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.
That doesn't make any sense.Nabbig2;1215376; said: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.
Well said!elevatethis;1216941;1216941 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....
That's what I've used for my ball pythons, corn snakes, kingsnakes and red tailed boa. They work great.nolapete;1217096; said: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.