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There is nothing wrong with heat pads as long it is REGULATED. Heat lamps can burn your herps just as bad and just as easily.

I don't use heat lamps for any of my herps; they are more dangerous than any other heating element in my opinion since a lot of people leave them free-hanging where they can be knocked down. I do use heat panels for cost-efficency for some of the arboreal guys, but that is more economic than anything else.
 
i place a thin slab of wood inside my tanks right over the pad wich is underneeth.i arange so the snake is not able to get under it,they seem to love it and dont ever make full contact,it stays just warm enough.Hey you got the same corn as me.What did they say it was.And my tank is big too and its been great,i have the same hide box and sphanktum moss he hides in,he never likes to totaly hide away,most ove the time hes chillin out in the open,im very happy for you,mines been great as yours should be,they are very tough.fun to hold.carefully while that small.good luck.
 
dude it looks like you stole my snake,mines a little bigger,what kind did they call it?sweet pics.
 
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lovespunaround;1180471; said:
I think the lamp would be best. Heating pads can get really really hot if they're unregulated, so if the snake burrows underneath the substrate, it can get burned. You should also get a digital thermometer with a probe to measure ambient and hotspot temperatures when you're using heating equipment.

Really, I'm not sure you need either of them. I don't know how warm the room where the snake is kept gets, but I've kept my corn snake with no supplemental heat for the past seven years and I've had no problems.[/quote

I agree, well said. Especially about the heat pad. DON'T use it. One of my snakes died a few months ago as a result of burns caused by a heat pad.
Snakes are stubborn especially ball pythons. My ball python laid on the heat pad until its belly turned red and eventually became an open sore.
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Oh, I'm sorry to hear that. Well, that heating pad is useless now. Ha, our snakes must look very similar Jason. Post a pic of it if you haven't. They didn't know what kind of corn it was, but I assume a common corn snake. I think I'll stick with the heating lamp for now. Man, I'm so scared he'll get hurt somehow...he's so puny and frail, just like a piece of spaghetii.

You know, I wasn't going to get one, because I read on MFKers that they are bad. But the guy at petco told me to buy it....damn! Well, now I know not to trust people at the pet store all the time. Well, thanks for the advice again.
I just thought I lost him, but he was all buried in the substrate :D

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Well, it's not useless if you get a thermostat to control it, but good thermostats cost money of course. About the heating lamp, Bloody's right about their being dangerous. The bulbs themselves can get really hot so you've got to make sure that nothing can knock the lamp over. So pretty much unless you've got a cat or younger siblings, I wouldn't worry about it. But still be careful.

You're also using a lot more electricity with the bulb as well; a thermostat might be worth the investment. Plus you can control heating for multiple *identicle* cages all with one thermostat.
 
Even if you got a dimmer that you check twice a day is fine. :p

DIMMER USER HERE!
 
Dude place a small slab thin slab of wood on top of the glass over the pad that he cant go under,put a heavy rock on it or something,I secure my heat lamps with clips and the herps can never touch them,as far as what kind,they should have known,that sucks,its not normal though.They are awsome little snakes you should be very happy.I dont have the right cord yet to post from my cell,no cam yet either.sorry.
 
jason longboard;1181807; said:
Dude place a small slab thin slab of wood on top of the glass over the pad that he cant go under,put a heavy rock on it or something,I secure my heat lamps with clips and the herps can never touch them,as far as what kind,they should have known,that sucks,its not normal though.They are awsome little snakes you should be very happy.I dont have the right cord yet to post from my cell,no cam yet either.sorry.
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Are you talking aobut the heating pad IN the cage? I use mine BELOW the cage.

A dimmer is like those light dimmer. You can brighten or dim the light with a light dimmer. Same concept with a dimmer used with a heating source. However it will be up to YOU to check on it regularly. If you plan to take vacations, you will probably want to invest in a thermostat.
 
No way,sorry not clear,The pat goes under,and i use the little feet on the corners of the tank,inside the tanks i place the wood right over the pads,it heats the wood but never too much,i dont trust those things either and snakes will burrow and chill their too long,had it happen once.Ive done this for years and so far so good.My boas chillin on his right now.On that little guy just mek sure you weight the wood down so he cant get under it,though mine probably could barely push a marble,and my girlfriends afraid to hold it,:ROFL:
 
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