I'm currently doing a lot of research on corn snake enclosures so that i can upgrade my baby's enclosure. I'm filming my journey so that people can help me if i make mistakes. Your video gives such good advice on what to do! I love that you're not just sticking to the community's minimum enclosure guidelines and actually going all out on what a corn snake actually needs!
I feel so overwhelmed. We just moved from Florida--corn snake native habitat--to Michigan. We didn't use UVB and lighting in Florida. We took our snakes outside to "use the facilities" along with their canine siblings and let them climb bushes. They were exposed to regular sunshine. Now, after 7-8 years, we need to completely re-do our tanks to make sure they're warm enough and getting enough light in a Michigan winter. We got our male a 4 x 2 x 4 so he can climb indoors, but I'm not sure how we're going to get the heat to the bottom of the tank without an UTH. It's a lot drier up here, too.
Thank you, this was what I was looking for. All the information explained in detail. How the F you ain't got more subs is beyond me. New one one now tho
I want to use a RUB tub for my baby corn's growing out enclosure. Would I still be using the same heating and lighting products, or are there better alternatives? This video was so informative!
Those enclosures behind you are huge! But I think you should probably show people how you create an enclosure, not just talking about it. Great video though!
Thank you! Check out my instagram/tiktok! That’s where I show how I did this specific build! This video is more of a supply list for people who don’t know what to buy!
I'm looking into getting a baby corn snake in the future, but the enclosure and heating topic is stumping me. I see pros and cons of both overhead and mat heating, both are fire hazards, both require a thermostat, both are said to be appropriate for corn snakes specifically. Would a heat mat make more sense with the snakes being the burrowing type? Would a perfect enclosure have both on timers?
@@MiasMiniZoo I hope in the next year or so u should explode and get the recognition u deserve bc I don’t know how u don’t have a lot of subs me personally u are one of my favorite reptile creators bc of how much detail u go into about every topic
I came from your TikTok post about your corn snake. I love the enclosure. I have to ask, where you got your decor piece that looks like a flower petal with a like cobblestone base. Please I’m begging 😭 it’s so cute
Hi you didn’t say much about the cleanup crew, what species of isopods / springtails would you recommend, and how many should you buy for a 4x2x2 enclosure?
This has been such a helpful video! We've had our cornsnake for nearly 3 weeks and I'm getting her 3ft viv set up whilst she's in her quarantine tank! I am sooo paranoid about her escaping and even though my husband thinks I'm crazy I have sealed every gap I can possibly think off! I started worrying that the 3ft was too big but she's already around 86cm/17inches and loves to explore so feel a bit more confident now that she'll enjoy it. I have the shadeweller prot5 uvb and halogen heat bulb but need to get another for night time. I'm in the uk and whilst the temps are okay now my house can get quite cold in the winter. I have a dimming thermostat for the halogen bulb but my other thermostat is an on/off thermostat. What night time lamp would be best to use with that?
7:25 I do think you should specify here that you want the range for 2 to 3 in the BASKING spot, NOT throughout the entire enclosure. There are essentially 2 ways of providing UVB, a lower gradient (think 0.7-1) through a wider area OR a higher level at a specific basking spot, with the option for the animal to move out of that and find places in its enclosure with no UVB at all. (These are called the shade and sunbeam methods respectively) If you are getting a UVI of over 2 throughout your enclosure then that is *way too much* uvb for a corn snake and you can seriously harm them. 2.0 to 3.0 should be the MAXIMUM UVI in any spot your snake could reach, not the average. Otherwise really great video.
Clarification that I think with your recommended setup of installing the uv lamp on only one side of the enclosure you are basically automatically doing this already, so i'm not saying you're hurting your snakes, but I have seen others become confused and think they need consistently high UVIs and they really don't, and in fact this would be harmful, so I thought it was important to state explicitly.
