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Orni
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 First corn anticipation thread.

I have my set up.

I found a breeder.

And on Thursday my new motley sunglow will be home!

Here is the enclosure set up, tell me if its ok, I’m worried there isn’t enough open floor space.



The snake is a 2007, so not full grown yet. That rock in the middle is for him to soak in. The side with the sticks has the UTH.

I’ll be posting pictures of Stolichnaya (the snake) later this week.
04/07/08  11:18pm

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S*A*M
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   Message To: Orni   In reference to Message Id: 1693996


 First corn anticipation thread.

nice

i love motley sunglows... mine died unfortunatly but they are beautiful snakes!!
04/08/08  05:22am

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   Message To: Orni   In reference to Message Id: 1693996


 First corn anticipation thread.

also, how you heating it?
04/08/08  05:23am

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Jessica71
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   Message To: S*A*M   In reference to Message Id: 1694199


 First corn anticipation thread.

The setup looks as if the basics have been covered, although don’t worry about open floor space - snakes don’t like it! They like hiding away most of the time - you may find that you never see yours at first while he gets used to his setup. Later he may become more confident and roam around more. Is that rock a water bowl, then? Water bowls should ideally be in the cool end so evaporation is minimised. Do you have a thermometer to measure temperatures in the warm and cool ends? I wasn’t quite sure if that was a thermometer stuck to the glass on the right, but ideally you need a digital maximum/minimum, in/out thermometer with a probe to measure the temperature at substrate level both ends. Also, ideally you could do with some more hides, and tight hides - snakes feel secure in a tight hide against their body on all sides. My young snakes love empty paper towel cardboard rolls.

Good luck with your snake!
04/08/08  05:31am

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Orni
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   Message To: Jessica71   In reference to Message Id: 1694202


 First corn anticipation thread.

Yeah, that rock is a bowl, I’ll move it to the cool end since I live in Louisiana we already have a lot of humidity.

I think I’ll replace the cool side hide with a tube shaped hide too, that’ll also make more room for the water bowl down there.

I have a UTH with rheostat and a digital thermometer to measure temps.

My bedroom gets light from outside so I figure he’ll be able to tell day/night from that.

Thanks for the tips :D
04/08/08  01:28pm

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Demon the corn snake
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   Message To: Orni   In reference to Message Id: 1694565


 First corn anticipation thread.

congrats



04/08/08  03:18pm

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Reptic chick
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   Message To: Orni   In reference to Message Id: 1693996


 First corn anticipation thread.

i have a 2k7 snake and she has a masive cage and has started growing even better than befor i moved her in.
04/14/08  12:43pm

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   Message To: Reptic chick   In reference to Message Id: 1702796


 First corn anticipation thread.

Quote:

I think I’ll replace the cool side hide with a tube shaped hide too, that’ll also make more room for the water bowl down there.



Get a plastic dog bowl, it can double as a hide and as a water bowl.
04/14/08  02:47pm


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