What do corn snakes need in their terrarium?

Answer 1

It depends on the size of the corn-snake. An adult corn snake could be over 48 inches long - at that size it would need a vivarium (preferably wood) of at least that length, by 24 inches deep and 24 inches high.

Answer 2

A corn snake needs some sort of bedding, at least one hide box, a heat source (either a pad or a lamp) at one end, and a water source. The water source should be at the cool end of the terrarium. If you have only one hide box it should go at the cool end as well. You may, however get two hide boxes, one for the warm end and one for the cool end.

All of these can be purchased from a pet store.

Answer 3

It needs a heat controlled vivarium. Inside to mimic the snakes natural enviroment should be a substrate (snake bark etc) there should also be plenty of hiding places as snakes can get stressed if there is nowhere to hide. The enclosure neeeds to have a heat gradient or to put it simply a warm and cool end. Because snakes can't cool themselves down or heat themsevles up they rely on the temp of their enviroment so if the snakes too hot it can move to the cool end and vice versa. Corn snakes enviroments do not require extra humidity or misting although it can sometimes help a diffucult shed to spray the enclosure

Answer 4

Aspen Snake Bedding is the best but you can also use newspaper.