Hi,

Yes for corns prety much any heatmat you can get in the stores would be fine. I imagine back heat would also be fine given the temp gradient you want - but belly heat might give you a more defined gradient. I simply don't know for sure not having tried back heat.

For hatchling corns I used to use the boxes crickets were sold in.

Once they outgrew those I used to use tupperware boxes from poundtretcher.

This year I planned on building a dedicated hatchling rack with slightly more uniform boxes and bought 20 of these.

Imagine my joy in discovering hatchling royal pythons are strong enough to pop the corners.

So I will still be using the lids but will need to make the shelves closer together to prevent escapees.

Not that I think hatchling corns will be able to pop the lids but why take the risk.


dr del