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08-02-13, 11:38 PM
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Thinking of switching to tubs for the winter.
So I'm thinking of switching to tubs for the winter for my corn snakes since it get's rather cold here and I've been reading up on better ways to keep the heat in for them, then having to wake up every other hour to cheek on the temp and humanity levels. Does anyone have experience with tubs and what works best for you? I'm more concerned on the heat more then anything how I'm going to keep the heat in with out melting the plastic or over heating the tub. Help any one?
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08-03-13, 11:52 AM
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Re: Thinking of switching to tubs for the winter.
Hi di u hav a heat mat or lamp? If u hav a mat and a stat controling heat it should never get hot enough to melt the plastic. U could hav a problem with humidity tho
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08-03-13, 12:12 PM
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Re: Thinking of switching to tubs for the winter.
Use a decent thermostat and you wont have to worry sbout checking it all the time
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08-03-13, 07:07 PM
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Re: Thinking of switching to tubs for the winter.
If the plastic is melting, your snake is burned to beyond life lol.
Seriously, any UTH NEEDS to be attached to a thermostat or it will overheat and burn the snake. A HydroFarm thermostat is a good budget option ($30-40), Herpstat is the good stuff. Tubs do insulate better and do WAY better with humidity. However, as far as ambient air temps go, if your room is going to be shadow-of-the-valley-of-death cold, you need to move your snakes or warm up the room. I know corns can hibernate, but I'm not overly familiar with them so I don't know how cold is too cold. the only downside of tubs is, if the room air is too cold, you can't use a CHE to warm the air. UTH only provide belly heat
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08-03-13, 07:10 PM
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Re: Thinking of switching to tubs for the winter.
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Originally Posted by DestinyLynette
UTH only provide belly heat
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I would have to disagree. I house my ball pythons in a rack system and the belly heat keeps the ambient air temperature at 80-85 during the day with a 91F hotspot. My room is 75F. It must be providing more than just belly heat.
I would say maybe it is true for enclosures, but as far low tubs go, it does a great job at raising the ambient air temperatures.
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08-03-13, 09:56 PM
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Re: Thinking of switching to tubs for the winter.
I use tubs and the cool side is the same temp as the room temp in my house. From what I've seen, they do a very poor job with regards to ambients, if they do anything at all
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08-03-13, 10:08 PM
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Re: Thinking of switching to tubs for the winter.
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Originally Posted by smy_749
I use tubs and the cool side is the same temp as the room temp in my house. From what I've seen, they do a very poor job with regards to ambients, if they do anything at all
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Tubs must be setup wrong. The cool side on mine get more than a couple degrees above room temps. Try covering some of your holes, or change the position of your ventilation.
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08-03-13, 10:27 PM
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Re: Thinking of switching to tubs for the winter.
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Originally Posted by Mikoh4792
Tubs must be setup wrong. The cool side on mine get more than a couple degrees above room temps. Try covering some of your holes, or change the position of your ventilation.
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They must be setup wrong? lol...
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08-03-13, 11:27 PM
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Re: Thinking of switching to tubs for the winter.
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Originally Posted by smy_749
They must be setup wrong? lol...
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Sorry I wrote that the wrong way. I meant you must have done something wrong so that the coldest side of the tub is the same as room temperature. None of my enclosures or tubs have a cool side the same as room temperature. They are either a couple or several degrees higher. I actually have a easier time controlling ambient temps inside a tub than I do in my enclosures.
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08-04-13, 05:00 AM
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Re: Thinking of switching to tubs for the winter.
Dont you need to know the size of my enclosure, how hot I keep my hot side and the room temperature in my house before you say that?
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08-04-13, 06:13 PM
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Re: Thinking of switching to tubs for the winter.
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Originally Posted by smy_749
Dont you need to know the size of my enclosure, how hot I keep my hot side and the room temperature in my house before you say that?
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Yes I do, I was very tired yesterday and was not thinking clearly. What size are your tubs, how hot do you keep your hot side and what is your room temperature?
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