hi,

Ok I will go google sterlite and flexwatt - because I'm in scotland and have never heard of either.Bear in mind I used to work in a repltile shop ( mind you it was about 9 years ago ) so they must have different brandnames over here or something.

The tank they are in is constructed out of wood and a glass sliding front and probably has the resale value of 0 assuming it fits through the door ( I built it in situ).

I realize if the heating worked a kind of rack system could be built very cheaply I just didnt want something looking like a cross between a snake colditz and a rubbish heap in my living room if I could avoid it

Would this flexwatt be able to cope with the temperature variations we get in scotland ? - it is for example 18 degrees c in the rest of my house and 21 in the living room and we call this a warm spell at the start of our summer.

I've always been slightly worried by UTH as I have previously seen some snakes burned by malfunctioning heat pads.Though the male I have was badly burned by coiling round an ungaurded light bulb as a hatchling by the people who gave him to the local herp shop I got him from so basically any unregulated/gauded heat source is dangerous I guess.

I did look through the threads for the blood spots and saw that apparently a streak was caused by the males and a spot by the females.None of the royals have shed ( I would have mentioned it I promise) but the middle female and the male are starting to go into a shed cycle (darkening down b4 going blue at the moment).

I'm sorry this has become a complicated housing thread - I only wanted to know if multiple matings occured in fertilized females and if males ever went through the motions but I guess my rambling got in the way.


dr del