Aaahhh Sniper Your A Dork!!!

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Sniper (spider ball) Escapes from his cage, and where do I find him? under his tub DIRECTLY ON TOP OF THE HEAT MAT!!! :mad::rage::frustrate:angered: He got such a bad burn its ridiculous! I got him to the vet today, he got some injectable antibiotics (Amikacin) and a cream called Silver Sulfadiazine.
I am really irritated. But the vet said he should be ok within two shed cycles. And get this, he was in deep blue last night, with the burns and all and still ate! Omg what a trooper. He is really a tough cookie. I am happy that he will be ok. But what a dork, falls asleep directly on top of the heat pad. WTF? I will post pics of his progress soon.

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how did he lift his tub to get under it? is it a baby? if not it would seem he would have had to knock it over or someone would have seen the tub sitting at a slant or very highly elevated

OMG its sucks but its a lil' bit funny.
hope he heals up good =]

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Originally Posted by xanaxez

how did he lift his tub to get under it? is it a baby? if not it would seem he would have had to knock it over or someone would have seen the tub sitting at a slant or very highly elevated

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To be honest, I have no idea, i just saw that it was tilted sideways, and he was under it on top of the mat. it was early in the morning, too so i know it happened over night.

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Originally Posted by Thor26

OMG its sucks but its a lil' bit funny.
hope he heals up good =]

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yeah lol, thanks, me too.
its one of those homer Simpson moments "Dough!" if thats how its spelled.:P

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Originally Posted by pythontricker

yeah lol, thanks, me too.
its one of those homer Simpson moments "Dough!" if thats how its spelled.:P

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It's "D'oh", it's in the dictionary. Sorry about your spider, hope he heals nice. However it does seem a little odd that his heat pad was hot enough to cause him burns. I would think that would make it too hot in the tub itself, even with a barrier of plastic between him and the pad. Is it Tstat controlled?

no no tstat. its 85 under the actual hide, I put 6 sheets of paper towel on plastic of the tub inside. thats all over the tub, and i haven't seen just how hot it is on the actual pad. I never thought it was necessary. lol as long as i knew it was 85-90 on the warm side, i was good.

as alot of articles and post on this site says... never assume you know how hot it is. always check and know exactly. i understand things happen sometimes and i'm not jumpin in your case or condeming you things like this happen to everyone at somepoint we just have to learn from mistakes. i would suggest you invest in one of the point and shoot temperture gauges.

totally understand what you are saying. I just never expected him to get out and go on it like that. I mean wouldn't he recognize that he is getting burnt and it hurts!?!? I will probably be buying one soon. Can i connect one t stat to more than one cage? and how?
Oh and i do own a temperature gauge. It says its 85 degrees constantly under the hide. Its a probe. and i have one in all of the tubs for every snake. Two for each. cold and warm side. Including hydrometer for each.

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Originally Posted by pythontricker

totally understand what you are saying. I just never expected him to get out and go on it like that. I mean wouldn't he recognize that he is getting burnt and it hurts!?!? I will probably be buying one soon. Can i connect one t stat to more than one cage? and how?
Oh and i do own a temperature gauge. It says its 85 degrees constantly under the hide. Its a probe. and its in all of the tubs for every snake. Two for each. cold and warm side. Including hydrometer.

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You can as long as all the heating elements are the same wattage. Most tstats have a mini power strip attached to them, if not you can just plug one in, and plug all your heat pads into it.

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Originally Posted by Pwilliams58

You can as long as all the heating elements are the same wattage. Most tstats have a mini power strip attached to them, if not you can just plug one in, and plug all your heat pads into it.

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ok thanks!

wow surprisingly no people telling me that i am a dirt bag for letting this happen. yay, hope has been restored to me! :knock on wood:

i see no reason for anyone to call you any sort of names lol it happens to the best of us at some point in time. take for instence although mine hasnt gotten burnt that i know of yet i had one to get out 2 weeks ago and i still havent found him. ive searched high and low and even went as far as buying a rigid see snake so that i could look inside my walls and under my bathtub and stuff since it has a lcd screen and a camera at the end of the wand lol but still no luck yet. i have a bowl of water, heating pad and i leave a rat out once a week at the last area he was seen(under hot water heater) hoping he will come back to me =(

hope you find him! jee, well keep your hopes up, my friend lost his bo for 4 months in someone else's house and found it eventually. its perfectly healthy too. they are amazing animals i tell ya.

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Originally Posted by pythontricker

wow surprisingly no people telling me that i am a dirt bag for letting this happen. yay, hope has been restored to me! :knock on wood:

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You sir, are a dirtbag.





...juuuuuuuuuuuuuust kidding!

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Originally Posted by Pwilliams58

You sir, are a dirtbag.





...juuuuuuuuuuuuuust kidding!

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lol!:8::rofl:

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Originally Posted by Pwilliams58

You sir, are a dirtbag.





...juuuuuuuuuuuuuust kidding!

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no sir i believe YOU sir the dirt bag lol hehehe

well i look everyday and every night for him but no luck yet. but i will say this i think all snake keepers should own a see snake they are very reliable and usefull for pets or household needs lol. best 260.00 i spent on anything even though my only purpose to getting it was to find my reptile son lol and to me hes well worth the money spent on it just at the hopes that i may find him.

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Originally Posted by pythontricker

totally understand what you are saying. I just never expected him to get out and go on it like that. I mean wouldn't he recognize that he is getting burnt and it hurts!?!? I will probably be buying one soon. Can i connect one t stat to more than one cage? and how?
Oh and i do own a temperature gauge. It says its 85 degrees constantly under the hide. Its a probe. and i have one in all of the tubs for every snake. Two for each. cold and warm side. Including hydrometer for each.

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where are how are you placing the probe to get the warm side reading of 85-90?

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Originally Posted by bigballs

where are how are you placing the probe to get the warm side reading of 85-90?

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just under the hide, on top of all the paper towels.

Glad the snake's not too bad. Is your heater on a dimmer, at least? I have mine on a lamp dimmer ($10 at Lowe's) for now. They work as long as you don't mind checking the temps often and your room temperatures don't fluctuate more than a degree or so. Also, you might want to figure out how the snake got out so that it doesn't happen again. I lost a water snake once. Not fun at all.
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glad to hear he is doing ok.

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Originally Posted by pythontricker

just under the hide, on top of all the paper towels.

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did you ever take a temperature reading from underneath the paper towels or even under the tank from on top of the actual heat pad itself?

YouTube - Snipers Burn :(
sorry it took so long. i will have more updates soon though