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antr1
at Mon Jun 4 09:46:34 2007 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by antr1 ]
Here's a few other pointers-
I am not too sure about the rosy boa, but for the corn snake an under take heater and a heat lamp might be over kill. The snake will need to be able to find a warm area and a cooler area. If you are only keeping the two snakes I doubt you are using a thermostat. Placing the Under Tank Heater on one end of the tank will let that side of the tank be warm and the opposite be cooler.
I keep my snakes on Aspen shavings. I spot clean them ever time I check on them, just about every day. I completely clean them all monthly. I fill the enclosures with very diluted bleach and water, and let the hide boxes and water dishes soak in it too. Then I rinse it all very well with cool water and air dry. If your using glass dry it with a paper towel and let it air out before placing the snakes back in.
Avoid pine or cedar shavings. The Corn snake may start prowling around the tank looking for food when it’s hungry. Unlike us snakes eat an entire meal at one time. A safe bet is to feed them 2 or 3 days after they defecate. You can be assured that after they defecate their system is pretty much empty.
The red light or now they sell blue lights are supposedly not to interfere with reptiles day/night cycle. If you want the lighting so you can observe them at night it’s fine, just don’t keep it so close as to over heat the snakes.
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RE: Why Red Light, and more questions: - antr1, Mon Jun 4 09:46:34 2007 