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Ceramic Infrared Heat Emitter. Is this an expectable heat source for CORN SNAKES?

Smooth_Earth_Snake

Smooth_Earth_Snake

0.1 Okeetee; 1.0 Motley;
Last winter I used with great success/results infra red heat light for my corn snakes however the life of those expensive bulbs were short lived. This winter I would like to use:

A porcelain heating device that screws into a standard porcelain incandescent socket

Why?

Cost
Long lasting - Last up to 5 years
Ceramic Heat Emitters provides a Heat Source for Reptiles.
Non-light emitting heat source for all types of reptiles. The Repticare Ceramic Infrared Heat Emitter can increase the inside air temperature or your terrarium a full ten to 20 degrees (F) above the outside room temperature. This is especially important when keeping "high temperature" tropical-type reptiles like boas and pythons, and other desert or tropical species requiring high temperatures. More importantly, the infrared heat given off by the emitter will warm the animal in your enclosure more efficiently than any other type of heating device. Heat emitters give off intense infrared heat, penetrating into the animal’s muscles, but emit no light--the perfect 24 hour heat source for all tropical and desert reptiles.

Is this an expectable heat source for CORN SNAKES?

I would appreciate any pro and/or/cons.

Thanks :)
 
I don't know about 'expectable' but acceptable? Maybe. I have one over my adult cornsnake's viv but I find it heats the cool end to 80 degrees and the warm end where her heat mat is, up to the mid to upper 80's. It seems too warm. I have only used it on and off to raise the temps up to a point, then I shut it off. Maybe others could share their thoughts.
 
Montly,

My bad!
Thanks for the spelling correction.
Thanks for your input.
I appreciate hearing from you because you have personally used a Ceramic Infrared Heat Emitter.
 
Smooth_Earth_Snake said:
Cost .....Long lasting - Last up to 5 years........
This is especially important when keeping "high temperature" tropical-type reptiles like boas and pythons, and other desert or tropical species requiring high temperatures........Heat emitters give off intense infrared heat, penetrating into the animal’s muscles, but emit no light--the perfect 24 hour heat source for all tropical and desert reptiles.
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I think you could use it to supplement an UTH. A UTH I think is just a good and for the cost ...long lasting.
This heater sounds good for a tropical reptiles but I live in south Jersey, a native area of corn snake and it not tropical here (yet).
 
Smooth_Earth_Snake said:
Last winter I used with great success/results infra red heat light for my corn snakes however the life of those expensive bulbs were short lived. This winter I would like to use:

A porcelain heating device that screws into a standard porcelain incandescent socket

Why?

Cost
Long lasting - Last up to 5 years
Ceramic Heat Emitters provides a Heat Source for Reptiles.
Non-light emitting heat source for all types of reptiles. The Repticare Ceramic Infrared Heat Emitter can increase the inside air temperature or your terrarium a full ten to 20 degrees (F) above the outside room temperature. This is especially important when keeping "high temperature" tropical-type reptiles like boas and pythons, and other desert or tropical species requiring high temperatures. More importantly, the infrared heat given off by the emitter will warm the animal in your enclosure more efficiently than any other type of heating device. Heat emitters give off intense infrared heat, penetrating into the animal’s muscles, but emit no light--the perfect 24 hour heat source for all tropical and desert reptiles.

Is this an expectable heat source for CORN SNAKES?

I would appreciate any pro and/or/cons.

Thanks :)
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Yes, it is acceptable. I have a 10 gallon tank and use only a ceramic heat emitter. It is 60 watts I believe. It is in a lamp good for 150 watts. I use a digital thermometer with probe to monitor the temp. I do have the lamp plugged into a rheostat. I have multiple hides all over the place so he has a choice of where he wants to be. I keep the warm side between 83-85f. The cool side stays 72-74f. Now, I keep my house warm anyway and I live in the south. My house is always 73-74f. If I kept my house in the 60's like some people here do, I probably would get a uth. I also have central heat and air, so the temps in my house stay real consistent.
I love my heat emitter. I don't have to worry about him getting burned by a 100 degree uth if something goes awry. He seems fine without the uth, he just goes where he wants to be. He stays in the hide under the lamp for about 36 hrs after feeding. Then, sometimes he's on the cool side, sometimes in the middle, and sometimes on the warm. He doesn't burrow in the aspen because the heat is in the air. He just goes to the hide where he likes the temp. Again, it works for me because my house's temp is real consistent and warmer than some. It's really individual. Hope this sheds some light. :)
 
Michelle,

Thanks for sharing your personal experience with me.
I have two 30 Gal. Tanks, and like you I also keep my house on the warm side between 69 - 73 degrees (with central heat) in the winter.

"I do have the lamp plugged into a rheostat."
Michelle, which rheostats do you use or prefer/recommend?
 
It’s an acceptable heat source for a corn snake though personally I feel a UTH is better since corn snake digestion benefit more from belly heat.

However, with that said, I run a UTH on the warm side AND a CHE on the cool side…to keep my cool side from getting too cool. I keep my UTH at 88 degrees on the glass and my CHE at 75 degrees.

I have both hooked up to a Herpstat II and have been happy with them both.

Regards,
Steve
 
Smooth_Earth_Snake said:
Michelle,

Thanks for sharing your personal experience with me.
I have two 30 Gal. Tanks, and like you I also keep my house on the warm side between 69 - 73 degrees (with central heat) in the winter.

"I do have the lamp plugged into a rheostat."
Michelle, which rheostats do you use or prefer/recommend?
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I just use a Zoomed from PetSmart. It works fine, but there are probably better quality rheostats out there. I plan to upgrade at some point. You can also make your own, there are some threads that tell you how somewhere here.
 
ssmith_1187 said:
It’s an acceptable heat source for a corn snake though personally I feel a UTH is better since corn snake digestion benefit more from belly heat.

However, with that said, I run a UTH on the warm side AND a CHE on the cool side…to keep my cool side from getting too cool. I keep my UTH at 88 degrees on the glass and my CHE at 75 degrees.

I have both hooked up to a Herpstat II and have been happy with them both.

Regards,
Steve
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I agree, a uth is probably better for digestion. I do plan on getting a uth in the future, though.
 
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