Help with RI requested!

[JLC]

But if the mat has only one heat setting, how can it get any higher? Isn’t the thing designed to just turn it down? (Just curious.)

Yes, the mat only has one heat setting...and that is typically far too hot. So if your t-stat shuts off and allows it to reach its maximum setting, it can be bad.

I’ve actually looked for those before … once again, no picture, no product name … and I had no luck finding anything that *I* thought looked like the right thing!

Looks like this:
http://www.homedepot.com/cmc_upload/...s/162668_3.jpg

How can I do that without sticking something directly ON the floor? Or do you just mean at floor level and I’m being too literal?

Yeah, I just meant floor level. I usually tuck the little probe just under the hide on the warm side, since that's where the snake will likely be spending most of its warm time.

FYI, the vet said she looked really good. He weighed her as part of the exam, then said he thought that she probably didn’t have RI, but to watch for the symptoms and if any started to show up, he had her weight and could make up a set of antibiotics for me to pick up.

Thanks again for your help!

Sounds like everything's going well!

[Chaosangel]

<<and that is typically far too hot. So if your t-stat shuts off and allows it to reach its maximum setting, it can be bad.>>

Boy is THAT an understatement!! The temp on the floor where the heat mat is was 138° when it settled!! I unplugged it right before I went to work. I'll have to see if I can find one of the dimmer switches! (Thanks for the link to the pic btw ... an IMMENSE help!) Of course, the cool side of the enclosure is 75. (During the day.) Very tricky ...

Any suggestions?

Peggy