Re: Heatpad doesnt feel warm? new snake owner.. need help please
Originally Posted by Kaorte
True our body temperature is 98.6*, but extremity temperatures in the hands and feet are much lower and can vary quite a bit. This is the reason why we can't use our hands to determine temperature, not because our body temperature is high or close to the heat pads temperature.
But the advice still stands. Make sure your probes are in the right place. Your thermoSTAT probe should be on the outside of the enclosure directly on the heat mat. The thermomMETER probe should be in the enclosure, under the substrate directly over the heat mat. This will give you a reading of the hottest point the snake can reach.
Thanks for all your replies im going to be a digital thermomter/hygrometer ASAP!
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