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Another question about substrate

Will

Snaketeen :D
hi i recently asked what substrate i should get for my tanks and people said that aspen and beech chips were good so i went and got some beech chips and i put them in last night at about 5:00 pm and when i went upstairs at 10:00 i couldn't see my milk snake or find it anywhere and then i looked up and saw this. My corn seems ok and no strange behaviour. Are milk snakes not supposed to be put on beech chips (i know this is a corn snake site but any help would be welcome) and also how could it have got up there? :cheers: :santa: Merry Christmas everyone! :santa:
 

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Haha, not quite sure how he would have got up there but snakes have a habit of getting into some seemingly impossible places. As far as I know beech chips are fine for milk snakes, the only explanation I can think of is that he was trying to escape, thats the only reason my snakes climb to the top of their tank. If he does it repeatedly try changing the substrate...although I'm sure beech chips are fine. Good luck with it, merry christmas to you and the rest of the forum too! :santa:
 
ha caught him in the act. It looks like hes reaching up to the thermometer and then from the thermometer up to the ledges on top and then going round the top onto the different ledges.I've just gone up again and hes down again so its safe for him to do but i still don't know why hes doing it. :shrugs:
 

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Ive done a bit of research and i cant find anything stating that you shouldnt use that substrate with milk snakes...in fact aspen and chips are the 2 most highly recommended for this snake according to various websites. Do you use an UTH? If you do, maybe he's just going up there to cool off as the bottom of the tank may be too warm. You are only heating half of the tank right? If the temps ok then i wouldn't worry, kinda gives him a bit of personality I reckon...the great glass climbing milk snake haha!
 
ye I'm only heating half the tank but whats ULH or what ever you said? Ive only had it for a week and they said it hadn't been eating at the shop but i got it anyway to try and i couldn't get it to eat yesterday but today it ate so I'm pleased.But when i defrosted the mouse i put it warm water for about an hour and a half cooked it i don't know if this has anything to do with it eating or wheather hes just settling down :) +hes not a biter so thats always good.
 
My corn snake does that all the time. I don't know why, I figure that he just likes squeezing himself up there :D

UTH= Under the Tank Heater :D (It's easier to control heat this way than a over head heating system). As far as substrate, I don't know. I'm sure someone will come along with that answer.
 
yeah, UTH is just a heat mat that heats the tank from below, most people on this forum use them i think. Best not to cook the mouse!! Rather than put the food in water, i put it in a small glass which i then put in a big bowl of boiling water, this keeps the mouse dry but still defrosts it pretty quickly and at the same time will not let it cook. I like to defrost mine and then feed it to my corn whilst its still slighlty warm...helps the snake think its been freshly killed then. hope this helps.
 
Does anyone know if it will make a snake sick to feed it a cooked or slightly cooked food item? :)

Rebecca
 
I don't think so, because I have fed pinkies that have a slightly cooked look about them (limbs & such). I don't think it will make them sick but I think they would prefer un-cooked better :D

Unless the pink is well done I wouldn't worry to much about it.
 
Hi, do you have a thermometer on the bottom of the viv on the substrate above the under-tank heater as this is where you should be taking your temp from...(seen you had a thermometer half-way up the viv..) :santa:
 
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