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 Posted - 11/03/2009 : 20:59:24
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| hiya i have a new viv for my corn and i am goin to buy a thermostat for my heatmat and two thermometers i was wondering what temperature should the cold side and hot side be please help thanks??? |
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Budaholic
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Posted - 11/03/2009 : 22:16:04
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Hi...... ideally you want to create a temperature gradient of about 21ºC - 30ºC. Slight differences wont matter, Lilas viv is about 31ºC hot end and 23ºC cool end during the day.
Important to place your thermostat and thermometer probes on top of the substrate, preferably under the snakes hides, to get an accurate reading of where your snake will be.
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Posted - 12/03/2009 : 19:23:40
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hey :D
im a newbie to corns i havent actually got one yet so im just doing my reseach; can any one tell me if i HAVE to have a thermostat wen ur viv has a heat mat & lamp 
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Blackecho
The Corn Snake Admin
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hillzi
The Lost boy.
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Posted - 12/03/2009 : 20:08:54
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| I havent got a stat or thermometer but my corns are rather clever i think theyv'e learnt as I've never had a stat or thermometer. the mat is on the whole bottom of the tank as its only 1 square foot. They burrow UNDER the mat to get their heat :) |
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Blackecho
The Corn Snake Admin
United Kingdom
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Posted - 12/03/2009 : 20:18:02
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PS. Do you want to see some pics of snakes that have come into contact with a faulty heatmat?
Just because they haven't burrowed yet and your mat hasn't had a surge yet....
Is it worth the risk for the cost of a £20 matstat? |
 
www.theroyalpython.co.uk/forum
Location: Rotherham
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matty18714
The Count of Corniness
United Kingdom
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Posted - 12/03/2009 : 20:55:19
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| I would advise that you get a stat and thermometer asap. Its such a risk to take to not use them. |
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hillzi
The Lost boy.
United Kingdom
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Posted - 12/03/2009 : 20:56:33
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| how much would a stat and thermo be? are they easy to wire up? |
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hillzi
The Lost boy.
United Kingdom
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Posted - 12/03/2009 : 21:04:12
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| That would mean i need a new mat? |
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matty18714
The Count of Corniness
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Posted - 12/03/2009 : 21:08:18
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You dont need a new mat. A stat just plugs into the wall and the mat plugs into the stat. A thermomter is a totaly seperate uint and will be a small box with a display with a cable coming out of it with a pribe on the end.
Both things will cost no more than £30 |
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hillzi
The Lost boy.
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Posted - 12/03/2009 : 21:19:50
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but i have quite a small viv 31x31x31cm and already got cave waterdish log and a fake vine thing. plus the rock background. Any ideas?
And then still what about the "cool end"? |
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Posted - 12/03/2009 : 21:20:42
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thanks guys  !!! |
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matty18714
The Count of Corniness
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Posted - 12/03/2009 : 21:39:02
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Originally posted by hillzi
but i have quite a small viv 31x31x31cm and already got cave waterdish log and a fake vine thing. plus the rock background. Any ideas?
And then still what about the "cool end"?
The size of the viv doesnt matter, both units can go outside of it. In the viv you should have a thermal gradient of about 22*C-28*C. So on one side its 22, the other its 28. To acheive this you want 1/3 of the viv floor in contact with a heat mat (on a stat, with the temps measured by a thermometer). |
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Posted - 12/03/2009 : 21:40:55
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| The heat mat should be only under one third of his viv, if he has no cool end to escape to when hes too hot, your going to have a very unhappy snake and you really need to get a stat asap |
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Posted - 12/03/2009 : 21:42:08
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| lol i took too long to type |
3 Corn Snakes
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hillzi
The Lost boy.
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Posted - 12/03/2009 : 21:48:51
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| ok i also fgot about 2cm of subtrate. how do you mean 1/3 of the mat on the viv floor, so i need to slope it? |
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matty18714
The Count of Corniness
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Posted - 12/03/2009 : 21:50:26
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| No, just put the mat down, and place the tank so that 1/3 of it is over the mat. |
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lee2308
The Corn Snake Moderator
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Posted - 13/03/2009 : 12:47:20
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matty means one third not 1 in 3 as in a slope,if you know what i mean |
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matty18714
The Count of Corniness
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Posted - 13/03/2009 : 16:20:07
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| Yeah |
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hillzi
The Lost boy.
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Posted - 13/03/2009 : 16:30:44
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| err ish.. but the whole of my mat covers the whole of the viv floor as I couldnt get a smaller one. :| |
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