Not a good day, but could have been worse..

[zina10]

Darn, good thing you caught that problem so quickly!! If someone only checks every other day, it might have been a disaster. And your solution looks great too!

Over a year ago when I was still living in an apartment with roommates, I had my dumeril's boa in a tub in my room. My room mate randomly decided that the tub was too much "on her side of the room" I suppose, and moved the whole enclosure while I was away at work without telling me. When I came back, the probe was loose on the carpet (obviously, because she has no idea how the thermostat and heating works!) and the heat pad was at something over 120 degrees! Thankfully, my boa was fine. These loose probes are scary.

I bet you had some words for your room mate !!! 120 degrees! I'm so glad your boa was fine, that is so scary.

From now on I will check even more often then before !

Btw, saw your GTP on the other thread, what a BEAUTY !!

[CALM Pythons]

Here you go..those are the ones you'll need

http://www.spyderrobotics.com/index....products_id=28

I have surge protectors too, so I'm not sure how it happened, but it happened after a power outage. When the power came back on, the Helix did not.

That said, we had power outages many times over the 6 years, but the fuse only blew once. Not really sure why..

But when you order the Herpstat it says right on the order page not to forget a pack of fuses. So perhaps it's not so rare after all ? I dunno

Never seen that on the order page because I buy the Herpstats through a breeders website not Spyder.. Guess i missed it. Thx for the heads up.

[CALM Pythons]

I bet you had some words for your room mate !!! 120 degrees! I'm so glad your boa was fine, that is so scary.

From now on I will check even more often then before !

Btw, saw your GTP on the other thread, what a BEAUTY !!

You would be suprised how many ignorant people run UTH's without tstats. The 18"x8" ZooMed (24 watt) runs 131degres direct into the wall and people all over do it... Crazy.

[zina10]

You would be suprised how many ignorant people run UTH's without tstats. The 18"x8" ZooMed (24 watt) runs 131degres direct into the wall and people all over do it... Crazy.

What gets me about it is that most of them will argue till kingdom day that its "ok", because the petstore doesn't sell thermostats..sigh.

Its sad how often you see BP's with burned bellies. Its a shame, actually. Perhaps they SHOULD sell real thermostats in pet stores or at the least advise people that they need to use them. As a matter of fact, it should say that on the UTH packaging and in the instructions. Thermostat needed !

Why doesn't it ???

[redshepherd]

I bet you had some words for your room mate !!! 120 degrees! I'm so glad your boa was fine, that is so scary.

From now on I will check even more often then before !

Btw, saw your GTP on the other thread, what a BEAUTY !!

Seriously! I actually ended up just asking her to tell me before she wants to move my stuff. I didn't tell her why, because she wouldn't have wanted to listen anyway. Ugh.

And thank you!! I love her a lot!

What gets me about it is that most of them will argue till kingdom day that its "ok", because the petstore doesn't sell thermostats..sigh.

I've been wondering why too, is it because t-stats are costly to buy in bulk? I wouldn't think so, but who knows. At least the $20~$30 ones should be sold at all pet stores.

[Ax01]

UPDATE!

So this is what I ended up doing.

First of all I dusted and cleaned all levels

Then I drilled a hole in the back at the middle level on the left side (side the heat tape runs up on)
I then routed the probe through the new hole and stuck it between the heat tape and the wall. It sits very snugly and has great contact with the heat tape. I taped the cable of the probe against the wall, just to make sure it won't get pulled out accidentally. I also taped the side of the heat tape to the wall to create a tighter fit, although that wasn't strictly necessary. That probe is going nowhere and I didn't need to use glue or tape or anything on the probe itself

I also decided to use my new thermostat on the Rack. I had a "Helix" on it and it didn't give me trouble, but since I bought the Herpstat 2, I decided to use that one instead. I've heard the "dimming" setting is better for Racks anyway. I planned on using the Herpstat on a free standing tub and on my incubator, But I can use the Helix on the Incubator or get another Herpstat. Who knows, maybe the follicles (if there were any) got cooked and I won't need the incubator this year.
But as long as my snakes are fine, I'm happy.

Here are a couple of pictures that show the new setup. The last picture shows that there is plenty of clearance between the side of the tub and the probe placement. No chance of the tub sliding in and out causing issues.










I want to thank everybody once again. For your well wishes for my snakes, and for your thoughts and tips. It is what ultimately led me to figure out what to do. You all are the BEST!!

that's great to hear! see, just a lil aluminum tape does it!

[zina10]

And I'm happy to report that everything is still running ship shape and the snakes look fine, thank god !!

[Stewart_Reptiles]

I think it's a good lesson for anyone to check Temps daily and routinely check probe (make sure they are still secure) and check heat tape as well for wear and tear.

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[zina10]

I think it's a good lesson for anyone to check Temps daily and routinely check probe (make sure they are still secure) and check heat tape as well for wear and tear.

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Absolutely !!!

I would have been devastated if I had lost my snakes.

The area I moved the probe to is easily visible now, even without moving the tub. Like it far better.
But I still double check temps, even with the probe attached, other things can go wrong. After having my hands in those tubs pretty much daily for over 6 years I could feel the difference right away, but I could have been to late..