Just a showing for those that think they are smarter....................

[Mr. Misha]

I have slowly begun to introduce thermostats in my collection due to energy efficiency; however, I personally hate the damn things. I do not use thermostats for low watt heat cables and mats, however for higher output mats it's required if you do not want the utility bill to eat you out...at least in my area.

Seems like the utility bills in your area are pretty frisky. Have them take you out on a date first...

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[jclaiborne]

Unfortunately I think it's because too many people get their snakes from pet shops which are interested in pushing high-turnover, high-margin items to improve their bottom line. A good quality t-stat, while expensive and even high-margin, isn't high-turnover since it will provide years of service. So, most new BP owners (including me!) came home with a tank, screen top, UTH, a couple of useless wooden hides and other cage decorations that don't provide enough security, and day/night lights, and then wonder why their BP won't eat.

Very true...I remember when I got my first snake and didnt know any better, I actually believed the info I was getting was correct, it is sad.

[Expensive hobby]

Seems like the utility bills in your area are pretty frisky. Have them take you out on a date first...

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Lol that was a good one!

Only thing I don't use t-stats on is my lights, and they are only supplemental heat. Flexwatt with T-stats for all my enclosures except one. Working on making a dedicated snake room with a space heater, insulation, an a herpestat 4 to control everything, and use my existing t-stats for any other enclosures I set up.


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[Kinra]

Unfortunately I think it's because too many people get their snakes from pet shops which are interested in pushing high-turnover, high-margin items to improve their bottom line. A good quality t-stat, while expensive and even high-margin, isn't high-turnover since it will provide years of service. So, most new BP owners (including me!) came home with a tank, screen top, UTH, a couple of useless wooden hides and other cage decorations that don't provide enough security, and day/night lights, and then wonder why their BP won't eat.

You could have come home with worse. I came home with like a 75 watt heat lamp and then had a vet recommend I switch to use a ceramic heat emitter.

It took me a few tries and finding this forum to finally get it right and then I went and built a rack shortly after.

[ViperSRT3g]

Thanks for posting these pictures up. I never would have known what a burn on a snake looked like had I not seen those.

[Physician&Snakes]

Seems like the utility bills in your area are pretty frisky. Have them take you out on a date first...

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They are quite frisky...quite.

[satomi325]

Do you have any pictures of the initial burn before treatment?

Thank you for taking the time, money, and effort in rehabilitating this girl. She certainly deserves it.

[led-zep]

Do you have any pictures of the initial burn before treatment?

Thank you for taking the time, money, and effort in rehabilitating this girl. She certainly deserves it.

I don't think he does. Seems I remember him saying in this thread earlier that he wished he had taken earlier pics than this.

[AlexisFitzy]

I'm glad you rescued her! glad she's in the hands of a caring owner. But I do have a question that plagues me every time I see a snake with a burn. Actually I just don't understand something that maybe you guys can help me understand. I don't want to start any kind of argument. I am just very confused about how ball pythons thermoregulate, now when they get to hot and move to a cooler place to cool down then move back to a warm place once they get to cool to warm back up. So they understand hot from cold right? It sounds stupid but I just don't understand why they wouldn't move from the heat source once they got too hot. Now if the heat source was across the whole underside of the tank and they couldn't escape from the heat I understand that. I don't know maybe I'm just dumb lol.


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[NYHC4LIFE8899]

Wow,that's terrible..thnk god she's ok