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shaft6977

shaft6977

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Forgive my nervousness here, but this is my first corn and only the second snake I've ever had so I want to make sure I'm doing this right.
I have the Exo Terra terrarium (36"L x 18"W x 18" T) with the medium size Zilla UTH. It covers between a fourth and a third of one side of the tank. On the end of the tank with the UTH, I'm reading 84 degrees inside the hide. On the other end of the tank I'm reading 70. I also have a hide in the middle. He isn't using any of the three, instead opting to bury himself in the substrate. My main question would be, is it too cold on the end without the heater? And if so, what should I do? Would going with a smaller UTH on the cold end be the way to go to raise the temp a few degrees or should I just leave it alone?
 
Leave it alone. He'll seek out the heat if he wants it. That's a big viv- make sure you have plenty of hides and vines and stuff for him. Your UTH is in the perfect location, and the correct size. Snakes love paper towel tubes and boxes with holes, if you can get over the look! I like colorful wine boxes. I stuff them with newspaper or brown bags. Snakes even figure out how to get inside a bag in a box.
 
That makes me feel a lot better. Thank you. I'm really trying to go with a natural look for the viv, so I've got a couple of those U-shaped tree trunk looking things and I've got a tree branch with some dead leaves attached and another tangle of driftwood (all baked to kill whatever bugs might have been lurking) as I'm trying to avoid the usual hides. Really trying to create a little slice of woodland terrain in my house. I'll have to get a picture of the whole setup when I get home tonight. If it's not adequate, maybe I'll switch them out for boxes and tubes and find some way to cover them up with substrate or something. Thanks again!
 
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