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amel corn snake. new member from philly

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good afternoon,

my name is Maurice, im new to this site. i just purchased my new amel corn snake on 4-7-12. i purchased it at a reptile show in horsham pa. It was kinda an impulse buy but not really as i already had a 20gal cage and lights. that was used for my beardies. while i was at the show i also purchased sum aspen snake bedding. the breeder i got him from said he was about 6 weeks and kept at a 85-95 heat range.

i have done a lot of research since i got him. at first i was scared to buy one, so after speaking with sum breeders/sellers/owners a corn snake was a good beginner snake to own.

i have not fed him yet. last he ate was the monday before i purchased him which was on a saturday 4/7/12 so this past Monday 4/9/12 he should have ate but being in a new environment i wanted to wait another week to feed it. i need to get a uth and make a rheostat that i got a diy off this site and sum frozen pinkies.

i keep it around 75 in my apartment. so i dont really need heat right away since i just want him to get use to his home. he does slither around the tank. i have handled him with a gentle pick up from the middle of him or from the side so i dont startle it. i am monitoring its temps by exo-terra digi temp gauge that i keep the probe on the ground/top of substrate. i have a flood light box as its hide for now seems to be under it so i need to get the uth today.

well enough of me typing. her goes some pics of it and its home.
 
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im still trying to figure out how to decorate the inside of all my enclosure. i did throw a toliot paper roll in there for the time being on the hot side. will also add more substrate and get a uth on the hot side. to get the temps up to the 80f range.
 
Make sure you get a thermostat for the UTH, and get a digital probe thermometer. Ambient air temp does not matter much for corns. During winter my house is usually around 66 to 68 degrees, and the snakes all feed without problem because they have belly heat at the correct 85 degree temperature. They don't actually need that heat lamp at all.
 
i dont have heat lamp. i am going to be making a diy rheostat since i need to have 2 uth for the snake and my scorpions. i do have all digital probe thermos in all my cages. i have the analog one just to read air temps in snake cage.
 
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