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Tank/Humidity question

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jpichie

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Hey guys:
So I built my Motley Snow Corn, Slingshot, a 4 x 2 x 2 foot tank. He has a UTH directly inside the tank, under about 2-3 inches of aspen. I have some pics of his current setup, the branch and stump are pieces I cut, bleached and dried out. The heatpad is the only source of heat at this time, as I find it is giving the correct temps on both ends. Above his UTH, the temps are ~85, and on the cold side they are ~73-75. One thing I noticed though, is since there is not heatlamp, or holes, the humidity is around 65%-70%. Is this too high? Is high humidity bad for corns? I know they normally only need between 40-50%.
Thanks in advance for any advice.
 
Woops, forgot I wanted to post pics. This forum really needs to allow edit...
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The humidity is too high, and the UTH should NOT be directly inside the tank. Corns can burrow, and he can and will lay directly on it and burn himself. Drill some holes for ventilation, and find a way to get that UTH out of there to where he can still have some heat.

Oh, and the forum does have an edit function for contributing members ($25/year).
 
RobbiesCornField said:
The humidity is too high, and the UTH should NOT be directly inside the tank. Corns can burrow, and he can and will lay directly on it and burn himself. Drill some holes for ventilation, and find a way to get that UTH out of there to where he can still have some heat.

Oh, and the forum does have an edit function for contributing members ($25/year).
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the uth can be inside the tank. jsut put a tile, or peice of acrylic or so over it so that is is not gonna contact the snake directly.
 
pwargcm said:
the uth can be inside the tank. jsut put a tile, or peice of acrylic or so over it so that is is not gonna contact the snake directly.
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It depends on the type of UTH. If it's one that lays flat, that could work, but it would still make me nervous. If it's one that has something on one end that would raise it, that would really be not recommended.
And I would go with a piece of wood over tile. Ceramics can heat up rather quickly, and can stay at a burning temperature. Wood will stay a bit cooler.
 
Alright, thanks for taking the time to answer my questions guys.
I was thinking too much humidity could possibly cause a respiratory infection, which is why I wanted to make sure. As for the UTH, I had to put it inside, since my tank is 3/4in plywood. It is one of the flat ones (I think), one end is just slightly higher due to the power supply part. I'm thinking that if I put a piece of wood over it, that i should not put too much substrate, or any at all on it. How thinck of a piece of wood are you guys thinking?
Thanks,
 
jpichie said:
Alright, thanks for taking the time to answer my questions guys.
I was thinking too much humidity could possibly cause a respiratory infection, which is why I wanted to make sure. As for the UTH, I had to put it inside, since my tank is 3/4in plywood. It is one of the flat ones (I think), one end is just slightly higher due to the power supply part. I'm thinking that if I put a piece of wood over it, that i should not put too much substrate, or any at all on it. How thinck of a piece of wood are you guys thinking?
Thanks,
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About 1/8th-1/4 inch would be my recommendation. You can go ahead and put a normal amount of substrate on top (about an inch). Be assured that if he gets chilly, he will go and burrow to sit on the heat mat.
These are very smart critters you're dealing with! :D
 
But apparently not smart enough to know when he is burning himself... :p
I will make these changes this weekend, once hes done digesting his two hoppers.
Thanks Robbie
 
I'm thinking that if you use a thermostat to control the output of the heat mat, then there should be no reason for a snake to burn itself. If the thermostat was to fail, unusual but possible, then it wouldn't matter whether the mat was inside or outside, the potential for a burnt snake would be the same either way.

Saying that, I believe there are some heat mats that can't/shouldn't be used inside a tank, so that should be also taken into consideration :)

I think more ventilation should solve your humidity problems too, I use melamine tanks with sliding front glass doors, but they have full length ventilation strips to allow for good airflow and I've never had high humidity issues.

Your tank is looking pretty good so far, you should post more pics when it's finished with Slingshot in it :)
 
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