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12-28-13, 09:05 PM
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Re: Heat Mat or Heat Tape?
I have a rainbow boa in a top opening aquarium that I modified, its working great, but we are definitely building the enclosure that drumcrush posted the link to once we find a place that sells malamine...our lowes does not carry it...glad you ordered a thermostat  good luck, dear! don't take anything to heart, you are doing everything you can to make sure you provide within your means...I know how it is, I had to scrape and borrow to get some things when I first started...but everyone here gave me great advice, and I am glad I followed it!
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12-28-13, 09:10 PM
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Re: Heat Mat or Heat Tape?
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Originally Posted by Sharlynn93
I have a rainbow boa in a top opening aquarium that I modified, its working great, but we are definitely building the enclosure that drumcrush posted the link to once we find a place that sells malamine...our lowes does not carry it...glad you ordered a thermostat  good luck, dear! don't take anything to heart, you are doing everything you can to make sure you provide within your means...I know how it is, I had to scrape and borrow to get some things when I first started...but everyone here gave me great advice, and I am glad I followed it!
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We struggled at lowes too. Found it at Home Depot though!
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12-28-13, 09:24 PM
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Re: Heat Mat or Heat Tape?
we don't have a home depot around here...we have 1 local building supply place that we haven't tried yet, all the contractors go there...if they don't have it we may have to call someplace further away...then it will take longer, because we will want to get enough for all the ones we plan on building to avoid having to make the trip again...
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12-28-13, 09:29 PM
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Re: Heat Mat or Heat Tape?
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Originally Posted by Sharlynn93
we don't have a home depot around here...we have 1 local building supply place that we haven't tried yet, all the contractors go there...if they don't have it we may have to call someplace further away...then it will take longer, because we will want to get enough for all the ones we plan on building to avoid having to make the trip again... 
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Well, that sucks :/
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12-28-13, 09:32 PM
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Re: Heat Mat or Heat Tape?
it WILL get done...hubby wants his "baby" in an enclosure he can see him in, and not just a tub...so incentive is the key...lmao
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12-28-13, 09:35 PM
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Re: Heat Mat or Heat Tape?
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it WILL get done...hubby wants his "baby" in an enclosure he can see him in, and not just a tub...so incentive is the key...lmao
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Lol I'd like to see ma babies too!
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12-28-13, 10:08 PM
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Re: Heat Mat or Heat Tape?
Hades has been in that tub since we got him and its really hard to see through...I'm looking forward to getting him into something more visible  even if its a modified tank like Iris's for now...hers is working wonderfully...but still definitely temporary...
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12-29-13, 05:46 AM
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Re: Heat Mat or Heat Tape?
Breeders keep snakes in racks which are top opening. She won't be in the aquarium for life but she will probably always be in a top-opening enclosure. It's what I prefer and I've never seen it have adverse effects on an animal UNLESS it has a screen lid.
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12-29-13, 07:21 AM
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Re: Heat Mat or Heat Tape?
There is no comparison between a top opening tank and a rack.
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12-29-13, 07:51 AM
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Re: Heat Mat or Heat Tape?
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Originally Posted by Aaron_S
Don't use false scare tactics to bully someone into your agreeing with your opinion.
Snakes don't have food rotting in their body if it's too hot. Their metabolism will adjust and they will digest just fine.
If it's too cold it doesn't rot in their stomach. Their bodies would regurgitate the meal so it doesn't affect them. You know nothing of their physiology.
To Flint, it seems you'll be fine. I would use this enclosure as a temporary one as top opening enclosures just don't do well. Besides, who wants to clean all that glass?
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the food gets regurgitated if it starts to rot, by that point it already has ''food poisoning''
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12-29-13, 08:05 AM
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Re: Heat Mat or Heat Tape?
Korbin, I agree, but I wasn't referring to tanks. I was referring to enclosures. I like to build my reptile enclosures to be top-opening and have a piece of glass on the front for viewing. It's my personal preference.
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12-29-13, 09:17 AM
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Re: Heat Mat or Heat Tape?
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Originally Posted by Flint
Korbin, I agree, but I wasn't referring to tanks. I was referring to enclosures. I like to build my reptile enclosures to be top-opening and have a piece of glass on the front for viewing. It's my personal preference.
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You're still trying to use a rack as an analogy. It doesn't work.
I don't care how you make your enclosures but it's a waste of space to make them top opening.
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12-29-13, 09:37 AM
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Re: Heat Mat or Heat Tape?
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Originally Posted by Aaron_S
You're still trying to use a rack as an analogy. It doesn't work.
I don't care how you make your enclosures but it's a waste of space to make them top opening.
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And when you open a top opening enclosure all the heat and humidity built up just goes right out.
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12-29-13, 09:49 AM
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Re: Heat Mat or Heat Tape?
I also agree that a top openng tank is not a good choice but you can alter an aquarium to work. This is a converted aquarium with a bci inside. It is ...ok at best but better than the convection oven it was.
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12-29-13, 10:12 AM
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Re: Heat Mat or Heat Tape?
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Originally Posted by Mikoh4792
And when you open a top opening enclosure all the heat and humidity built up just goes right out.
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Exactly.
Makes little sense.
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