Tub questions

WalMart is your friend LOL! Like Robin said Allison you can easily hit that kind of store or really any store that carries organizing type containers to find a Sterlite or Rubbermaid that suits your needs for a very reasonable price. Do check them for tight fitting lids and very good snap down clips (and add extra binder clips if you feel even the slighest bit of give between the lid and the tub edges). Even my biggest tubs are well under $15.00. That way you can move up in tub size as your snake requires it without a huge outlay.

This is my largest female Brannagh in her just cleaned tub (pls note I hadn't put the Acu-Rite back in yet) She was around 2,000 grams when this pic was taken.
https://ball-pythons.net/gallery/fil...nnaghinTub.jpg

This tub is a Sterlite, clear with split opening clip down lid, the split top allows me to open either end of this big long tub without removing the whole lid, however it creates a place of weakness/escape so it has to be reinforced with extra safety measures at the midpoint. It is 39" long x 19" wide x 6.5" deep, $11.99 at WalMart.

Also toss on your shopping list for Wally World, an Acu-Rite ($12-$15) and a basic soldering wand ($7-$10).
My kudo's as well for planning ahead :winner:

I see myself having some fun in Walmart soon *grin* Thanks guys!

----Robin, what size flexwatt should I get (getting the same size tub you have) 11" X ????
Matt from MG has gotten back to me asking the lenght I'd like. :)

Also emailed Adam at 8 Ball, he said he will have baby normals hatching in June. So June/July will be it!

So plenty of time to get all set up, test it out to get the temps/humidity perfect, etc before the big day! LOL I feel like I'm going out to get a new car all over again, though this time it is NOT a car but a snake!


-Allison

I'm using 1 foot of 11" flexwatt on my tub. Adam has lovely babies, you can't go wrong getting a wonderful well-started baby from Adam!

Okay, here's one for y'all......Any suggestions on how to keep the flexwatt ON the tubs? The foil tape keeps popping off, even on the flex that's on the BOTTOM of the tub. My stimson's is in a tub (and he was an "almost" escapee) but I can't keep the flex curled up against the side and along the bottom edges. :tears:

lightly scratch the surface of the plastic with fine grade sandpaper, the tape should work then. also duct tape sticks to plastic well.


vaughn

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Originally Posted by kavmon

lightly scratch the surface of the plastic with fine grade sandpaper, the tape should work then. also duct tape sticks to plastic well.


vaughn

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Excellent idea with the scratches!

Here's what I did. I thought it was just me with that darn foil tape coming off. I reinforced it with clear packing tape, only on the part of the foil tape that was on the plastic. In other words, I didn't put the packing tape over the the parts of the foil tape that was on the flexwatt itself, but on the part of the foil tape that was only touching plastic.

Gosh I hope that makes sense. So for a 1 foot length of foil tape, I also had a 1 foot length of packing tape that covered the foil tape on the outside half (length-wise) of the foil tape and helped to secure the foil tape better to the plastic.

Cool! I'll have to try that when I get home. I am sooooooo tired of adding more and more foil (not to mention it's almost gone. :( ) and have it pop off AGAIN!


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Originally Posted by kavmon

lightly scratch the surface of the plastic with fine grade sandpaper, the tape should work then. also duct tape sticks to plastic well.


vaughn

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So it doesn't matter what type of tape you use to attach flexwatt or Stat probes?

i prefer to use foil tape and smooth it out neatly. you can use duct tape also. do not use tape inside of the enclosure. foil tape is made to withstand higher temps.


vaughn

I see. I can't seem to figure out how to delete my posts. I go to the edit/delete icon but it just takes me to the editor. How do I delete?