When I turn on the heater, and my baby corn snake has eaten, he throws it up the next morning....now I know, to never, ever turn on the heater. Just wanted to share that and hope that it doesn't happen to anybody else.
NEVER turn on a heater when a snake has eaten
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Nabbig2;1215376; said:
That doesn't make any sense.
Snakes are cold blooded and require heat for their metabolism to function.
Your heater might make the cage TOO hot, or the regurgitation (throwing up) is the result of some other unrelated problem. Among them, prey size, stress, excessive handling, internal parasites, etc....
Get the stick on heat mat that goes under the tank. Get a size that only covers 1/3-1/2 the bottom, so the snake can get off of that side if it gets too warm. I used these with my daughter's corn snakes for 7 years with no trouble at all. It gives a hot spot without heating up the entire tank like heat lamps.
nolapete;1217096; said:
That's what I've used for my ball pythons, corn snakes, kingsnakes and red tailed boa. They work great.
I always used just regular heating pads beneath the tanks, (you can adjust the temp on them so they are very ideal) just make sure you dont get one with automatic shutoff. but as stated before the heat pad should cover no more than half the tank bottom.. as for regurgitation. its very common if they get to hot.
I use a heat lamp, because I'm afraid a heating pad will burn him, since he always burys to the bottom.