hi, so im looking at getting a thermostate soon as i now know i need one after being told i didnt...just wandering what the difference is between the habistat mat stat and the habistate temp thermostat? also i am monitoring the temprature in faun n v closly at the min with a thermometer and switching matt of when to hot..but have been told to switch matt off completly..just wandering how long the snake can go without the matt as ordering thermostat online and maky take a while for delivery?
I'd get a Mat Stat to be honest. It does what it needs to and is cheap enough. With this current heatwave you snake will be fine with out the heat mat being on. Its better to be safe than sorry. Just dont feed it until you have a stat and the temperature is stabilised.
thankou i shall get one soon, hopefully be here within a week. Ok i am just bit worried bout not feeding as she hasnt eated since i got here 4 weeks ago (probs due to temps not being right) but as a knew owner told i didnt need a thermostat i didnt realize this...very annoying just worried bout her not eating i know snakes can go ages without eating but am rather weary
I really wouldnt worry about not feeding her. That is a much better option than a regurge or burns which would be your other possible outcomes. The mat stat and temperature stat do pretty much the same thing. They are both on/off stats that allow the heatmat to heat up to the set temperature then turns off the mat until it has dropped a couple of degrees and then turns on again. I think the temperature stat can be used with a higher wattage device than the mat stat which is why it is a bit more expensive. The basic mat stat is perfectly fine for heatmats. I have several.
ok thankyou i shall hold of feeding her till ive got the thermostat then..should i turn mat back on at night as will obviously be colder then?have had turned on at night and reading in morn been about 75?
with the outside temperatures being so high at the moment I really wouldn't worry about having the mat on at all. I checked mine last night around 11pm and the stat still had the power off to the heaters
mat stat vs temp stat
Posted - 30/09/2011 : 16:22:34
