too much heat?

  • We are currently upgrading MFK. thanks! -neo
DeLgAdO;654394; said:
yes

its good to have overhead and underbelly heating sources

the ones made for herps are crap

when i had my ig i used one made for people (savons) i put on the cloth sac and put it on a low setting and placed it in the cage. it ran flawlessly for 2 years. till i donated him to a rescue society.
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Delgado said it spot on.............Use the people heat pads (with the cloth sheath on)......3 adjustable settings..............leave it on 1 all the time.............2 if it starts getting colder...........mine has never failed..............not to mention that if you do this you wont have some stupid head pad permanently stuck to the underside of your tank (the stick on pet store kind....also they are not adjustable and burn animals)........

absolutley put a bulb up top.............put a red light (40 - 60) watt on a timer for the night time (cuz it probably gets colder at night??) and put both the light and the heat pad on the far side away from the waterdish..............

good luck.........

btw, my juv JCP is in a 10 gal and i am running a 100 watt red light for 10-12 hrs at night.......colder basement though..............and on my ATB setup, I am running a 100 watt heat emitter bulb from the top of my vertical acrylic enclosure.:)
 
<im not gonna put a 6 inch snake in a 4 foot long tank.>
when it gets 5' long it'll need a bigger cage, might as well get it now.
 
Danyal;654627; said:
<im not gonna put a 6 inch snake in a 4 foot long tank.>
when it gets 5' long it'll need a bigger cage, might as well get it now.
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They dont like big open spaces. You are better keeping them in small containers when young
 
that's why you simply put lots of hides and cover in the cage. if you keep them in an enclosure that is too small then they will start to develop lung problems, same thing happens if you keep them in a big cage on newspaper with just a small hide because then they spend all their time squeezed into that little hide. when i first got my eastern kinsnake she was about five and a half feet long and tried to constantly hide in a 8"x8" hide and developed a lung problem, i took out the hide and put in a pile of shredded paper that she uses as a hide and no more problems.
 
Im sure that when the need arises WildCaught will invest in a larger cage. But for now its fine where it is ;)

WildCaught,
Just run to ACE and pick up new spacers. They will be less than $2 im sure.
 
Why would they develop lung problems? There is too small and there is adaquate. The words you use, too small would obviously not be good for any animal as it is just that- too small! I am interested to here your thoughts of breeders using rack systems then in tubs.
 
Damn sticky heat pads. But I do it another way. Well since I use Heat Wave heat pads from Exo Terra, I peal of the back and sprinkle baby powder on it. Whipe it all over the sticky part and voala, its not sticky no more. I then wrap the pad in newspaper two or three times. I then place the pad into the tank. Works pretty good for me...
 
Z Trip;654974; said:
Damn sticky heat pads. But I do it another way. Well since I use Heat Wave heat pads from Exo Terra, I peal of the back and sprinkle baby powder on it. Whipe it all over the sticky part and voala, its not sticky no more. I then wrap the pad in newspaper two or three times. I then place the pad into the tank. Works pretty good for me...
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Possible fire hazard! :eek:

They are not even designed to be placed directly on wood let alone news paper.
 
I wont be liable for this its not recommended but i used heating pads for the tupperware tubs
for my juvies because of the thin plastic the cover works great and the good ones go down to 80 degs
 
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