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 Finaly back and got another Corn

Hey! Its been a good 3 years or so since i have been on this site..I had a 2 ft snow corn 4 1/2 red tail boa and a 10 ft burm python... I had to get rid of them when i moved and gave them to a freind...But now i got me another corn he’s a baby very small...I’m not sure what morph or anything atm BUT I’m gonna post picture 2marrow after my football game and hopfuly you pro’s can help me out! very excited on getting another tho
10/11/09  08:26pm

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 Finaly back and got another Corn

OOO and if anyone can or will id like to see some of your corns enclosures...I just have mine set up in a 10 gallon atm I’ll get a picture of it and everything 2marrow But id like to seem some good ideas and maybe steal som of yoru good looking set ups thinks!
10/11/09  08:28pm

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 Finaly back and got another Corn

I been reading i used to use a lamp and ATM I’m using one...I been reading and it says use a pad...well is that 100% have to have? I bougth the lamp and currently i dont have the money for one...lol but if i need one i guess i better be gettign one soon
10/11/09  10:30pm

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 Finaly back and got another Corn

Lamps are fine- better than no heat at all, but they do have a tendency to dry out the cage, and in a 10 gallon its harder to get a temperature gradient with one, which is why a UTH is better. Also with a lamp, unless you are using an infra red, you have to turn them off at night, then where are they getting heat from?

I have my boas on a combination of UTH and lamp on the warm side and it makes a good temp gradient. I have them on Coconut hull bedding, and that helps since I change it monthly, just as it starts to dry out too much and sap the humidity. The lamp is also half over the water, so the evaporation helps humidity.

Corns by no means need as much humidity as boa constrictors, but they do need some. Make sure you have a good thermometer on either end ( not those stick on kinds! they are not worth the two bucks they cost except as perhaps a backup for a real thermometer!) and a Hydrometer. This way you can check and be sure your husbandry is correct. Also, a Thermostat or Rheostat really really helps so the heat gets turned off or on automatically while you are out and keeps the temps right where you want them.

As soon as you get the money, those would be wise investments.




10/12/09  12:49pm


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