my stat on my heatmat has broke so temperatures are soaring. i cant get it replaced for a few days is it ok to turn the heat mat off and just use the bulb till i can get stat. the bulb has a guard. i just dnt want the heatmat to burn the snake
unfortunately not but its only 25 watt and temp doesnt get too hot the guard is big and because of the smallness of the bulb, u cant feel any heat on the guard i just thought it would be safer her on a warmish guard than boiling heatmat shes 9 weeks old today so only small
I would consider under 20*C to be possibly harmful, but not life threatening. Over 35*C could be a danger. If you keep it in a warm room until you get another stat it will be fine.
Kerrie, you really are not having much luck with your snake set up. As a rule of thumb you should not use any heat source without some control over the temperature. I am sure in some of your posts the others on here have asked you to post some pictures of your set up,if you could do this along with a list of the equipment you have available it would be really helpfull for answering your questions and finding a temporary solution until you can replace your stat.
broken matstat!!!!
Posted - 16/09/2009 : 18:37:38
