How much heat do you think a heating pad gives off?
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Unregulated it can go over 135 F.
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Well over 100*, enough to cook your snake over time. That is why any and all belly heat needs to be used with a reptile thermostat or rheostat at the least.
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I used to have a 6" X 8" Zoo Med pad that would run at 104F unregulated...
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I have an exoterra that I left unregulated when I first got it (no snake! so don't worry lol), just to see where it would max out at.. I was reaching ~112F on the glass underneath the substrate. And that was a small 8x8 pad.
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So then its a bad idea to leave it on all the time. Mine has been on for a while i felt underneath it and it was just warm but i dont know about on the other side. Mine in underneath the glass on his glass tank.
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Kaorte
Well over 100*, enough to cook your snake over time. That is why any and all belly heat needs to be used with a reptile thermostat or rheostat at the least.
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the93z
So then its a bad idea to leave it on all the time. Mine has been on for a while i felt underneath it and it was just warm but i dont know about on the other side. Mine in underneath the glass on his glass tank.
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Please use a rheostat or thermostat in conjuction with a thermometer. You must be able to see the temperature that your snake will be exposed to.
Temperature is NOT something you want to guesstimate at. You need to get a digital thermometer and know what the temps are. You are jeopardizing your snakes life.
Don't roll the dice please. Spend the money to ensure proper care for your snake.
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I have the largest of the ZooMed pads mounted under my 30gal glass viv. It was suggested today that I see what the temp was on the glass, because they can burrow down through the substrate. It was 136.7°!! Before I found this I had the thermometer under the hides at the surface of the substrate where my snake spends most of her time and it was 89-92°. Thank goodness I found this. I plan to buy teo different thermostats, but don't have the extra $100 at this point. I did put a flexible styrofoam sheet to serve as a barrier to the heat. It gets up to 98 at the warmest with the thermometer on the styrofoam. I have at least an inch of aspen substrate above that where it is 89-91° at the surface. I'm just going to monitor it frequently and make sure she doesn't burrow down too close. I would definitely employ the use of some kind of barrier or a good thermostat. Best wishes.
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You can make your own rheostats for under $7. Google it. There's really no excuse to not be able to monitor a uth. If you can't afford the pieces, don't have the snake in there.
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You need a real t stat. not a rheostat or a dimmer but a tstat. Set it & forget it.
A rheostat and dimmer will fluctuate, you dont want that.
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justinsane82
You can make your own rheostats for under $7. Google it. There's really no excuse to not be able to monitor a uth. If you can't afford the pieces, don't have the snake in there.
thats what I did. I made a nice heavy duty one. I also noticed it works a lot better then a rheostat that you get from petco. I believe its because a dimmer switch from walmart, or home depot has a longer dial and allows you to lower it even more then you would be able to with a rheostat. I always noticed with those rheostats the temp always creeps up a lot quicker then with the one I made. I have never seen my temps go above 96 using it, and once you see that you just lower it a little. Its the long term exposure you really gotta be careful with. Deffinately affordable, no reason to have it if you already spend as much as you did already right?
EDIT: I only used it until I had money for the tstat which was about a week. But as long as you are VERY diligent in checking the temps a lot then the dimmer really is a safe way to regulate. The big thing is when you have to leave the snake for more then one day, then you can run into a problem because your not there to turn the dial. I think a dimmer is a great way to regulate temps but only while your tstat is in the mail haha.
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bman123
You need a real t stat. not a rheostat or a dimmer but a tstat. Set it & forget it.
A rheostat and dimmer will fluctuate, you dont want that.
A rheostat is better than nothing though. Most reptile thermostats can only be found online so a rheostat is a good temporary means of control until a thermostat has arrived. Nothing wrong with using a rheostat on a temporary basis.
