Hello All Im new and about to become a snake owner

[Wyrd]

Hello All Im new to snakes and about to become an owner I have in the past had fresh/salt water fish,lizards.dogs and cats.
So i have 4 Rubbermaid tubs with locking lids a home made 4 shelf plywood rack to hold them.
4 Repti - Therm Undertank Heater - Large (50 to 60gal) (RH-6) by Zoo Med
,pepper towel, dog food dishes, 4 Zoo Med Laboratories SZMTH27 Dual Analog Thermometer Humidity Gauge's
4 thermometers, the under tank heaters will be connected to a light dimmer's
im am working on buying thermometers but will be monitoring the tubs closely
I will be receiving 4 snakes and am just wondering what i am missing ill have my first 2 snakes in 10 days!
Im going to get the following snakes
Ruppel Pastel-Female

Pastel male

Genes- Pastel Poss Triple Het Pied Snow Following that I have ordered and am paying for a Male bumblebee and a female Lemonblast Comments, advice, ideas , suggestions any comments welcome Thank you all in advance

[PitOnTheProwl]

4 Zoo Med Laboratories SZMTH27 Dual Analog Thermometer Humidity Gauge's<--- not worth what you paid for them
im am working on buying thermometers but will be monitoring the tubs closely <--- I hope you mean thermostat

[Wyrd]

thermostat yes ... and its what i have local whats a better buy?
Whats a good thermostat system for a newbie that needs 4 100 120 max price. and thanks

[Brian187]

I am relatively new to the herp life and from what I've read, You really don't want to go cheap with your thermostat. I was thinking about going cheaper as well but seeing as how these snakes are going to live 15+ years, I would rather have something that I didn't have to worry about and that is reliable. I went with a Herpstat 2 from spyder robotics. But if you really can't afford something like that then I've heard the hydrofarms are decent and have 3 plugs for heating devices. http://www.amazon.com/Hydrofarm-MTPR...ords=hydrofarm

Just my 2 cents, best of luck with your new snakes !

[PitOnTheProwl]

You only need one and a power strip as long as they are all identical heat mats.
I prefer the VE line from Reptile Basics.

[CORBIN911]

You only need one and a power strip as long as they are all identical heat mats.
I prefer the VE line from Reptile Basics.

As he said, Aslong as you use same power wattage heat supply you can plug All into power bar and only need 1 outlet on thermostat!

Id even suggest returning "reptimed" head pads, and look at Flexxwatt/THG tape (30$ per pad) vs prolly 10$ total for Heat tape with a much better even heating.

with 4 of those your already at 100$. then 50$ for a decent thermostat theres 150$... Hell even return the 4 "thermometers) prolly 10-15$ a piece and get a accurite($12) for the testing tub to make sure, buying a Herpstat 1 (120$ for basic i believe) or Vevarium VE-100 155$ (aswell look on local reptile forums some people sell extra/spares they no longer need for 50-100$ make sure they are accurite) with the total cost of all the "Petsmart/petco" Overpriced crap you'd be able to get a nice thermostat and thermometer and never have to worry. as light dimmers are "dumb" and don't balance any room temp changes so what could be 89 one day may be 95+next day with temp changes.


Anyways best of luck good snake pick ups =)

[Wyrd]

Ok I Am picking up a helix With 12" heat tape. And am going to build a 10 snake rack