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| andrew.1994 |
Posted - 30/01/2011 : 13:53:02
Hi im new to this site,
but about a week ago i saw a corn snake advertised on the internet so i got talking to the people and they came and delivered it to me today on the advert it said 'corn snake a setup' so i thought everything came with but i asked just incase and they still said it did. so anyway today they dropped it of and it had no heating the tank was filthy and the snake was stone cold i said were's the heating and they said the snake has never heating so i still took the snake because i thought they were mistreating it im really worried what do i do? ive put a temp heat lamp over it |
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| thistle |
Posted - 30/01/2011 : 14:55:40
I'm really new to corn snakes so can't offer any more advise than you've already been given, but I just wanted to say well done for rescuing this poor little guy. It's amazing he has survived this long in such awful conditions. 
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| scubadude |
Posted - 30/01/2011 : 14:09:47
good on yah Andrew, nice save  |
| andrew.1994 |
Posted - 30/01/2011 : 14:08:10
Thanks for the advice the first this i did was get the snake out and clean the tank. my uncle is on his way over to bring me a thermostat thanks for the advice and your right some people shouldn't be able to keep pets |
| Benji54 |
Posted - 30/01/2011 : 14:05:19
good on you for probably rescuing a snake from a not so happy end! some people should be banned from having pets at all! All you can do is clean the viv out (dettol disinfectant MASSIVELY diluted will do. a vetinary disinfectant would be better) change substrate (newspaper will be fine if you have nothing else around) and get a heat lamp and stat set up asap. You mite struggle a bit as its sunday but "pets at home" are open till 4 in most places and will have most things ud need. Other than that check to see if the snake seems healthy (tounge flicking and moving around are good signs). if you have any other snakes, id keep this one seperate until you've ascertained his exact health and condition.
sounds like you did the right thing and you've come to the right place for advice! |
| scubadude |
Posted - 30/01/2011 : 14:04:21
Hi Andrew,
first things 1st you need someway of measuring the temp whilst using that heat lamp (ie a digital thermometer with a probe),but most importantly you need to get the following as soon as possible (today preferebly)
you need to get yourself a heatmat, and thermostat, either a habistat matstat or microclimate ministat would be fine.
with these at least you can provide your new snake with the appropriate heat gradient.
hides and substrate you can find around the house, newspaper for substrate and something for them to hide under, kitchen roll tube is very acceptable.
this should get you started. i'm sure one of our more experience forum members will be along to give further advice but this will do for a start. |
