So, I'm getting my first snake.

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Originally Posted by coleworld

Im not sure if it was the brand but I had 3 running at the same time and I was constantly adjusting them throughout the day. I would set them and all would be at 88 then down to 82 and back up to 94 all depending if my heat or air condition was on. I will never use dimmers again.

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You had 3 on the same switch? I have all mine on different switches.

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Originally Posted by Neal

You had 3 on the same switch? I have all mine on different switches.

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No scattered about the house maintaining certain heat mat temperatures under glass tanks. I just prefer the preciseness of a thermostat. I will be upgrading to a herpstat as I get more snakes someday.

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Originally Posted by coleworld

No scattered about the house maintaining certain heat mat temperatures under glass tanks. I just prefer the preciseness of a thermostat. I will be upgrading to a herpstat as I get more snakes someday.

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I keep all my snakes in my bedroom, and to help me out I just put a small fan to blow on my face while I sleep.

Thanks for all the feedback guys. I appreciate it.

I use a dimmer for my light and a thermostat for the UTH pad. Mainly at night though as we do see a bit of a temp dip then and I try to maintain constant temps for my girl.

My second bp is being delivered to me tomorrow. CL find and after extensive texting with the guy I think Cheddar will fit in with me nicely. He's about a year old, very established f/t eater. You should have seen the look on my husbands face when I ummmm 'told' him. This one may need to stay at work wi me.

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Originally Posted by Neal

If you do use a thermostat though you need to make sure you put it to where the prob doesn't fall off or the snake can't move it otherwise it can raise the temp significantly.

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Between the UTH and bottom of the tank works, the snake can't move it since it's not in the tank.

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Originally Posted by bcr229

Between the UTH and bottom of the tank works, the snake can't move it since it's not in the tank.

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Yes, that's the proper place to put it but I've seen many people not do this. I wouldn't bother with a thermostat in my case because I run a 2 lamp system and 2 UTH's.

http://ball-pythons.net/forums/showt...t-Thermometers