Shopping List-Advice

[ThyTempest]

Well, I put together a list of everything I would eventually like to get for my bp, feeders, etc.

Thermostat
Flexwatt/UTH
Tempgun/Accurite
Hemostats/Tweezers
Heavier Hides

Right now my bp is in a tub with one UTH on a dimmer. It has been warm enough that I dont think I will need a cool side heat device until the fall, and I would prefer to use flexwatt I think, so a thermostat needs to come first.

The thermostat should probably be the first thing I get, but it is also the most expensive, and I really dont have that kind of money right now since I cant find a summer job. I would prefer to control both cool and warm sides with a thermostat, but a dimmer on the coolside may have to make due. Ideally, I would like a herpstat II or pro, but they are $$$.

Until I get a heat source for the coolside, which probably wont happen until I get the thermostat, another accurite is pointless.

Heavier hides would be nice, but she is going to be growing quickly, and I have a quick fix of putting the driftwood log across her hides to keep them in place, which also creates a little pocket for her underneath/behind that.

Now, to the item that is actually plausible for me to purchase pretty soon. Tweezers or hemostats. Two reasons why I think these would be a good addition. 1, I want to switch to f/t, and these are necessary for the zombie dance. 2, I am getting ASF's soon and I hear that tweezers or hemostats are almost a must for when you need to move them.

With that said, which is preferred. Hemostats or tweezers, and do I want rubber tipped or not. My first though was that I would definitely want rubber tips, and probably hemostats. I was thinking that the locking feature of the hemostats would be good for the feeding, which would most likely take a while to get my bp used to, and it would not be too much of a hassle to have to "unclick" it when moving rodents around. Tweezers would probably be better for the rodents as it may be a bit quicker, but I would have to constantly hold it down, which I think would be especially annoying when it comes time to zombie dance.

Let me know what you all think.

[Monty]

i use 10" tweezers and love them. i think the locking part of the hemostats would get on my nerves a lil bit

[Royal Morphz]

i have used the same set of hemostats for going on 10 years i just cut off the locking part i like to finger holes to keep control of what ever im feeding because i have emeralds and gtp's i have an extra long pair

[anendeloflorien]

I have both tweezers and hemostats but the hemos got really annoying when I was trying to feed cuz I feed f/t. Of course I'm still a wicked noob but I prefer the tweezers once I got used to them

[starmom]

Hemostats

[stangs13]

Hemos are the best, no tweezers here. They are easyer to grip, and keep your hands safe.

[ThyTempest]

Do you all use rubber tipped or non rubber tipped? Also, where did you buy your hemos/tweezers. I cant find any rubber tipped hemostats.

[stangs13]

Do you all use rubber tipped or non rubber tipped? Also, where did you buy your hemos/tweezers. I cant find any rubber tipped hemostats.

Its because there Arnt any rubber tipped hemostats. There isn't any need.

[ThyTempest]

From other threads it sounded like rubber tipped was preferred, especially when moving, say, live ASF's. If this is not accurate and a lot of people use the normal hemos without a problem let me know.

[starmom]

My stats are not rubber tipped- don't think there is such a thing. Why would anyone want rubber tipped? More to clean and not needed.