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I'm getting a hatchling corn and i am keeping him/her in a plastic shoebox. I have a few questions:
1. Can an undertank heater be used? Will it melt the plastic?
2. How can i heat it? It has a clear plastic top, so can i put a regular reptile light on it?
Any suggestions will be greatly apprectiated.
Thanks!
It does not need any additional heat other than room temperature.
A light bulb is a bad idea. And so is an under tank heat with a shoebox. Way to hard to keep from overheating the entire thing.
Cornsnakes do fine at 76 to 82F. Corn snakes are pretty much nocturnal in nature. Cornsnake/all snakes have no eyelids. They do not like bright lights.
jsc
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"As hard as I've tried, just can't NOT do this"
John Crickmer
JS is right...I've kept corns & great plains rat snakes for 10 years & have never used anything other than room temp...if it's comfortable for you it will be comfortable for the corn. As for light, I have 3 windows in my snake room & only open the blinds on 2 & have the tanks on the other side of the room...they do fine.
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