How to house your first snake.

[animalmad1]

Hello there
Thankyou for all this infro this thread is a big help my son is after a baby corn snake

[Kalouda]

Don't RUB's have bulbs or UVB in them? Would a snake need it or is the heat mat suffice?

[stuiethekid]

heat mat is fine, and natural light/heat is good too as corn snakes are usually found in and around barns & farms in america (hence the name "corn")
people only tend to use lights etc to improve the look of the set ups

personally i have "doris" near the window with a heat mat and a small lamp over the lid which i turn on from time to time

[kaleluk31]

Originally Posted by jakk

i think its pretty much the same thing for boas ect just a bigger tub but dnt take my word for it

awsome thread 1000points

ok silly question but when cleaning out a snake vivarium, where do you put the snake?

[nooney165]

Originally Posted by kaleluk31

ok silly question but when cleaning out a snake vivarium, where do you put the snake?

in a box or give it some1 to hold or if its a small snake thats likes to be handled around you neck (like my corn)

[kaleluk31]

Originally Posted by nooney165

in a box or give it some1 to hold or if its a small snake thats likes to be handled around you neck (like my corn)

well its 4ft long.
i just got a 35l RUB box today that looks ideal

[kaleluk31]

what disinfectant can i use to clean out my wooden snake viv that's not £5+ each?

[heron]

You didn't really need to quote the entire first post now, did you :P

I use Cascade Reptile disinfectant.

[kaleluk31]

Originally Posted by heron

I use Cascade Reptile disinfectant.

Sorry my mistake.

so i presume it lasts a long time cleaning it out once every 3-4 weeks

[kaleluk31]

about the heating arrangement im not sure which way i want to go.

im using a light heat bulb during the day to simulate day/night (but im worried on the conflicting advice of some saying ball pythons dont like light and some say they dont mind)

at night i turn it off but keep the heat matt with 3 layers of newspaper running 24/7. All this seems ok so far.

i habistat temperature thermostat and a dimming thermostat for the light bulb on its way to be delivered.

what i want to do is...
run the heat bulb on the dimming thermostat and switch it off at night to simulate day and night

run the heat matt covered with a patch of linoleum (as suggested by another person in a thread on here i forget where)
controlled by the habistat temperature thermostat. this will be on 24 hours a day at a slightly colder temp then the heat bulb by day

will this be ok, i dont have alot of money to spend to keep chopping and changing as they say