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I have a few questions. I have done research on corns, and we just got my son one last week. I have some bedding in the bottom of the tank, but saw today a bedding that looks like torn up paper or the roll that papertowels come on. Can we use this in her cage? Also, I have heard pros and cons on what to use for heating purposes. We have a heat lamp, and I just bought a digital thermometor for the cage. Am I correct that as long as I keep it in the correct heat range that that will be okay. Also, what range of Humidity do I need to keep the cage at? Thanks for all your help. Kim

What you're looking to do is create a thermal gradient in the cage. This would mean a warm area in the mid to upper 80s as well as a cool area that the snake can retreat to. There are many ways the thermal gradient can be created, though a heat lamp may cause overall heating (instead of a gradient) if the cage size is relatively small. An undertank heater placed under 1/4 to 1/3 of the enclosure would definately create a gradient, since there would be an unheated section of the cage floor.

The bedding you've mentioned is fine for corn snakes.

Corn snakes are pretty flexible with humidity, most keepers don't do anything in regards to this unless their snake has trouble shedding.

Tim

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