I got me a BOLOMETER

[zantedeschia]

At least that's what my husband tells me what it is.

So now I'm shooting my cats (78.4), me (89.1). Ember (79.4 - the corns are fine at ambient), Paradox (86.8 - on the warm side of his cage).

It's a Pro Exotics temp gun, cost $25.

[snakesRkewl]

Just watch the eye balls, lol, my dog goes NUTZ chasing the beam, lol.

[iCandiBallPythons]

Don't put your eyes out kid lol

[BPelizabeth]

Its the greatest thing ever!!!! lol Really!!! I think I shot everything the first few days as well...

[Vypyrz]

Does it make us weird because we are entertained by things such as snake farts and the temperature of everything?...

[singingtothewheat]

Don't put your eyes out kid lol

Thats right, its all fun and games till someone puts their eye out.

[BPelizabeth]

Does it make us weird because we are entertained by things such as snake farts and the temperature of everything?...

wierd...whose wierd... We look at big poop threads with amazement and spend an hour reading threads regarding if your snake loves you. We also have a drawer full of perfect sheds...(really I do). And last but not least I tell my non herp friends snakey stories...and I still can't figure out why they don't get how cute they are.

Im not wierd....

[Tiny_loves_Roxanne]

snake farts

this

[MarkS]

I don't think the pro exotics temp guns have a laser so you don't have to worry about cooking an eyeball.

remember that the temp gun only gives you an average of the temp within a circle 'X' far away from the gun. Most of them are 1:1 so the temp is a 1 inch diameter circle 1 inch away from the device, or a 12 inch circle 12 inches away from the device. Any further away then 12 inches and it's not going to be very accurate.

[zantedeschia]

I've got my UTH's slapped on the side of the cages, not under, cause I'm not comfortable with the thought of a thermostat or rheostat possibly failing. Of my five, Enigma is the only one that actually plasters up against it, so it's the only one that has the Acu-rite probe stuck to it (on the inside of the glass).

This is the funny thing. The Acu-rite shows it at about 90F, but the temp gun registered it 103F. Obviously gonna have to play with checking spot temps some more, but I do think I'll move it up the glass half an inch to an inch.