been 2 weeeks since i got him/or her, grew so fast

Feeds every sunday,


last week was his first meal, took a decent live baby mouse pretty well last week, thought he wasnt going to be able to swallow it but did so thats great. yesterday ate his second meal in less then 5 seconds after i took the mouse out of his bbox in his cage for about 10 min..

well any way wanted to show some pics to show how fast he's growing
When i got him he want a baby ball.. still is.

http://i40.tinypic.com/xft1lz.jpg
http://i39.tinypic.com/1676q85.jpg


for some odd reason my dimmer does not work. my heat pad will not go below 105?
i returned the dimmer nad got a new one and still lower to 105 even when dimmer on low..

would it be the heat pad thats broken obviously
DAY BY DAY

Glad he's been eating good for you!

To even further track his growth spurts (which are fun to see how big they get so fast when they're little!) I would pick up a digital scale if you don't already have one. I weigh everyone once a month to monitor them, and getting weights regularly lets you know if they're gaining weight or if they're loosing weight (which could be caused by health problems).

thanks! il defiantly get a scale.

think my heat pad is broken? will not go lower then 105 even with dimmer..

105? That's pretty dang hot!

http://www.amazon.com/Hydrofarm-MTPR...9&sr=8-1-spell

Been referred to that once or twice. Also, there's a really nice digital "food" scale on Walmart that measures in grams. $16 last I checked. :)

Thanks,

RJ

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thanks! il defiantly get a scale.

think my heat pad is broken? will not go lower then 105 even with dimmer..

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It could be, I hear they're pretty unrealiable even though I haven't had problems. It could be a faulty dimmer also.

I'd unplug that sucker since 105 is hotter than what I would be comfortable with and replug it into a different outlet. Set the dimmer and recheck the temps to see if they get any lower.

On the note of measuring temps: are you using a temp gun, a therm with a probe, something else? Are you measuring on top of the substrate surface or directly on the glass (if you have a tank) or he plastic (if you have a tub)?

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It could be, I hear they're pretty unrealiable even though I haven't had problems. It could be a faulty dimmer also.

I'd unplug that sucker since 105 is hotter than what I would be comfortable with and replug it into a different outlet. Set the dimmer and recheck the temps to see if they get any lower.

On the note of measuring temps: are you using a temp gun, a therm with a probe, something else? Are you measuring on top of the substrate surface or directly on the glass (if you have a tank) or he plastic (if you have a tub)?

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its direction on bottom of tub inside, see i bought a new dimmer today and still 105 from probe..

so tonight decided to play with admiral, i cleaned his tub and put a pices of paper towel over the tub then put the bedding over the paper towel.

ah now it read 107... i dont understand so i unplugged everything just now

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thanks! il defiantly get a scale.

think my heat pad is broken? will not go lower then 105 even with dimmer..

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Is the stick-on black mat type?

I returned all mine.

Even a thermostat wouldn't stop it from trying to bake my snakes.

I went to the heat cable type.

I can regulate the zones much easier and it responds to the thermostat.

My first UTH cracked a 20L tank and melted the plastic frame.

Luckily, Iggy wasn't on the warm [HA!] side when it happened.