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01-28-12, 01:25 AM
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Re: First time snake owner, looking for help!
the thermostat has a probe on it that is attached to it.
you put the probe next to your heat sorce & it makes the thermostat regulate the heat.
works like a waterbed heater & thermostat.
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01-28-12, 01:28 AM
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Re: First time snake owner, looking for help!
Oh ok, and i can use it even if i have to stick with the light too? if i cant find a matt?
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01-28-12, 02:41 AM
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Re: First time snake owner, looking for help!
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01-28-12, 02:41 AM
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Re: First time snake owner, looking for help!
Oh never mind, i just relized its for a bigger tank! crap! i dont know if ill be able to find one  that was the only one their selling on ebay for some off reason!
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01-28-12, 08:04 AM
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Re: First time snake owner, looking for help!
Looks like you're on the right track Kylie 
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01-28-12, 08:06 AM
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Re: First time snake owner, looking for help!
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01-28-12, 02:36 PM
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Re: First time snake owner, looking for help!
Thanks!!! for some reason i couldn't find that! Im worried about her burning herself if i get a mat, Shes been using a lamp all her life, would it be terrible if i just stuck with the lamp, and got a thermostat to monitor the heat?
So now that i changed the bulb in her lamp i think shes to cold? she hasnt left her rock since i changed it...the temp strip says its, 77 on the warm side.... should i go get a different bulb?
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01-28-12, 02:46 PM
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Re: First time snake owner, looking for help!
It would be better if you got a thermostat and a mat.. that way the thermostat can monitor the heat from the pad.
And you attach the mat to the under side of the glass.. I only have one snake that isn't in my rack system, and he has a mat and I've never had an issue with it, as long as you have stuff on top of it for him to lie on.
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01-28-12, 03:04 PM
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Re: First time snake owner, looking for help!
I dont understand the thermostat thing, im sure i would once i get it into my home, call me stupid haha how does it monitor the heat? like what does it do? does it connect to the mat? this is what i was thinking about getting if i can order off amazon.
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01-28-12, 03:13 PM
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Re: First time snake owner, looking for help!
Yes.. it plugs into the wall, then the mat plugs into the thermostat, the probe is put in direct contact with the mat, and it will control the temp. You program the thermostat to be the temperature you need it to be.
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01-28-12, 03:25 PM
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Re: First time snake owner, looking for help!
picture time!
In my hand is the thermostat, the chord going into the tub on the right is the probe (thermometer) and the chord going to the thing under the tub is the power chord for the UTH (flexwatt in this case)
the other chord going into the tub is a hygrometer (measures humidity)
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01-28-12, 03:50 PM
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Re: First time snake owner, looking for help!
And all that will come with the thermostat and mat? LOL thanks for the pik, im kinda getting it, im sure ill get it even better when i have them in my hands  the mat is thin? will it lift my tank? And i only put it under the hot spot?
Also im planning on giving her a bath tonight, what is a good temp for the water?
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01-28-12, 03:51 PM
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Re: First time snake owner, looking for help!
You can use a thermostat with a light - the probe from the thermostat sits in the viv on top of the substrate directly under the light - my opinion would be tho that it is better to use heat bulbs that only emit heat not light
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01-28-12, 03:52 PM
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Re: First time snake owner, looking for help!
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Originally Posted by Kylie
And all that will come with the thermostat and mat? LOL thanks for the pik, im kinda getting it, im sure ill get it even better when i have them in my hands the mat is thin? will it lift my tank? And i only put it under the hot spot?
Also im planning on giving her a bath tonight, what is a good temp for the water? |
Any reason why the bath?? They really dont need tobe bathed as long as their humidity is right unless they get covered in their own poo (which has never happened to me so far)
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01-28-12, 04:06 PM
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Re: First time snake owner, looking for help!
She is shedding a bit, and some of it wont come off, i heard it helped?
Also how do you tell if the humidity is ok?? the previous owners never said anything about that... i didn't know you could get bulb with no light! i kinda want to stick with the light it seems a little easier on my half...but the mat is better for her right?
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