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GordonR
Snake Mite
United Kingdom
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 Posted - 29/06/2012 : 20:05:58
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| Hi , I have a 80cm long by 80cm high by 49cm deep glass vivarium with 2 adult female corn snakes , i have a mat stat and a medium heat mat under the glass at one end . I have the dig thermometer probe stuck to the glass just above the hide where the heat mat is and the mat stat probe halfway down the glass at the warm end as well , problem is the temp showing on the stat says 24c and i think my tank is too cold , reading up i think i am supposed to put the stat and the mat stat on the heat mat , when it reaches the temp for the mat stat and cuts the mat off , would the rest of the tank not get too cold , i also ordered a heat bulb and cage etc and wondering how to regulate temps . Worried because my snakes are now lying under the paper and substrate and wont come out , changed them from a small viv which i got them in bout a fortnight ago . thanks for any help |
'Apep'
2 x Amel Female Corns - 'Apep' and 'Habie'
1 X Hatchling Anery Corn - 'Ekans'
1 x Royal Python - 'Damballa'
2 x Cats - 'Tigger and Neko'
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ScalySituation
Fully Grown Corn
United Kingdom
5292 Posts |
Posted - 29/06/2012 : 20:09:57
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| the thermoter probe needs to be on the ground as close to the mat as you can get it, the stat probe also needs to be on the bottom, ideally elastic band them together. the ambient temp will be a lot lower than the ground temp |
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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GordonR
Snake Mite
United Kingdom
12 Posts |
Posted - 29/06/2012 : 20:21:39
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Hi , this is a pic of the viv , one of the snakes is about 3ft and one of tem about 3.5
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'Apep'
2 x Amel Female Corns - 'Apep' and 'Habie'
1 X Hatchling Anery Corn - 'Ekans'
1 x Royal Python - 'Damballa'
2 x Cats - 'Tigger and Neko'
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ScalySituation
Fully Grown Corn
United Kingdom
5292 Posts |
Posted - 29/06/2012 : 20:24:10
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yeh the thermometer and stat probes need to be on the ground as close to the mat as possible :)
they also need another hide at the other end :) |
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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ScalySituation
Fully Grown Corn
United Kingdom
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GordonR
Snake Mite
United Kingdom
12 Posts |
Posted - 29/06/2012 : 20:40:39
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| Cheers , going to sort the stats no and put another hide in , maybe this wasnt the best choice for them , cost me £150 :-( |
'Apep'
2 x Amel Female Corns - 'Apep' and 'Habie'
1 X Hatchling Anery Corn - 'Ekans'
1 x Royal Python - 'Damballa'
2 x Cats - 'Tigger and Neko'
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ScalySituation
Fully Grown Corn
United Kingdom
5292 Posts |
Posted - 29/06/2012 : 20:41:21
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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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smart bunny
Fully Grown Corn
United Kingdom
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Posted - 30/06/2012 : 08:33:32
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Wow yeah the stat probe in that pic is waaaay too high, if the thermometer probe is the same (I cannnot make it out in the photo) then the temps on the mat are possibly going to be dangerously high. Ideally there should be a hide EACH at each end if you are cohabbing. Have a quick look through this thread for more info: http://www.thecornsnake.co.uk/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=1070
Rather than change vivs you could always make some kind of shelf/2nd level which would effectively give them more space? |
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