It depends on the type of snake and what material you mean by snake tub.
Corn snake heat mat or lamp.
To achieve this we attach a basking lamp to the ceiling of the enclosure on one side.
In this video i outline the basics in providing the correct heating and lighting for your corn snake.
Naturally corn snakes would be experiencing temperatures of around 90 o f in the sun.
Heat lamps dry out the air inside the enclosure so they work better for snakes with low humidity requirements such as hognose snakes and corn snakes.
Corn snakes are generally seen late in the evening.
You might have to use a rheostat or thermostat with your corn snake heating device in order to reach the desired temperatures.
But for a heat mat any mat stat will be sufficient.
Corn snakes are cold blooded creatures and need all the heat they can get.
If you use a heat lamp you ll need to use a different heat source during the.
An ultraviolet heat lamp is great if you want to view your corn snake at night and not disturb it corn snakes are not.
A naturally basking species such as a garter snake will do much better with a heat lamp than a heat mat because it encourages natural basking behaviour which a heat mat.
Heat mats produce warmth without light and are only good for heating the bottom of an enclosure not the air.
While she was still in her exo terra plastic box as a young corn snake i used the following setup.
This was controlled via a microclimate evo lite thermostat.
I used a lucky reptile mat on the underside of the box for her hot basking area.
This allows you to dial down the amount of electricity going to your reptile lamp or heat mat thereby controlling the output and the cage temp.
That s why ultraviolet heat lamps and top of the range heat mats are perfect for your pet corn snake.
Snakes from tropical countries like ball pythons require higher temperatures than snakes from more temperate climes.
The vivarium setup for my young corn snake.
Heat mats are preferred because they provide no light meaning that they can keep your snake warm 24 hours a day.
Heat mats are the still the most widely used method of maintaining correct temperatures for corn snakes although i believe that they are an inferior heat source compared to heat lamps.
We try to provide this heat over 1 3 of the enclosure while letting the rest of the enclosure cool to 70 o f on the opposite side.
Most snake owners choose heat lamps heat mats or both.
