Qustion about heating for a corn snake

[ballpythonluvr]

I am getting a corn snake in May. I have a question about heating. I plan on keeping the snake in a tub. I will be purchasing a juvenile or adult corn snake male. Will an Ultratherm heat pad be enough to maintain an adequate hot spot for the snake? The snake will be kept in a room that has steady ambient temps. I am doing all of my research now and I will be getting everything set up before the snakes arrives. Yes the heat mat will be connected to an appropriate thermostat. I just want to do everything right before the animal arrives. Thank you for your time.

[distaff]

I use an Ultratherm for mine. He also has an RHP, but that will be turned off as soon as the temps here get a bit consistently warmer. Corn snakes are native to the SE United States, so they like warm, but don't need tropical ambient temps.

My understanding is that the easiest way to find wild corns in the SE is to look under old sheet metal on a sunny day. (Perhaps the *naturalistic* viv would be best re-created by incorporating a heat lamp on some old tin roofing? Just kidding)

I aim for mid 80'sF in the warm hide, and mid 70'sF ambient.

Keep in mind that the SE is humid. Since I can not keep humidity up here in the desert SW, I provide a humid hide. My corn spends considerable time in there.

Enjoy, and keep us updated. I live my kings, but the corn is my favourite.

[blue roses]

I have a corn snake as well as 2 BPs, and the husbandry for the corn is similar to the BPs only the temps are not kept as hig, nor does the humidity need to be as high for a corn. my corn tank uses a zoomed uth with a thermastat, and aspin as bedding. Her hot side is 80-84 cool side 75-78, ambient 70-75, but if the room goes to 65 thats when i give her a little heat via a lamp that is only used in really cold winter nights. I keep the humidity at 40- 60% close to 60% only when she is in shed. Unlike BPs corns are more forgiving with their husbandry.

[Blue Apple Herps]

Honestly, if you keep your house above mid 60s and below mid 80s, I generally don't feel that corns need heat. I stopped heating my corns years ago as my house temps are fine. During the winter I feed them every 10 days rather than every 7 as it's generally cooler, but have noticed no ill effects. They all grow and thrive just fine. All are big enough to breed the spring after they turn 2 and so forth.

Just something to consider.