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I know you shouldn't use ceramic heaters or hot rocks or anything of the sort, but is there some natural rock somewhere that is warm because it soaks up heat? A flat one for my snake to be on.
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~Banana~

I get mine down by the river... You just want to make sure they don't get TOO hot.
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"The serpent crams itself with animal life that is often warm and vibrant, to prolong an existence in which we detect no joy and no emotion. It reveals the depth to which evolution can sink when it takes the downward path and strips animals to the irreducible minimum able to perpetuate a predatory life in its naked horror."
Alexander Skutch

i use flint in all of my kings cages they seem to like em' depending on your part of the U.S, flint is very easy to obtain
on any trail , just bust it off with a claw hammer ------

I use either sandstone or these fossilized flat rocks I can find around here. The sandstone seems to soak up heat pretty good and I have found that my snakes like to lay on it. It also is rough enough to help them shed, but doesnt have any jagged edges. The fossilized rocks are pretty cool looking and soak up the heat pretty good as well. They are a little rougher, and the snakes seem to like it just as well as the sandstone.

Just make sure you use a good anti-bacterial soap, hot water and a scrub brush to clean them with. If you use sandstone, dont use bleach, as sandstone is very porous and can soak up bleach. I use a hair dryer to dry them off with, and if you use hot enough water the rocks dry pretty fast because they are warm.

Here is a pic of the sandstone. Pretty common and easy to find.

And here is the fossil rock I was talking about...

And a close up of the fossils. The rock is made up of all this oceanic plant material. The entire rock is this stuff all the way through!!! I can find them all over here in this part of KY.

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1.0 Corn snake
1.0 Black rat snake
1.0 Albino Black rat snake
1.0 Everglades rat snake
0.1 Yellow rat snake
1.1 California king snake
1.0 Prairie king snake
0.1 Black king snake

Good luck and Happy Herping
Brian

Thanx guys, I really appreciate it. That fossilized rock is really neat.
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~Banana~