Accurite and Smart Snakes?

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Originally Posted by FloridaHogs

But that probe is for temp, not humidity. The humidity is read by the base unit.

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Your kidding:O Poor Lesser... I misted his tank so much trying to get my probe to read the humidity higher:oops: I thought that I had a faulty accurite! He did however have a great shed...

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Originally Posted by littleindiangirl

I would love to see this post made by any relatively experienced member here. If you don't understand the motivation behind the idea of this recommendation, I'll go ahead and explain it again.

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So now you make assumptions about how experienced a keeper I am because you feel I took a shot at you? Very mature! :(


When did I ever say anything about ANY recommendations or the motivation behind a recommendation?

I simply stated that "I was told by A LOT OF PEOPLE" not necessarily you (CONNIE) said that snakes weren't smart enough to find the hot side of their tub, which is why we have to keep gradient temps. I NEVER disagreed with the fact that we have to keep gradient temps.

I agree that we have to keep gradient temps, so that our snakes can thrive and be prosperous. There really isn't ANY argument there. But making a statement that the snake isn't smart enough to find the hot side of their tub is absurd. Now will they pick the cool side if they feel more secure there? Sure! But don't speak of personal experience like that is the ONLY way it happens, because your snakes are different than anyone else's. Snakes share tons of similarities, especially when it comes to environment, BUT ALL SNAKES ARE DIFFERENT... Lets call them personalities... You (CONNIE) more than anyone should realize the inconsistency of that statement since you feel your snakes know when feeding day is. Those must be some smart snakes eh?

The fundamentals of reading...

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Originally Posted by elusivereptiles

So now you make assumptions about how experienced a keeper I am because you feel I took a shot at you? Very mature! :(


When did I ever say anything about ANY recommendations or the motivation behind a recommendation?

I simply stated that "I was told by A LOT OF PEOPLE" not necessarily you (CONNIE) said that snakes weren't smart enough to find the hot side of their tub, which is why we have to keep gradient temps. I NEVER disagreed with the fact that we have to keep gradient temps.

I agree that we have to keep gradient temps, so that our snakes can thrive and be prosperous. There really isn't ANY argument there. But making a statement that the snake isn't smart enough to find the hot side of their tub is absurd. You (CONNIE) more than anyone should realize the inconsistency of that statement since you feel your snakes know when feeding day is. Those must be some smart snakes eh?

The fundamentals of reading...

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So, what is your point to this post and thread? I don't understand what you're trying to say. :weirdface

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Originally Posted by starmom

So, what is your point to this post and thread? I don't understand what you're trying to say. :weirdface

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The post is about accurites and smart snakes... The originality of the post was pretty self explanatory or so I thought... sorry for any confusion.

Sorry if you are offended because I chose to retort to a post that the person obviously didn't read, or didn't understand.. either way it's bad.

I've talked with an Accurite cust. serv. rep. when one of mine went on the blink after only being about 6 mos. in use. She said occas, even if they get wet (like pi$$ed on...water bowl) you can set it aside, let it dry out. Not always, but they'll usu. still work. When mine had the display going piecemeal, even w/a new battery, that's a known defect for that unit, and they sent me a replacement for free.

If you drop the accurite in water, put it in a bowl of dried rice. The rice will help suck any moisture out of the device. Works for cell phones at least.

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Originally Posted by elusivereptiles

So now you make assumptions about how experienced a keeper I am because you feel I took a shot at you? Very mature! :(

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It's amazing the written word isn't it? Take something out of context and it has a whole slew of new meanings.

The original post that you quoted of mine was followed by a quote from you stating that snakes are stupid. My response was simply that no relatively experienced person here would say that snakes are stupid. My bad for not spelling it out more clearly.

I believe it looked exactly like this, with the text I was addressing bolded very clearly.

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The other thing is that I was told by a lot of people when I first got on this forum that snakes weren't smart enough to go to the warm side of their tub, hence why we have to keep an ambient temp of at least 80 degree's through out the tub.

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Then my response:

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I would love to see this post made by any relatively experienced member here.

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But if you would still like to read the entire post as one long insult towards you, that's your prerogative. I can only explain my poor writing skills with the best intentions in mind.

I also clearly stated that my experiences have proven to me that in no way are snakes stupid. They have clear priorities that often are the same as most other BP's.

The only way to surely prove this if I were to visit all of the BP's in existence, since this is clearly impossible, I can only assume that my small group of BP's all share something in common because it's in their nature.

Ok, you can continue to post some more flames... I'll be around. ;)

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Originally Posted by littleindiangirl

The original post that you quoted of mine was followed by a quote from you stating that snakes are stupid.

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Where in my post did I say that snakes were stupid? I never did. I stated that a lot of people originally had told me that snakes weren't smart enough to find the hot side of their tub.... which I clearly disagree with.

Here is what I said:

"I was told by a lot of people" when I first got on this forum that snakes weren't smart enough to go to the warm side of their tub"

I fail to see how much more clear I can make that... but maybe it's just me.

You would also be correct in mentioning how amazing the written word is. Apparently the way I write isn't clear enough for some people to understand.

I get the impression that you feel I have a personal vendetta against you or something. This is far from the truth. I just feel like your responses towards me come across condescending (sometimes) as if I didn't already know or have any particular idea about anything you posted in this thread. When in fact I think it may be as little as you didn't quite understand what you read. I'm not calling you stupid, simply stating that it was a misunderstanding. You can call it "flaming" or whatever for that matter, but I simply wanted to clear up what I was talking about. And like I said you should understand more than anyone what I mean when I agree to the fact that snakes are smarter than sometimes given credit for. I mean after all your snakes are on a pretty tight regiment, and they get into a routine... and I'm sure they remember that. I can be humble... for instance I didn't know that the hydrometer sensor for the $12 accurite was on the unit and not part of the probe. I learned something that I didn't know previously. In your previous post about your snakes having a feeding schedule and knowing what day they feed... I wasn't trying to be a douche and flame you in any way. I was simply trying to get you to agree to the fact that the snake didn't know it was Saturday. I wasn't disagreeing with the fact that your snakes have a routine and that in your experiences they follow that routine... Just simply that they didn't know it was Saturday... But maybe I didn't make that clear enough either. Either way it's no big deal. Sorry for any confusion Connie <3 ;)

One last thing. I really like this forum and think that it's great that reptile supporters of all kinds can come together an share information, pictures and advice. So do I no way shape or form want to disrupt anyone or anything to prevent that from happening.

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Originally Posted by FloridaHogs

If you drop the accurite in water, put it in a bowl of dried rice. The rice will help suck any moisture out of the device. Works for cell phones at least.

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I would have never thought of that in a million years. Thanks for the advice though :)

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Originally Posted by elusivereptiles

I get the impression that you feel I have a personal vendetta against you or something.

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LOL!! I honestly don't have anything against anyone here. I'm a horrible typer with poor writing skills, so sometimes I repeat myself over and over and over and beat the horse to a pulp.

When I write, I write with the general public in mind. Not anyone in particular, but that doesn't always come across in my posts. (and considering the tone of voice is non existent, the only way I can hope to come across is by the use of smileys, which I tend to only use for exuberant posts. )

I've noticed that when I'm in a bad mood and defensive, all the posts i read come across as an attack. Vice versa, if I'm in a goofy mood, I read everything as funny and a joke. It's all relative.

Like my post you have quoted, I again, didn't mean that you said and actually believe snakes are stupid. I know I wrote it that way, but it was a "you wrote" what people told you. I shouldnt have used the word 'stated', but that you "quoted" that people say snakes are stupid.

If you feel I'm searching your posts and finding you out, I think you should perhaps notice I write a little too much on here (I think I'm at 3200 posts now) and often forget where one certain subject came up and who was apart of the thread. That may be where the redundancy is coming from. If you and I continue to find the same subject and both write about it in several different threads... then I can see where you would think I'm stalking you.

I'm not. :gj: (<--- notice wink and thumbs up)

edit: also notice in my signature.... "INTERNET. SERIOUS BUSINESS." with either the "omg, onoz" or Mc hammer dancing. I'm a bit of a cynic, dry humored, sarcastic, and generally don't take things to seriously here, and when I do, I have to look at Mc Hammer and remember that it's not the end all. ;)