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kimmie_98
Snake Mite
United Kingdom
27 Posts |
 Posted - 23/02/2012 : 19:19:18
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Hi I've got my heat mat for my faunarium and I've put it underneath the faun but its been plugged in for a couple of hours now and isnt getting that hot yet, its only gone up to 22... Does it take ages to warm up or should it do it nearly straight away? Also would it be better putting it in the actually faun instead of just underneath? Dont worry theres so snake in there yet, wanted to get set up first  |
0.1.0 Baby Carolina Corn... Scarlet :) |
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ScalySituation
Fully Grown Corn
United Kingdom
5292 Posts |
Posted - 23/02/2012 : 19:21:31
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| does take a while to start with, leave it where it is :) |
1.0.0 Butter motley corn (Sheldon)
0.1.0 Caramel Corn (Maggie)
0.1.0 Caramel motley corn (Echo)
1.0.0 Cat (Angus)
1 mealworm colony
RIP Skye x
Sleep well Sonny, Mummy loves you xx
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kimmie_98
Snake Mite
United Kingdom
27 Posts |
Posted - 23/02/2012 : 19:23:44
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Ok  ill just keep checking on it, its only a 7w heat mat but ive read on a few sites that 7w is sufficient for a faun... |
0.1.0 Baby Carolina Corn... Scarlet :) |
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ScalySituation
Fully Grown Corn
United Kingdom
5292 Posts |
Posted - 23/02/2012 : 19:28:11
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| tbh i havent a clue what mine is lol, is it 1/2 to 1/3 of the floorspace? and how much substrate is on top of it? you really dont want much coverage on the heat mat |
1.0.0 Butter motley corn (Sheldon)
0.1.0 Caramel Corn (Maggie)
0.1.0 Caramel motley corn (Echo)
1.0.0 Cat (Angus)
1 mealworm colony
RIP Skye x
Sleep well Sonny, Mummy loves you xx
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kimmie_98
Snake Mite
United Kingdom
27 Posts |
Posted - 23/02/2012 : 19:43:12
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| It covers pretty much a 3rd of the floorspace and there is just enough for the snake to burrow it, which isnt a lot considering it'll only be a little corn |
0.1.0 Baby Carolina Corn... Scarlet :) |
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ScalySituation
Fully Grown Corn
United Kingdom
5292 Posts |
Posted - 23/02/2012 : 19:47:21
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| u got a stat? does it need tweaking up? |
1.0.0 Butter motley corn (Sheldon)
0.1.0 Caramel Corn (Maggie)
0.1.0 Caramel motley corn (Echo)
1.0.0 Cat (Angus)
1 mealworm colony
RIP Skye x
Sleep well Sonny, Mummy loves you xx
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kimmie_98
Snake Mite
United Kingdom
27 Posts |
Posted - 23/02/2012 : 21:38:22
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| No, not got a stat yet |
0.1.0 Baby Carolina Corn... Scarlet :) |
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Moriarty
Egg
United Kingdom
60 Posts |
Posted - 24/02/2012 : 17:48:05
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| Your best bet is to get a stat, then plug the heat mat into that. This will allow you to control the temperature a lot more :) |
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darrkang3l
Hatchling
United Kingdom
403 Posts |
Posted - 27/02/2012 : 01:36:22
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| whats beneath the mat and the desk/place where the faun is? try putting a poly sheet or cardboard underneath it to insulate it a bit. i needed to for mine as its sitting on glass. |
0.0.1 Corn Snakes (myst)
0.1.0 Leopard gecko (Meg)
0.1.0 Girlfriend. (Mel)
0.1.0 Staffy (molly)
1.1.0 Royal pythons
Wish list - Chinese water dragon, Tegu! Rainbow boa!
R.I.P Shayde |
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kimmie_98
Snake Mite
United Kingdom
27 Posts |
Posted - 27/02/2012 : 10:39:31
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| Its on a little unit at the minute but I've got cardboard to put it on |
0.1.0 Baby Carolina Corn... Scarlet :) |
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Casta
Hatchling
United Kingdom
335 Posts |
Posted - 27/02/2012 : 10:57:54
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| try removing the substrate from the warm end so its literally scattered. your gonna put a hide over it anyways the substrate really stops the heat. |
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Where should i put the heat mat?
