I've just had my digital thermometer delivered (YAY!) and my question is where should the stat and therm probe be situated. do they lie flat on top of the mat or do just the tips need to be touching the substrate or the glass bottom of the viv? total noob questions i know but i've never had to use mats before and in the pictures you see you cant always see how the probe lies!
I stupidly stuck my cold end thermometer right at the top of the viv, nowhere near where the snake roams! I realised as soon as I stuck it down...doh! Might have to source out another sticker and move it further down.
0.1.0 Izzy - Amber Motley Corn 0.2.0 White rats - Rose and Myra 0.0.1 Crested Gecko - Yoshi
Thanks! I found once i had my digital in with the stat both lying on the substrate the temp difference between the digital and the dial exo terra one on the side was massive! so i've been stressing about the viv being too cold - dial saying 19 or 21C at the most the digital one immediately went up to 31.6C!! so now i've got it sorted and will recommend digital to everyone! Thanks for the link Kellog!
Thanks! I found once i had my digital in with the stat both lying on the substrate the temp difference between the digital and the dial exo terra one on the side was massive! so i've been stressing about the viv being too cold - dial saying 19 or 21C at the most the digital one immediately went up to 31.6C!!........
Am so glad you have got it sorted Liesel....just the fact that the temp was 31.6oC, which is too hot, shows how vital accurate readings are! It just makes me so cross when people are not supplied with the correct information or are just not given any information at all ! I dread to think what might have happened to your poor snake had you relied on the dial thermometer .
But what is important is that you took the advice given, made the changes necessary and can now work at getting a warm end temp of around 27/29oC....you just need to 'tweak' the thermostat until the digital thermometer is showing the temp you want. Result....one happy snake and one very happy owner !!
Positioning of Probes
Posted - 22/09/2010 : 18:07:52
! I dread to think what might have happened to your poor snake had you relied on the dial thermometer 
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