what do you use.... [Archive] - sSNAKESs : Reptile Forum

joey

05-13-05, 09:46 AM

to keep your animals warm? How do you regulate their temps? Humidity?

I'm looking for the BEST overall products out there to use.

What are your favorites and why?

HetForHuman

05-13-05, 10:21 AM

I heat my whole snake room to an ambient of 83, and then i use heat tape with helix proportional thermostats to get the hotspot to about 93.

mykee

05-13-05, 03:30 PM

Like Het, I also use heat tape and Helix proportional thermostats.

SCReptiles

05-14-05, 12:30 PM

flex watt tape is the way to go.

http://www.beanfarm.com/cgi-bin/store/agora.cgi?cart_id=8914364.19921*_02_K1&next=8&ppinc=heat&exact_match=off&user4=Heating

lolaophidia

05-14-05, 04:36 PM

My stack of stand alone cages are all heated with flexwatt (with a Ranco thermostat). Two of my racks are flexwatt with a Helix DBS-1000 thermostat and one rack is heat rope with a Helix DBS-1000. Both the heat rope and flexwatt have worked well for me.

For humidity, I just monitor ambient in the room with a hygrometer (between 50-60% except in mid-winter when the heat is on) and dampen substrate in tubs/cages where snakes are nearing shed.