How to keep 5 million probes out of BP enclosure!?

Me again :rolleye2: I am setting up my second enclosure for my new beep who won't be here for a while. I am trying to keep my enclosures as neat as possible in terms of wires and such, but I am struggling with all these probes!!
I have:

• Probe for temperature on hot side
• Probe for temperature on cool side
• Thermostat probe beneath substrate for heating mat
• Thermostat probe for CHE on hot side

I feel like I've got a million little black probes in my poor beeps viv. What do you do to tame the probes in your enclosures? Or am I the only one who hasn't figured this out lol

Lol i got 1 probe between the flexwatt and cage floor on the outside of all of my AP cages and i got just a plain Acurite temp/humidity gauge on the cool side. That is all i do for temp monitoring. Once in awhile i will push the substrate aside on the hot side and temp gun the floor around to make sure the Herpstat is right. After awhile you will learn to read your snake and you will know when something is amiss.

I have one probe for my uth. I hate probes so I don't use them. I use a temp gun, a jumpstart for my uth, and an accurite for ambient and humidity. I despise probes lol.

I use wireless probes for the thermometers/hygrometers, so I don't have to see unsightly wires. The 'stat probes you can't really get rid of, unfortunately -- just try to stick them in a spot that's not overly obvious while also maintaining temps. Luckily the UTH probe doesn't go inside the viv, otherwise that'd just be too much for me lol.

Invest in a temp gun, there are good ones for cheap on Amazon, mine was 15$.
You probably dont need a thermometer on the cool end. Just on the hot side under the substrate which you can secure in place with suction cups or hot glue or something non toxic and nothing sticky. Or get a wireless one.
The UTH thermostat probe shouldn't be visible, it should be taped onto the heat pad under the enclosure.
You could also hide the probes by hanging plants where they come into the enclosure.
I personally dont care about visible wires as long as it works, its safe and my animal is comfortable. Keep playing around with it you'll figure it out.

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Thermostat probe beneath substrate for heating mat

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This is an accident waiting to happen, a thermostat probe should not be in the enclosure where it can be dislodged, cool down with water spillage or urine (All of which would make the temps shoot up)

For the rest buy a heat gun and take daily readings.

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Originally Posted by krampvs

Me again :rolleye2: I am setting up my second enclosure for my new beep who won't be here for a while. I am trying to keep my enclosures as neat as possible in terms of wires and such, but I am struggling with all these probes!!
I have:

• Probe for temperature on hot side
• Probe for temperature on cool side
• Thermostat probe beneath substrate for heating mat
• Thermostat probe for CHE on hot side

I feel like I've got a million little black probes in my poor beeps viv. What do you do to tame the probes in your enclosures? Or am I the only one who hasn't figured this out lol

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The thermometer probes can be hot glued down in place easily enough .... The snake can't move them but you'll be able to pull off gently if need be ...


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