Corn Snake Heat Mat Setup

Tips for corn snake heating.

Corn snake heat mat setup.

Trusted heat mat brands include fluker s and ultratherm. But for a heat mat any mat stat will be sufficient. The aim when heating a corn snake enclosure is to make one end of the cage much warmer than the other. A range of different heating sources may be used though arguably the best heater for corn snakes is a heat mat.

To make sure that the heat mat remains the correct temperature it is controlled by a simple on off thermostat set to 80 o f. If your enclosure doesn t have a lifted base the rubber feet included will be useful to create airflow between the heat mat and ground surface. The heat mat is buried under around an inch of bedding the sensor for the thermostat is then rested on the bedding. The vivarium setup for my young corn snake.

While she was still in her exo terra plastic box as a young corn snake i used the following setup. This was controlled via a microclimate evo lite thermostat. The heat mat will warm objects around it providing a warm patch of ground for the corn snake to rest on. There are other ways to go about it these are just the most common strategies.

I used a lucky reptile mat on the underside of the box for her hot basking area. Choose a high quality heat mat that will cover about 1 4 to 1 3 of the terrarium s floor space. These can be placed under a glass tank or inside a wooden enclosure and provide a gentle background heat. How you heat the cage is not nearly as important as achieving the proper temperatures.

You can also heat the habitat from the ground up using a heat mat tape or pad.