Corn Snake Terrarium Setup

Heating your corn snake cage setup needs some form of heat.

Corn snake terrarium setup. There should be enough room in the tank for the snake to move around freely. You can heat the cage in several ways and we will talk about all of them a bit later. You ll need to upgrade the tank s size as your snake grows.

Your corn snake s enclosure should be long enough for your snake to stretch out fully. A glass or plastic terrarium flooring or bedding of some kind a heat source to regulate the temperature a thermostat and humidity gauge a hide box that your snake can use as its home a water bowl for your snake to drink out of and bathe in and of course a corn snake. Considering that corn snakes average between 3 5 9 1 5 m long as adults the absolute minimum corn snake enclosure size is at least 75 gallons or 48 l x 18 w x 22 h 120x48x55 cm.

Length snake length. The general rule for determining minimum corn snake terrarium size goes like this. The best tank for a corn snake is a large plastic lidded tub or a glass vivarium.

Suitable humidity in a corn snake terrarium. Temperature isn t the only thing you need to monitor for your pet corn snake you must also monitor the humidity level in the habitat. A corn snake terrarium can be set up using an appropriately sized fish tank.

Width half snake length. A corn snake vivarium needs the following 7 items. Fortunately corn snakes will tolerate a fairly wide range of humidity levels unlike some other snakes which have fairly specific humidity requirements.

Include a heat source substrate hides a water bowl and some enrichment such as climbing branches. Next set up a heater under the tank that spans 1 3 of the vivarium floor. Then use the heater to maintain a warm side with a temperature of 80 85 f and a cool side with a range between 75 80 f.