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| blackskull |
Posted - 05/01/2011 : 18:48:19
im thinking of gettin an cb10 pastel and if i do i will be keeping it in a rub
my concern is that we have no central heating in our house so the room my snakes are in is quite chilly this time of year. would a heat matt be enough to keep the snake healthy if so what wattage would i need as i have never had a young royal b4. the ones i have had have all been adults and kept in vivs. the other thing is keeping an ambiant air temp, how would i go about getting this in a rub |
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| blackskull |
Posted - 06/01/2011 : 21:47:47
yeah thats the way i will have to go if i can make soon room |
| Royalbob |
Posted - 06/01/2011 : 21:46:18
yeh thats a bit chilly for them. Perhaps just knock together a small wooden viv |
| blackskull |
Posted - 06/01/2011 : 21:29:34
yeah that makes sense. the room temp is about 14 c today and its not even a cold day lol |
| Royalbob |
Posted - 05/01/2011 : 22:38:56
how cold's the room Blackskull cause you could build a wooden box over the RUB to help insulate it so the rub sits in it like a drawer if that makes sense. |
| blackskull |
Posted - 05/01/2011 : 20:04:55
no i don't have any old vivs anymore
will have to have a re think, either try and make some room for another viv or leave it for a while
we have had oil filled rads in the room b4 but as the house is draughty it doesn't make much difference
thanks for the info bob |
| Royalbob |
Posted - 05/01/2011 : 19:23:21
What's the temps of the room? Do you still have vivs?
A heat mat would be enough to create a hot spot (area of mat) but only raise the ambient temp in the rub by a couple degrees at best. The wattage just depends on the size of the mat which you want covering a 1/3 to a max of 1/2 of rub and attached to a thermostat. Using a rub the ambient depends on the room temp. You could use a oil filled rad to raise the room temp. |
