Gene finally has a thread!

[Stearns84]

Okay I know I have this before bimut it was months ago and probably in someone else's thread. I went with RHP because the apartment gets so cold and I couldn't keep my racks ambient up with out running a space heater. But in thebsummer we get up to 85*

Bob at pro heat told me to put the probe on the cool side. Thoughts, suggestions? And where, substrate level or halfway up?

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[Sauzo]

Caesar and Gene are so much a like. I've never had a snake the seems to have emotion. I k ow they don't but if I piss him off he'll jerk his body ad if he keeps my hand away. When I still pull him out he is all sulky and has more puppy dog face than normal.

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Hahaha exactly! Caesar does the exact same thing. I swear he has emotions too even though we know or think reptiles dont.

[Sauzo]

Okay I know I have this before bimut it was months ago and probably in someone else's thread. I went with RHP because the apartment gets so cold and I couldn't keep my racks ambient up with out running a space heater. But in thebsummer we get up to 85*

Bob at pro heat told me to put the probe on the cool side. Thoughts, suggestions? And where, substrate level or halfway up?

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When i ran my RHP, i had the probe on the cool side set to 80F just high enough off the floor that the snake couldnt sit on it or pee or poop on it. I just secured it from the outside with a piece of foil tape and let it be able to swing inside so if the snake did manage to bump it, it would just swing back into position.

Some people will put the probe on the warm side to set the basking temp but i never liked that as you had no control over the cool side which is the most important side. A snake a little cold will live. A snake that is overheated will die or have neurological problems.

[Stearns84]

When i ran my RHP, i had the probe on the cool side set to 80F just high enough off the floor that the snake couldnt sit on it or pee or poop on it. I just secured it from the outside with a piece of foil tape and let it be able to swing inside so if the snake did manage to bump it, it would just swing back into position.

Some people will put the probe on the warm side to set the basking temp but i never liked that as you had no control over the cool side which is the most important side. A snake a little cold will live. A snake that is overheated will die or have neurological problems.

But don't you risk the hot side from getting too hot?

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[Sauzo]

But don't you risk the hot side from getting too hot?

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Not really. For one, the snake can leave the hot spot if it gets too hot which is a good indication that your hot spot is too hot if the snake never uses it. Second, as long as you have the right size RHP, the hot side should only be about 10 degrees at tops difference.

Now my problem and why i quit running RHPs was that in my 4x2 cages, i had the cool side set to 80F but my hot side would only get to about 5F higher so in order to get a nice 90F hot side, the cool side would sit around 84F or so. Plus i keep my house set to around 75-77F and the basement stays warmer since it is half buried underground so it sits around 78-80F. With a RHP set to cool side temps, it would never come on so i had no hot side. With the probe set on hot side temp, the cool side would go up to 84-85F which made whichever snake was in that cage go ballistic and push 24/7 as my boas seem to actually prefer it around 78-80F.

IMO optimally, it would be to run a small RHP just to set the ambient and then use flexwatt to set the hot spots but that would be a lot more expensive than what i do now which is in the winter, i just run an oil filled radiator in the room until it gets to 80F. Then i set the radiators t-stat but I'm thinking of picking up a Herpstat HP t-stat to run my radiator.

[Stearns84]

Sneaky little man thinks he can get at my snack.

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[Prognathodon]

Silly snek, nachos are for hoomans!


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[Stearns84]

Any issues if the tanks over hang the stand a little? Maybe a 1/2"? I haven't finished the final table and my impatient a$$ can't wait to get these up.

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[Sauzo]

Any issues if the tanks over hang the stand a little? Maybe a 1/2"? I haven't finished the final table and my impatient a$$ can't wait to get these up.

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Should be fine. Even the AP stands have about a 1/2" lip all the way around.

[Stearns84]

Sad at 33 I think I've lost my mind. When I ordered a new thermostat I didn't really think to much and just got a 1 instead of a 2. At the time not a big deal because I'm running a herpstat 1 on the racks with zero problems. Nut I didn't take in consideration the dial in times prior to pit the snakes on the new enclosures. Do I just set one enclosure up (T8 or T10?) Dial in the numbers for the RHP and thermostat. Once it's where I need it, move the snakes and the herpstat from the rack and install it and dial in the numbers (duplicate) as the previous one?



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