danigurrl
Kahn's Mommy
I'm a Veterinary Technician specializing in exotic medicine and care. I'm currently volunteering at a wildlife rescue facility. They have an adult male ball python (I know, not a cornsnake, sorry! But I have two corns at home if that makes up for it) who is in a very nice wooden enclosure with a plexy glass window in the front. However, he has no belly heat source. Only a heat lamp inside the enclosure and a UVB lamp for lighting. The max temperature get to only be about 80 in the enclosure.
I've asked the Director's permission to do something for the snake that's safe and easy to manage for tempertures. Low cost would be the best bet, since the facility is complete nonprofit and works from private donations and the Director's own money only. I'd probably do this out of my own pocket for the benefit of the snake.
What would be the best cost-effective way to get a source of belly heat into this wooden enclosure?
I was pondering some sort of slightly raised platform of slate or glass with a UTH attached to it underneath, but with adequate airflow space under it...but it has to be something the snake can't get under or flip.
I was also pondering a heatrock with a rheostat or thermostat, but a thermostat may be out of my pricerange and I'm not sure the facility could monitor the rheostat effectively all the time. Maybe?
Any other options or How-To's? I did a search on this site with a few different key words and I couldn't find anything, so please excuse my newbie-ness.
I've asked the Director's permission to do something for the snake that's safe and easy to manage for tempertures. Low cost would be the best bet, since the facility is complete nonprofit and works from private donations and the Director's own money only. I'd probably do this out of my own pocket for the benefit of the snake.
What would be the best cost-effective way to get a source of belly heat into this wooden enclosure?
I was pondering some sort of slightly raised platform of slate or glass with a UTH attached to it underneath, but with adequate airflow space under it...but it has to be something the snake can't get under or flip.
I was also pondering a heatrock with a rheostat or thermostat, but a thermostat may be out of my pricerange and I'm not sure the facility could monitor the rheostat effectively all the time. Maybe?
Any other options or How-To's? I did a search on this site with a few different key words and I couldn't find anything, so please excuse my newbie-ness.