'm just wondering if it was a possible temp spike that lasted for some time since the OP posted that "they were fine 7 hours before" (paraphrasing here). Maybe a lengthy temp spike happened while he didn't see, although would this lead to death in the same way to both snakes in different set ups?

Or, if they could have "dehydrated" under the temps that he listed, maybe their was another cause of death unrelated to temps??

To the OP... how long have you had these corns, how old were they, and did they come from the same breeder/place? I'm just very curious as to what happened....

[mr86mister]

Are they near a window where the evening sun could have shown onto the glass enclosure bumping up the temps pretty high?

Pictures would be absolutely amazing.

[Jenn]

Ohhhhhh, I really like the sun shining in the tank scenario.

[MelissaFlipski]

I like Sunny1's questions. How long have you had them? Are they from the same source? Contact that source right away and let them know. It is odd that both died with different substrates and heat sources.

[missi182]

I don't know if I missed something, but MeMe did ask how the UTH's were controlled, and what was used to measure the temps. Two uncontrolled UTH's would both reach equally high temperatures at the same time if plugged into the same source.

[MeMe]

Even if it were dehydration... i just don't see how it happened in 2 seperate tanks on the same day within 7 hours of the op seeing them alive and well.

[bsd13]

I don't know if I missed something, but MeMe did ask how the UTH's were controlled, and what was used to measure the temps. Two uncontrolled UTH's would both reach equally high temperatures at the same time if plugged into the same source.

I believe one tank used a heat lamp and the other a uth.