Dehydration...

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Originally Posted by The Serpent Merchant

No a UTH won't drastically impact the ambient air temps. But I have a snake that uses that fact as another way to thermoregulate.

It all depends on the room temperature. If your room stays below 74 a lot of the time you might have an issue with only using a UTH.

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Okay, thanks! The room does tend to stay around the 72 level. Use a lower watt bulb correct?

In conjunction with a UTH? If so yes that will help some.

Yes, in conjunction with. Thanks again!

No problem make sure if you get a UTH to have it regulated by a thermostat. Even a cheap one like a hydro farm or Zoomed will keep your snake from getting life-threatening burns from a UTH malfunction.

I was leaning towards these supplies. We are planning on making this purchase next weekend.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...=ATVPDKIKX0DER x2

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...=ATVPDKIKX0DER x2 in the appropriate sizes for both snakes

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...A1FWOG4NHCL26V

I would prefer to stick to mid range, reliable products from Amazon so we can take advantage of lower prices and free shipping. Any other thoughts from there?

The hydro farm will work, as will the accurite. Though you can get the accurite thermometers from Walmart. I would look into flexwatt. It is very cheap ($1-$3 per foot). You can get it from reptile basics.

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Originally Posted by WifeOfSlasher

Just curious, how do you know if your snake is dehydrated?...

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Hi All,


Just searched the archives for "urates" in "titles only" and found the last post to be 2008. Moderators have given me flack for reviving old threads, so I left it. Then searched "dehydration" and found the last post to be this one. Is this one too old? If so, moderators just please go ahead and delete this.


Last week I brought a snake to an "exotic vet". While the snake's cloaca was being probed it defecated, passing stools and urates. The vet told me urates were a sure sign of dehydration. Urine should be excreted in a liquid form not as a solid. So this, along with skin appearing "loose" (juveniles mostly), and dimpled eyes, are some indicators of dehydration. Just my $0.02