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| tallboy |
Posted - 06/04/2011 : 20:59:32
My year and a half old snake hasnt eaten for two weeks now, i dont know its sex but it has shed so its not due to now but when i offered a mouse last week it just ignored it and done same again this week it looks healthy and is moving around as usual???is it wanting to mate |
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| Mort13 |
Posted - 09/04/2011 : 09:42:27
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Originally posted by gingerpony
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Originally posted by Kehhlyr
...well done GP.
thanks hun 
i should know my bl**dy stuff by now!!!
but was looking forward to hearing all about this magic heatmat with integral stat 
Quick,get a patent and get designing/inventing!! |
| gingerpony |
Posted - 08/04/2011 : 18:45:42
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Originally posted by Kehhlyr
...well done GP.
thanks hun
i should know my bl**dy stuff by now!!!
but was looking forward to hearing all about this magic heatmat with integral stat |
| Kehhlyr |
Posted - 08/04/2011 : 18:25:20
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Originally posted by gingerpony
if the warm end is ranging from 24*C to 29*C i'd personally be inclined to turn it up a degree or 2 so the range is 26-31*C
that way the optimum temp is in the middle of the range rather than the snake being below the optimum temp for the majority of the time
That is exactly what I do.
Perfect example of how to set a microclimate ministat, well done GP. |
| tallboy |
Posted - 08/04/2011 : 18:11:11
Oh someone who knows what the microclimate is lol, im glad im not the only one who uses them. I will turn it up a bit to around top end of 30c and see what that does, thank you for the help |
| MrsA82 |
Posted - 08/04/2011 : 10:55:21
I think I might do that thanks, although it seems ok for her she is between hot and cold hides |
| gingerpony |
Posted - 08/04/2011 : 08:58:32
if the warm end is ranging from 24*C to 29*C i'd personally be inclined to turn it up a degree or 2 so the range is 26-31*C
that way the optimum temp is in the middle of the range rather than the snake being below the optimum temp for the majority of the time |
| Invalid User |
Posted - 08/04/2011 : 08:32:00
I also use the minstat 100's. I find them very good and only have a 2-3 degree variation.
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| MrsA82 |
Posted - 08/04/2011 : 08:28:49
I use a ministat 100 too and my temps have about a 5 degree drop too. I've used lots of these micro climate ones they all do it. My heat mat is under her tank and my digi theometer is on the bottom. It drops from 29-24 degrees when the mat stat turns off. The pulse stats are best for constant temps I find!
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| gingerpony |
Posted - 08/04/2011 : 07:08:00
finally!
just try repositioning your stat probe, like lotabob said directly on the heat mat, keep your thermometer probe on top of the substrate so you're still measuring the temp where the snake will be. tweak the ministat so the temps are correct according to the thermometer. what sort of thermometer are you using btw? |
| tallboy |
Posted - 07/04/2011 : 23:54:26
So does that mean my ministat isnt knackered then if thats common? |
| gmac |
Posted - 07/04/2011 : 23:54:00
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Originally posted by tallboy
No i wasnt confused, i was def told to do that by other members on here as i read topics about heat mats as i was so confused didnt want to burn snake by letting it get over heated, but i will try what you have said to do, so what is min and max "hot" temp?
27-29 is ideal for hot end temps, |
| tallboy |
Posted - 07/04/2011 : 23:49:56
No i wasnt confused, i was def told to do that by other members on here as i read topics about heat mats as i was so confused didnt want to burn snake by letting it get over heated, but i will try what you have said to do, so what is min and max "hot" temp? |
| Kehhlyr |
Posted - 07/04/2011 : 23:46:23
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Originally posted by lotabob
If its swinging so far (23-29) then the stat is either faulty or your probe is not placed correctly. Even the most basic thermostat wil only move by a degree or 2. Is your probe touching the mat or is it on top of the substrate?
My ministat 100s are good stats but a 3-5 degree variation in on and off is actually quite common.
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| lotabob |
Posted - 07/04/2011 : 23:41:12
OK put the probe directly onto the mat with the thermometer probe too and see where your temperatures really are. In a vivarium the probes need to be directly on the mat, in a faun or rub as close to the mat as the snake will get. you'll not find any advice other than that on here (possibly confused it with bulb stat probes, they sit on the substrate). |
| tallboy |
Posted - 07/04/2011 : 23:39:09
The probe is placed on top of substrate which is waht advice i was given on here, and was also told on here that the temp will flucktuate abit as heat mats dont stay at one temp, so i really am confused because everyone says a different temp which is healthy for Corns, so what should it be between???? |
| lotabob |
Posted - 07/04/2011 : 23:14:20
If its swinging so far (23-29) then the stat is either faulty or your probe is not placed correctly. Even the most basic thermostat wil only move by a degree or 2. Is your probe touching the mat or is it on top of the substrate? |
| tallboy |
Posted - 07/04/2011 : 23:05:40
Ok well the heat mat was what i got from the reptile shop i got snake from they did a package with snake of everything it needs it is reliable its called "microclimate" and heats up to 100 watts it has a dial where you adjust temp and a sensor which sits in viv on substrate and warms and cools to make temp say around same temp, it was above 25c when he last ate. The makers address is:
Microclimate international ltd,
unit 4 wombourne enterprise park,
wolverhampton, England
WV5 0AL
Tel:01902 895351
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| gingerpony |
Posted - 07/04/2011 : 22:57:21
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Originally posted by lotabob
...the nightmare of regurge (and the smell, oh boy i'd do anything, spend any money to avoid ever smelling that smell again).
when people post asking 'is it poo or is it regurge?'
go by the smell 
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| lotabob |
Posted - 07/04/2011 : 22:52:09
Yeah I misread and thought that was temp gradient not the temp swing in the hot end though it may still be just the time of year it cant hurt to get that sorted out.
I use a 7 watt mat and a habistat mat-stat, both about as basic as you can get maybe £25 of kit and my temps don't even swing by 1 degree.
The thing to know with temperature is snakes need a good reliable heat source to help digest, it may be that the last feed it took the heat wasn't high enough and it struggled to digest its meal and is now holding off eating until it finds a more reliable heat source, your temperature may just be falling between digestion and regurge so its best to fix it to a more reliable method of heating and avoid the nightmare of regurge (and the smell, oh boy i'd do anything, spend any money to avoid ever smelling that smell again). |
| gingerpony |
Posted - 07/04/2011 : 22:43:30
the heatmat has a sensor and dial? what sort of heatmat is it as i've never come across one like that before but it sounds pretty good! |
