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ptmbradley
Yearling
United Kingdom
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 Posted - 12/04/2011 : 22:54:33
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Hi guys and gals,
I bought a RUB yesterday for Pandora and spent what felt like an eternity drilling 3 rows of holes near the bottom at the warm end, and about a 5 inch square section in the lid over the cool end, and then had to smooth all the burrs because I didn't know the masking tape trick to keeping burrs to a minimum until afterwards. Which was typical. lol
2 questions. 1) Was there even a need to drill any holes as apparently rubs have a small gap all around the top edge when you fit the lid. And 2) if holes are still a good idea is my layout of holes ok? The low holes/warm end and high level/cool end thinking is because of warm air rising, but tbh I don't have a clue if all my hard work makes a jot of difference! lol
It's been set sup for 24 hours for temp monitoring and hopefully Pandora will have the removal men in tomorrow. :) |
Corns: 1.1 Anery, 1.1 Butter, 1.0 Carolina, 0.1 Hypo, 1.1 Snow, 1.0 Sunkissed
Boas: 0.1 Arabesque, 1.0 Brazilian Rainbow, 0.1 Crawl Cay, 1.1 Hogg Island X, 0.1 Hypo Hogg, 0.1 Kahl Albino (poss coral)
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gingerpony
Queen Bee
United Kingdom
10455 Posts |
Posted - 13/04/2011 : 08:31:03
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there isn't a real need to drill air holes as they're not airtight boxes but i do prefer more fresh air for my snakes
i'd use the high-level holes for the warm end so the snake is warm and draught-free, and use the low-level holes for the cool end |
cornsnakes, ratsnakes, bullsnakes, boas and day geckos
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eeji
The Morph Master
United Kingdom
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ptmbradley
Yearling
United Kingdom
676 Posts |
Posted - 13/04/2011 : 19:28:11
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| Loving the soldering iron idea! Less hassle and much neater! Though must take a while for all those holes! :) I'll have to pop down Maplins sometime soon... :) |
Corns: 1.1 Anery, 1.1 Butter, 1.0 Carolina, 0.1 Hypo, 1.1 Snow, 1.0 Sunkissed
Boas: 0.1 Arabesque, 1.0 Brazilian Rainbow, 0.1 Crawl Cay, 1.1 Hogg Island X, 0.1 Hypo Hogg, 0.1 Kahl Albino (poss coral)
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Mort13
Fully Grown Corn
United Kingdom
5599 Posts |
Posted - 13/04/2011 : 20:12:07
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I use a skewer heated up in the fire. How high tech am I lol!  |
      
3.1.0 Corn snakes, 1.0.0 T-Albino Cape House Snake, 0.1.0 Western Hognose,
1.0.0 MBK, 0.1.0 Childrens Python, 1.0.0 Nicaraguan Dwarf Boas
0.0.1 Occelated Skink, 1.0.0 Leopard Gecko, 1.0.3 Tarantulas, 0.0.2 Damon diadema
1.0.0 C0ckatiel,
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lotabob
Fully Grown Corn
United Kingdom
4334 Posts |
Posted - 13/04/2011 : 23:46:04
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| I used the dimples as guides for the holes too, looks very neat and tidy, I used a drill lol, just used a pen knife to clip off the rough bits. |
Anery Corn snake SPOT. Royal Python, DUKE. Hogg Island Boa, SANKE. Albino House Snake, HAL.
Harlequin Crested Gecko HARLEY
Albino Horned Frog WAKA
Chilean Rose Tarantula TRIXIE. Brazilian Salmon Pink Bird-eating Tarantula SAM. Orange Baboon Tarantula BORIS.
Giant Asian Forest Scorpion, SALLY.
Giant African Land Snails, SHELDON & MICHELLE.
Budwing Mantis, MAIA
Dubia Roach Colony. Silkworm Colony. Mealworm Colony. Waxworm Colony. Fruit Beetle Colony.
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gingerpony
Queen Bee
United Kingdom
10455 Posts |
Posted - 14/04/2011 : 14:53:26
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| we do too lotabob |
cornsnakes, ratsnakes, bullsnakes, boas and day geckos
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Drilling air holes in a RUB...
