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View Poll Results: Heating Preference
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Belly Heat source (UTH, Heat tape, ect)
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Arial heat source ( Heat Lamps, CHE's)
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Both
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other (please explain)
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Personal Heating preference
Ok, after seeing the "post your source of heating" thread, there was a question that popped up in my mind. Do you prefer your BP to have belly heat, arial heat, or both? I've heard that one source is better than the other, but I just wanted to know what YOUR personal opinion is.
-Kasi- 'Marsupial Mom' in training!
0.1 Normal BP ~Isis~
1.0 Graziani Pastel ~Apollo~
0.1 Spider ~Savannah~
1.0 Albino ~Ra~
1.1 Lesser Platinum's ~Osiris~ ~Cleopatra~
2.4 PastelXNormal babies
0.1 RTB het Anery ~Camila~
1.1 Bennet's wallabies ~ Boomer~~Bella~
2.1 Red Kangaroo's ~Rocky, Jack, and Ruby~
1.0 Serval ~Keyba~
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Re: Personal Heating preference
I voted heat lamps, but dont crucify me yet. The reason I use heat lamps is because when I got my bp I also got a $200 cage from the same place. It was the ones they make. It came with heat lamps built in. It never occured to me to look online and see what other people do. When i finally do I see that its better for the bp to be in a $7.00 tub from walmart with a uth on it. . So i have to tell my self that so I can sleep at night. I have been able to keep steady temps spot on and humidity perfect by placing the water dish underneath the ceramic heater. I believe with some extra effort and thought, your enclosure can be comfortable for the snake and pleasing to the eye.
1.0.0 BP "Monty"
1.0.0 Burmese Python "Maximus"
0.1.0 Golden Retriever "Ginger"
0.0.2 Cichlids
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Re: Personal Heating preference
I voted belly heat for bps. I keep all of my snakes in a room with an ambient temp or about 75 to begin with. I also live in nice dry Utah where the humidity usually stays under 30% so a lamp would kill my humidity.
I wouldn't mind getting some radient heat panels however...
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Re: Personal Heating preference
Originally Posted by green_man
I voted belly heat for bps. I keep all of my snakes in a room with an ambient temp or about 75 to begin with. I also live in nice dry Utah where the humidity usually stays under 30% so a lamp would kill my humidity.
I wouldn't mind getting some radient heat panels however...
I grew up in Utah. Layton to be exact. I heard they where getting anal about herps. True?
Sorry
1.0.0 BP "Monty"
1.0.0 Burmese Python "Maximus"
0.1.0 Golden Retriever "Ginger"
0.0.2 Cichlids
When you know everything, thats when what you didn't know slaps you in the face.
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Re: Personal Heating preference
Not to sound like an arse but.... I think ones "personal preference" should be overlooked by what's best for the animal. Sure there may be different options I just didn't like the term "personal preference" as it makes it sound like the equipment being used is based on something other than what the animal "requires".
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Re: Personal Heating preference
Originally Posted by TekWarren
Not to sound like an arse but.... I think ones "personal preference" should be overlooked by what's best for the animal. Sure there may be different options I just didn't like the term "personal preference" as it makes it sound like the equipment being used is based on something other than what the animal "requires".
Like I had stated in the OP, I've heard arguements from people who were for the differing sides of heat source. I had no intention of overlooking what is best for the animal, but I believed that the term "Personal Preference" was best suited for the poll because I understand that people will, and do, have their own opinions as to what kind of heat source is better for their animal.
As to your statement of " what the animal requires", with both a belly heat source and an overhead heat source, the BP (not limited to them) will still gain heat from conduction, am I right? Also, looking from a person who is pro arial heat source, reptiles are more likely to gain heat from convection (or possibly radiation if they use a colored heat bulb), in addition to the belly heat, from an overhead heat source than from a belly heat source.
I personally provide both a belly heat source and an overhead heat source, because otherwise I would not be able to maintain the correct temps for my BP, and if it's worked for all of my other terrestrial herps, then why change what works for me?
Last edited by Purrrfect9; 05-10-2007 at 12:30 AM.
-Kasi- 'Marsupial Mom' in training!
0.1 Normal BP ~Isis~
1.0 Graziani Pastel ~Apollo~
0.1 Spider ~Savannah~
1.0 Albino ~Ra~
1.1 Lesser Platinum's ~Osiris~ ~Cleopatra~
2.4 PastelXNormal babies
0.1 RTB het Anery ~Camila~
1.1 Bennet's wallabies ~ Boomer~~Bella~
2.1 Red Kangaroo's ~Rocky, Jack, and Ruby~
1.0 Serval ~Keyba~
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Re: Personal Heating preference
Originally Posted by BiG~PUN
I grew up in Utah. Layton to be exact. I heard they where getting anal about herps. True?
Sorry
Right on, I live in Woods Cross. I go to Layton all the time.
Some cities are getting pretty bad. Jeremy Stone was going to move to Spanish Fork I beleive, but they would not let him. He ended up building a facility in Lindon. I am hoping to go see it soon... He is having about 70 boa litters and about 175 bp clutches this year! :eek:
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Re: Personal Heating preference
In my racks I use flex-watt for belly heat my room stays around 80 degrees with a RH of about 30% so my temps are perfect. I set my helix(s) to 90 and the air temp does the rest
When you've got 10,000 people trying to do the same thing, why would you want to be number 10,001? ~ Mark Cuban "for the discerning collector"
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Re: Personal Heating preference
I think it would be basically impossible to heat the enclosure correctly without UTH. Convection is going to deliver your ambient temperature and keeping a even ambient temp in an enclosure can be tough. However, you also need a warm side with its own hide. In that case, I don't think convective heat would be feasible because you would just end up heating the whole place up. And, radiant heat won't work for you because the snake is going to be spending all its time shaded by the top of its hide. That leaves UTH and pretty much makes it essential in my mind. I use a both a heat lamp and a very small UTH to heat the cool side and keep up the overall ambient temperate in the cage.
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0.1 Olive python - "Cleopatra" aka "Cleo"
0.0.1 Corn - "Husker"
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