Tragic day for my snakes.

[tcutting]

Being a keeper of many snakes is hard. Most people dont understand it nor do they really care, which I can deal with just fine. But last night I came home from a long busy day, and found something terrible. Most people wont really understand it, but, I was devastated to find my thermostat failed to shut down once reaching the temp to which it was set. As a result it ran the heat tape all day non stop. I found 1 one my snakes, the caramel albino male dead. He was my daughters snake and truly a wonderful little. I also found my female pastel taking her last breath. They died from too much heat for too long. All of my other snakes seem fine, but I am completely devastated. These snakes are my pets, loved and cared for as people do dogs. I am really at a loss for words so many people just dont get or understand it, and some think im crazy for being so upset. My Daughter handled it fairly well, better than I have. Its just terrible. both in the fact I lost two loved pets, and that they were lost in such a horrific way.

I havent been on here in a good long while, but I wasnt sure where else to go to talk about such things.

In the wake of this tragedy, I will not let my love and care for my pets be broken. I plan on using this event as a catalyst for change, growth and new beginnings. I am going to see if I can find or build a thermostat with a raspberry pi or similar device. I want it to monitor and control temps on a per tub basis, have fail safe programming logic, and email/text alerts when something goes wrong. Too many times have i seen or heard of times that people like us loose animals, or worse a house burns down.

So I ask of anyone reading this that if they know of any thing similar that is out there, please let me know. If not let me know if this is something you may be interested in, and suggest features, or functions you would like. I cant promise a thing, but I know I as a keeper cant let this sort of thing happen to my pets again.

[danielwilu2525]

Really feel sorry for you man. Even for someone who has just one snake, I always freak out to see the temps are extremely off. Hopefully this never happens to you (or anybody) again. Best wishes!


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[Gc99]

I am truly sorry for your loss. I wish I had something to say about thermostats but I'm a newbie myself and I'm barely getting my thermostats tomorrow. Reading this just gave me another reason to triple check my temperatures every day. I hope you feel better, I know how some people dont understand how we can love a snake, but everyone here does.

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[distaff]

So sorry for your and your daughter's loss.

Maybe chain two Herpstats together for the rack?

[tttaylorrr]

i'm so sorry for you and your family's loss. i can't begin to imagine how you feel, but i know what it's like to feel people don't care about our beloved scale babies. i hope you're able to find peace and resolve, and to continue to love our legless pets the way you always have.

we're here for you. 😊

[redshepherd]

So sorry that's happened to you! That's so sad... I would be crying my eyes out.

What thermostat were you using? Herpstats are currently the hobby's top of the line thermostat with the most precise temp control and the most reliable... But being an electronic, of course things could still happen. Just a very, very low chance.

If you buy a herpstat 6 (or whichever one you need for however many snakes you have), you can technically control per tub if you make a separate plug for each heat tape for each level, or just buy multiple UTH's of the same size.

[tcutting]

I was using https://www.amazon.com/Zilla-Reptile...ank+thermostat which did a wonderful job for 5 years. until it didnt. I just check to verify what the failure was, it runs the heat no matter what, and turns the led indicator off once it reaches the set temp. there simply was no way for me to know beyond checking the obvious.

[Gc99]

I was using https://www.amazon.com/Zilla-Reptile...ank+thermostat which did a wonderful job for 5 years. until it didnt. I just check to verify what the failure was, it runs the heat no matter what, and turns the led indicator off once it reaches the set temp. there simply was no way for me to know beyond checking the obvious.

Exactly the one i was gonna buy, but i received advice from people here and i went for the Jumpstart


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[redshepherd]

I was using https://www.amazon.com/Zilla-Reptile...ank+thermostat which did a wonderful job for 5 years. until it didnt. I just check to verify what the failure was, it runs the heat no matter what, and turns the led indicator off once it reaches the set temp. there simply was no way for me to know beyond checking the obvious.

Oh no.. Yeah, I've learned not to go cheap on thermostats, but thankfully nothing terrible has happened with mine.

I started out the hobby with 3 jumpstarts. They just gradually became very inaccurate, and thankfully I was only able to keep track of this using a digital temp gun. They all became useless/dangerous to use within a year, so I updated to herpstats.

It's really true when people say not to go cheap on thermostats. If you want to invest more money in anything at all, the first thing should be the thermostat.

[Trisnake]

I'm so so sorry for your loss. I know if I ever came home to that my heart would stop... I'd be devastated. I can only imagine what you're going through right now.