I scored some vision cages from a private seller yesterday for a steal, I had planned on purchasing some Animal Plastics cages, but this deal was just too good to pass up. I went to my local reptile shop (a very reputable shop) today to pick up some heat pads and look at a proportional thermostat. I was looking at the VE-200, I went to the front counter to as some questions and they asked me what I was keeping that I needed a thermostat for. I was kind of puzzled and said that I had just picked up a vision model #322 that I wanted to move my corn into and was looking at upgrading from my hydrofarm on/off thermostat to regulate the heat pad. They told me that with vision cages especially one that size (3x2x2) that it would be a waste to regulate it because it won't get hot enough to burn the animal and the animal can thermo-regulate itself. They house all their animals in vision cages and said none of them are regulated and the heat pads are plugged directly into the wall. I talked to two different employees that I have seen there multiple times before so I know they aren't new, and both said the same thing. I looked at their cages and they were right none of them were plugged into thermostats. This info contradicts everything I have heard or read about keeping snakes, however none of their animals had burns and all looked healthy and in great shape. Am I missing something here? I just took it as a bit of a shock. Just out of my own curosity when I get home today I am going to hook up the heat mat to the vision cage without a thermostat (snake is still in his old cage) and see how how the spot actually gets... Ok I'm done ranting now. Thanks.
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