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Danny Action1
Yearling

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Posted - 22/07/2009 :  16:02:05  Show Profile  Click to see Danny Action1's MSN Messenger address  Reply with Quote
What Tempature does everyone keep there royals at and what method of heating do you use and do you drop your temps at night??

I use heat mats and my temps vary between

88.5F to 90.5F Hot ends in all of my RUBS
Also i dont do night time drop in Temps

Just out of interest what have you guys got

Cheers Danny

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matty18714
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Posted - 22/07/2009 :  16:04:04  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Ceramic bulb, 25*C-33*C, with no night drops.

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shep6413
Yearling

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Posted - 22/07/2009 :  16:39:17  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
ceramic bulb 32c hot and 27c cold, with a pulse stat with magic eye on it to do night drop by 5c

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Remmy
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Posted - 22/07/2009 :  16:55:50  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Infrared heat lamp on a dimmer stat. 32c hot end, 26.5c cold. No night time drop.

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wolfspirit
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Posted - 22/07/2009 :  17:58:05  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Hi Danny,

i currently use a ceramic on a pulse hot end 31-33 cool end 26-28

infrared on a dimmer
temps 31-32 hot end 27 -29 cool end

and two royals in rubs on heat mats, but the temps fluctuate between 29-30 i struggle to get them to 31 these are both run on mat stats

No Night time drops

hth -)



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Edited by - wolfspirit on 22/07/2009 17:59:25
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Blackecho
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Posted - 22/07/2009 :  18:03:51  Show Profile  Click to see Blackecho's MSN Messenger address  Send Blackecho a Yahoo! Message  Reply with Quote
31-33C InfraRed heat bulb, no drop at night.



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AddicksGlenn
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Posted - 22/07/2009 :  18:13:40  Show Profile  Click to see AddicksGlenn's MSN Messenger address  Reply with Quote
32c hot end 27c cold end, infra red on a dimming stat. No night time drop.

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karl
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Posted - 22/07/2009 :  18:40:01  Show Profile  Visit karl's Homepage  Reply with Quote
25-30C, any higher and my lot spend 99.999999% of their time in water cooling down.
Sabine prefers the lower end of the temp scale, and loves a cool end circa 23C
Stig is happy with a hot end no more than 29C and cool end around 25
Boo is a pain in the arse and I haven't worked her out yet. She is currently on the default 32C hot end on a mat

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dazb
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Posted - 22/07/2009 :  19:00:06  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by wolfspirit


and two royals in rubs on heat mats, but the temps fluctuate between 29-30 i struggle to get them to 31 these are both run on mat stats

No Night time drops

hth -)




where do you keep your probes Anne. I found i couldnt get my temps above 30*C when i had the probe on the mat, even with the stat turned up full. Moved the probe to inside the RUB and it reached temp required.
Its because the mat may have to reach 35+*C to create the correct temp inside the RUB...



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Danny Action1
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Posted - 22/07/2009 :  20:23:02  Show Profile  Click to see Danny Action1's MSN Messenger address  Reply with Quote
Whats a magic eye????

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punumbear
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Posted - 22/07/2009 :  20:24:12  Show Profile  Click to see punumbear's MSN Messenger address  Reply with Quote
heat mat stat n therm..waivers between 28-33 degrees c, cool end roughly 22-24 degrees

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MissCat
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Posted - 22/07/2009 :  20:25:10  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Danny Action1

Whats a magic eye????


it detects light, its a little eye on the thermostat, when the light levels are up, it assumes day time temp, when it's dark, it assumes a night time temp. pretty handy if you have something that requires a night time difference, bearded dragons for example
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wolfspirit
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Posted - 22/07/2009 :  20:27:48  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by dazb

quote:
Originally posted by wolfspirit


and two royals in rubs on heat mats, but the temps fluctuate between 29-30 i struggle to get them to 31 these are both run on mat stats

No Night time drops

hth -)




where do you keep your probes Anne. I found i couldnt get my temps above 30*C when i had the probe on the mat, even with the stat turned up full. Moved the probe to inside the RUB and it reached temp required.
Its because the mat may have to reach 35+*C to create the correct temp inside the RUB...



My probes are stuck to the bottom of the rubs ( outside...)

the rubs are inside a viv...but i am only talking a 9L and a 5L

my top temp on the mats is 30.4, it is currently reading 30.5..lol..i do struggle with the bigger rub, but invariably it sits at around 29-29.5

i have been told to put the heat mats on a pulse as this helps to cure some of the problems..

i really really struggled to get temps up in an 18L rub...

but i think it reaches this temp cos the viv below has a dimmer stat running an infrared sop there is a little heat transfer but not much...and it is in the lounge which gets warm anyway..

if the dimmer drops the temps drop on the digital thermometers..

the thermometers are underneath the warm end hides



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Edited by - wolfspirit on 22/07/2009 20:31:14
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dazb
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Posted - 22/07/2009 :  20:38:36  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
have you tried putting something in between the probe and the mat...just to make the mat get hotter before the probe cuts out the stat...just a thought...



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Danny Action1
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322 Posts

Posted - 22/07/2009 :  21:07:34  Show Profile  Click to see Danny Action1's MSN Messenger address  Reply with Quote
Oh lot of people with ceramics and infra red lamps.

Also with my heat mats and that i use foil tape underneath to reflect the heat back up if you now what i mean and i have no problems with my tepature at all even with heating my 50L rubs wich is thicker plastic

Cheers Danny

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dazb
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Posted - 22/07/2009 :  21:23:09  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
I use RUB's with mats set to 32-33*C and Ceramics with viv's set to 32*C...




Edited by - dazb on 22/07/2009 21:23:28
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chris100575
Sub Adult

United Kingdom
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Posted - 23/07/2009 :  09:23:46  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Princess has an infra-red bulb on a dimmer at 32*c. I used to drop the temp at night by 5*c, but since no-one else seemed to I stopped.

Feather has a mat under her faun on a Lucky Reptile Thermo Control Pro which is set to 32*c, but usually holds at about 28*c. After reading Danny's suggestion of the foil tape I'm going to stick some under the mat to see if that improves it, but she does seem to prefer the cool end anyway. She'll be getting either an infra-red or a ceramic when she's big enough for a viv.

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Danny Action1
Yearling

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Posted - 23/07/2009 :  13:36:03  Show Profile  Click to see Danny Action1's MSN Messenger address  Reply with Quote
Whats everyones view on keeping adult royals on heat mats??? mine are and they seem ok but some people say royals are to heavy for mats and they can burn them selfs how true is that??

Cheers Danny

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chris100575
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Posted - 23/07/2009 :  14:19:37  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
As long as the heatmats are on thermostats the snakes shouldn't burn themselves. The reason heatmats aren't recommended for adult pythons and boas is that they need a warm ambient temperature because they're heavily built. All a heatmat does is provide a warm spot on the floor and it's not enough for them.

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Danny Action1
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Posted - 23/07/2009 :  14:39:59  Show Profile  Click to see Danny Action1's MSN Messenger address  Reply with Quote
ok well im a heat mat man myself well aint got no choice in it as i have only a rack and all my royals seem fine all eating and shedding well so happy days

Cheers Danny

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Blackecho
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Posted - 23/07/2009 :  14:54:58  Show Profile  Click to see Blackecho's MSN Messenger address  Send Blackecho a Yahoo! Message  Reply with Quote
Also, heavily bodied snakes (such as Royals) can cause thermal blocking on heat mats making them overheat regardless of whether on a stat. I think that under RUBs this shouldn't be the case, only when the snake can come into direct contact with them.



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