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Questions about cages
- Thread starter Pandora
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David_F
New member
I'd say the cheapest route you can go if you want to use an aquarium, when thinking long term that is, is to just go ahead and get a 20G long aquarium when you get the new snake. It may be more expensive to get the snake, tank, UTH, etc. in one shot but you'll probably have to get that stuff later anyway.
Jicin
Corn love
That's a good option. Can you still create a temp cradient with that?
Anyway, it you provide a lot of hides and stuff a snake won't be overly stressed. It's big open spaces that makes them vunerable to predators and that can be stressfull for snakes. A divider would work to though
Anyway, it you provide a lot of hides and stuff a snake won't be overly stressed. It's big open spaces that makes them vunerable to predators and that can be stressfull for snakes. A divider would work to though
xelda
New member
The cheapest route would be to keep it in a Sterilite or Rubbermaid tub. Upgrading to the next size enclosure wouldn't be a problem because each plastic box only costs a few bucks. If you were to get a hatchling corn, you can buy your supplies at Wal-mart for really cheap:
6 quart Sterilite shoe box with lid: 97 cents
soldering iron (for melting ventilation holes): $4.98
glass ashtray (for a water dish): 94 cents
aspen: $1.97 or maybe it was $2.97, I forgot
plug-in lamp dimmer (for the heatpad): $8ish
Then for a hide, just use a paper towel tube cut in half long ways, with a couple of small entrances on the sides. There's a picture of it in the Corn Snake Manual. This works as a great hide because the paper towel tube covers the entire length of the thermo-gradient, so your corn can hide at whatever temperature it feels like.
The most expensive thing will be a heatpad. You may have to spend $15-$20 for one. I recommend the T-Rex Cobra heat mats because they don't heat up as high as Zoomed. It also doesn't come with an adhesive, so you can just reuse it as you upgrade to larger size enclosures. Make sure you get a dimmer to go with it though.
6 quart Sterilite shoe box with lid: 97 cents
soldering iron (for melting ventilation holes): $4.98
glass ashtray (for a water dish): 94 cents
aspen: $1.97 or maybe it was $2.97, I forgot
plug-in lamp dimmer (for the heatpad): $8ish
Then for a hide, just use a paper towel tube cut in half long ways, with a couple of small entrances on the sides. There's a picture of it in the Corn Snake Manual. This works as a great hide because the paper towel tube covers the entire length of the thermo-gradient, so your corn can hide at whatever temperature it feels like.
The most expensive thing will be a heatpad. You may have to spend $15-$20 for one. I recommend the T-Rex Cobra heat mats because they don't heat up as high as Zoomed. It also doesn't come with an adhesive, so you can just reuse it as you upgrade to larger size enclosures. Make sure you get a dimmer to go with it though.