Corn snake enclosure setup and heating

[BillyBlanco]

All snakes need some additional heat for digestion & for their immune system to function optimally (to keep them healthy). Corn snakes don't need as much, but
they do need some. UTH is very cheap to run, to give them a warm optional area of about 85*. The fact that one survived without heat is like saying you can live
in prison on bread & water...that's not the best life & I'm sorry, but when you keep a snake captive, you owe them better than "no heat"...their bodies have evolved
to thermo-regulate...they need options.

I my room at that time was on the other side of the house that saw more sun and got alot warmer and it also shared a wall with the chimney so trying to keep the house warm sent off heat into my room to the point where I had to open the windows and have a fan running trying to keep it cool during the winter. I did have a small uth for him but this was back in 2011 or so and I cant remember what temps was running but I kept it on a dimmer so it wouldn't get to hot.