Darn Canadian Winters

yep, im Toronto and am in the same boat trying to keep the temp from dropping too much....i've found that my guy doesnt mind 80....i wouldnt let it get below 75 for too long though.....i have an underpad stuck to the bottom which keeps the hide pretty warm even if the rest of the terrarium cools off a bit.

I have the thermometer, digital, situated inthe same way they were in the old tank. I have never had problems with the readings being off, I am just having trouble with the temps. They are in approraite places to measure temp

Then I would suggest a small space heater to warm the room.

I may end up doing that myself Smynx... I somtimes have a hard time controling the snake room temperature. I need the room the chinchilla is in to be below 70 and the snake room to be like 76... Do most space heaters have a built in thermostat?

You might want to get a temp gun to measure temps in the future. (If you can't move all your probes around or you have a lot of herps or something). It's nice to be able to measure in many different spots of the tank. (I'm a geek, what can I say...besides, it always seems cooler in my apartment than what the theromstat says, and I've been checking out temps in diff sections of the apartment with it :P )


In fact, I just recently discovered I have one small spot in my bp's tank at 100 degrees!!! :shock:

I don't think my bp has any chance of being burned, and it explains why I never see him in that spot. I rearranged the tank a bit to change that, but overall the tank temp is good. I just need to move it away from the drafty windows, which I will do this weekend.

Greenman, no most space heaters don't have a thermostat. I was surprised to find one for only $40.

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You might want to get a temp gun to measure temps in the future.

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good idear...
I too have noticed that temps vary from place to place. It'd still be good to have a thermostat to get a general idea though. My snake room is not all that big and the door is always closed. Should be fairly easy to control the ambient temp.

What kind of temp gun do you use? I would like one that I am positive shows the correct temperatures. I am tired of messing around with thermometers. I have about 5 different kinds and when placed in the same spot, will vary a fair amount in readings.... very irking...

Walmart.com shows several with thermostats under $40. a couple are actually under $30.

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Do most space heaters have a built in thermostat?

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none of the ones i have owned had a thermostat that actually displayed the temperature--it's more of a low, medium, or high option and some have a step or two between each of those. the one i have now can be set to "on" so that the heater stays on all the time or "auto" so the heater only comes on when the room cools below whatever setting you have it on. so it basically works like a thermostat just without the actual temperature reading displayed for you to see. i'll have to play with mine to see how accurate i can get the temps to stay. it's a pretty small and inexpensive heater, but it will heat a moderately sized room without any problem.

Hmm, space heater huh? I will see what I can do about that. It will so up my rent, but thats ok, I suppose. I did that for a couple of weeks last year, anything for my baby