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Re: RBI hides warping
Presumably heat related ??
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I'm wondering about heat too. Were they over a uth or under a rhp/che?
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Well they are just thin polypropylene so if they were directly under the RHP and RHP was set to heat the hot side of the T8 it might very well do that. Same thing happens to back plastic left in the hot sun too long.
Not sure if it is possible to heat them enough to make them pliable and reform them but I would think not something easily done.
Shame these could do that. I doubt this is uncommon for anyone placing them in the same situation.
How long until they warped?
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Mine have all warped too. The only ones that havent warped are the jumbo hides but they are made differently than the other ones. They still work though and it actually seems the snakes like the warp as it gives them another place to make an entrance/exit as they dig out the aspen there lol.
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Re: RBI hides warping
Originally Posted by Sauzo
Mine have all warped too. The only ones that havent warped are the jumbo hides but they are made differently than the other ones. They still work though and it actually seems the snakes like the warp as it gives them another place to make an entrance/exit as they dig out the aspen there lol.
Very weird! When did you first notice the warping? Was is just the way it aged or do you think any heating influenced it?
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Re: RBI hides warping
Originally Posted by MissterDog
Very weird! When did you first notice the warping? Was is just the way it aged or do you think any heating influenced it?
I dont use RHPs. I only use flexwatt. Even the cool side ones warp after time. Not sure exactly how long but I'd guess in a few months. Might be from the heat combined with humidity? Some warp worse than others. It kind of sucks but honestly, i still feel they are the best hides I've run across so far. I ordered ones from Bean Farm which are the same material but the RB ones with being wider and having the off set door seem to make everyone feel more secure.
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I wouldn't think the humidity should matter at all since its plastic, it must be heat somehow.
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I've had these hides for years and I even run them through the dishwasher when they get truly disgusting. Mine have never warped BUT they are all more than a few years old, so I wonder if something changed recently in how they are produced?
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Re: RBI hides warping
Originally Posted by bcr229
I've had these hides for years and I even run them through the dishwasher when they get truly disgusting. Mine have never warped BUT they are all more than a few years old, so I wonder if something changed recently in how they are produced?
Maybe. The oldest ones i have are probably between 3-4 years old and they have warped. Between those old ones and newer ones i ordered probably about 2 months ago for my dumerils, they seem the same. On that note, those ones have stayed straight while the 2 i ordered for my BCL like a month ago, the one on the cool side has warped while the one on the warm side is still flat.....go figure lol.
Maybe the snakes at night are using them for 'workouts' by constricting them and they warp lol
Last edited by Sauzo; 11-11-2017 at 09:47 PM.
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