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rachiepotatoe
Hatchling
United Kingdom
393 Posts |
 Posted - 08/09/2010 : 18:08:05
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So today, I had my welcome day at college *sigh*
I was paired up with a guy who I thought 'oh lord...we're not gonna get on' anyway turns out we both have corn snakes yay :D and he was not so bad after all, dam me and my stereotypes!!
secondly, I went to buy Doyle some new goodies, I only came back with some leaves though because the dam shop didnt have a card thingy D; He is loving them anyway...see for yourself :P
Anywho, My question/concern
Can a heat mat loose...heat?
Usuaully the bottom of his shelf is warm from the mat, but today I felt it and it was barely warm, his tank in the warm end was down to 75 , usually its 82/83 I'm thinking it could possibly be the weather, or the fact that I havnt been sitting in my room all day heating it up.
I need to get a new mat anyway now that I've moved him upto a bigger tank but for the next few days ive covered half the top of the tank with a towel to stop so much heat escaping do you think thats okay? He seems warm enough he's always on his cold side anyway...
Sorry for such a long post! 
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BurnedAtTheStake
Yearling
United Kingdom
915 Posts |
Posted - 08/09/2010 : 18:31:39
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Love the photo. Great that you met up with fellow snake lover - must have been a bit of light relief on first college day.
I've never used one of those kind of tanks - but weather is cooler, and if you haven't been in your room as much then it's probably the cause.
Hopefully someone will be along soon who knows about using a heatmat in that sort of tank. All the best! |
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DannyBrown91
Fully Grown Corn
United Kingdom
3070 Posts |
Posted - 08/09/2010 : 19:16:51
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What type of stat do you use?
If its an on/off it could of just been that the mat had been turned off and his shelf had cooled down. |
0.0.1 Ghost Corn - Casper
0.0.1 Diffused Corn - Reggie
0.0.1 Amel Corn - Candy A.K.A Baby
1.0 Commom BCI - Rocky
0.1 Japanese Akita - Sasha
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rachiepotatoe
Hatchling
United Kingdom
393 Posts |
Posted - 08/09/2010 : 19:38:14
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It's a habistat
I guess that might be the reason, It's gona back up to 81 now
p.s Just successfully fed his first fuzzy! :D |
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BurnedAtTheStake
Yearling
United Kingdom
915 Posts |
Posted - 08/09/2010 : 19:43:59
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Aw, congrats, that's mice! |
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gingerpony
Queen Bee
United Kingdom
10455 Posts |
Posted - 09/09/2010 : 08:53:37
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| i'd just check the positioning of the stat and therm probes to make sure Doyle hasn't moved them |
cornsnakes, ratsnakes, bullsnakes, boas and day geckos
Location:Leeds/York/Selby area |
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gregDT
Egg
United Kingdom
84 Posts |
Posted - 09/09/2010 : 11:13:17
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| Maybe try to pin them down with something. I use a fairly heavy fake cactus on top of the wires just before the probes. Some people glue them with silicon glue. |
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mikerichards
don't say the 'M' word!
United Kingdom
2901 Posts |
Posted - 09/09/2010 : 11:58:22
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| The exo terra style of vivs arent very good at holding heat in, seeing as hot air rises, having all that mesh at the top, lets it all out very quickly. |
Location : Worthing, West Sussex
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rachiepotatoe
Hatchling
United Kingdom
393 Posts |
Posted - 09/09/2010 : 12:08:52
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| Yeah I've decided im going to have to cover half of the top, I have some stuff that will work perfectly |
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drchino
Yearling
United Kingdom
660 Posts |
Posted - 09/09/2010 : 12:16:39
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| haha cute. Izzy loves her leaves too! |
0.1.0 Izzy - Amber Motley Corn
0.2.0 White rats - Rose and Myra
0.0.1 Crested Gecko - Yoshi |
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HannahB
The Corn Snake Moderator
United Kingdom
5491 Posts |
Posted - 09/09/2010 : 13:30:17
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i have one of those exp terra vivs and i have all the top covered in tshirts except for a 2inch wide strip at the top to let some air in/out
doyle looks like hes enjoying his new leaves |
2.0 Normal Royal Pythons - Q and Little One
1.0 Chihauhaun Mountain Kingsnake - Simba
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BHAFC72
Egg
61 Posts |
Posted - 09/09/2010 : 13:37:48
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| That's a stunning picture.I don't have a digital camera and my phones camera is rubbish.Not that i'm very good at taking pictures anyway. |
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drchino
Yearling
United Kingdom
660 Posts |
Posted - 09/09/2010 : 16:22:19
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quote:
Originally posted by HannahB
i have one of those exp terra vivs and i have all the top covered in tshirts except for a 2inch wide strip at the top to let some air in/out
doyle looks like hes enjoying his new leaves
Hmm thats interesting, I was going to just get a sheet of wood to cover it but thats much cheaper! I may see if I have an old sheet to put on the top.
I take it you're doing that to retain a bit of heat? |
0.1.0 Izzy - Amber Motley Corn
0.2.0 White rats - Rose and Myra
0.0.1 Crested Gecko - Yoshi |
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Lots to say! and a few q's!
