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Ryan_q8
Snake Mite
United Kingdom
39 Posts |
 Posted - 02/11/2011 : 22:39:44
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I have seen some level of discussion regarding how it is best to be setup.
Currently i have the heatmat inside my 4foot wooden viv held down by one end of a branch and a hide. No matter what i do it never stays in place so i want to fix it to the bottom of the viv have been told duck tape would be fine, would it be?
Also have the theremometer abd probe wires stuck to the viv wall with plastic sucktion cups but these are constantly coming off. What do others do?
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Mamma
Fully Grown Corn
United Kingdom
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Red123
Fully Grown Corn
United Kingdom
2030 Posts |
Posted - 03/11/2011 : 12:16:57
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| I think I have seen someone on here use drawing pins in each corner of the mat, just in the laminate, to hold the mat in place. As Mamma has said most certainly DO NOT use duck tape or any other tape. My probe wire and thermometer wire are banded together with an elastic band then wedged under the edge of the warm hide so the probes rest on top of the mat just outside the hide so a cold snake does not lay on them. |
Corn Snake
, 1.0.0 Amel (Stan),
Royal Pythons
1.0.0 Normal (Nigel)
1.0.0 Albino (Tony)
Boa Constrictor Imperator
0.1.0 (Agatha)Western Hognose
0.1.0 Normal (Stevie)
0.0.1 Schneider Skink (George)
1.0.0 Extreme Blonde Harlequin Crested Gecko (Bert)
4 GALS.
Tarantulas
Red Rump (B. Vagans) Jo.
Chaco Golden Knee (G. pulchripes) Charlie, Greenbottle Blue (C. cyaneopubescens) Gus, Honduran Curly Hair ( B. albopilosum) Titch, Mexican Fire Leg (B. boehmei), Salmon Pink Bird Eater(L. parahybana), Fort Hall Baboon (P. Lugardi) Blanche, Stout Leg Baboon (E. Pachypus) Graham, Chilean Rose (G. Rosea) Glen.
Border collie x (BoB), 2 Cats (Lucky & Dip), 17 Goldfish, and The Dubia Family |
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jonoandapril
Hatchling
United Kingdom
171 Posts |
Posted - 04/11/2011 : 18:11:38
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| i dont use heat matts, but my stat probe is just buried all the way to the black bit on the end which sticks up under my heat lamp just above the substrate. iv taken care to avoid where they normally burrow so it wont be moved by curious snakes. |
1x amel corn (tango)
1x carolina corn (pepsi)
1x carpet python (butch)
1x normal royal (rachel)
1x bumblebee royal
wishlist: abbotts okeetee female, crawl cay boa, emerald tree boa |
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Auld Baldy
Ikea's Pimp
United Kingdom
1619 Posts |
Posted - 04/11/2011 : 20:13:28
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Try the patented 'Auld Baldy Tidy Probe'. 
It works fine in 3 of my vivs just buried in the chips but you could use a couple of 'saddle clips' instead of suction cups to fix the cables/ tube. Suction cups don't usually work very well if there is any grain in the wood finish.
For the heat mat, keep the amount of cable inside the viv as short as possible. If necessary, drill another hole which lines up straight to the mat terminal. (See the pics in the DIY topic.)
http://www.thecornsnake.co.uk/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=20336 |
1.0.0: Miami Normal: Taggart
0.0.1: Carolina Normal: Wee Woody
0.0.1: Grey Rat Snake: Mirkey
0.0.1: Amel Corn: Blaze
1.0.0: Carpet Python: Vambo
0.0.1: MBK: Fester
0.0.1: Florida King Snake : Rattler (Rattle & Hum)
0.0.1. California King Snake: El Diablo Diego
0.2.0 Tarantulas : Ermintrude & Euphemia. |
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