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Pythonwizard
Sub Adult
United Kingdom
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 Posted - 17/06/2011 : 21:17:31
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Monty is in a faunarium (we be upgrading to viv this month) i had to thermostats ine is non digital and that reads about 26-27 but in the cool end where i have digital one and am wondering if am sticking the sensor thing at in right place i am sticking it under bedding and it only reading 22
cna some post some tips or vid on where the temps stats should be
also am using a heat mat no bulb |
Edited by - Pythonwizard on 17/06/2011 21:58:25 |
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Lotabob
Royal Python Moderator
United Kingdom
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Posted - 17/06/2011 : 21:24:17
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Your digital one should be monitoring the hot end, put it as close to the heat mat as possible while keeping it inside the faun, basically under the substrate but there will only be a VERY thin layer of substrate in the hot end.
Do you use a thermostat? (Thermostats control the temperature of the heat source, thermometers measure the temperature only).
The best place for your dial thermometer is in the bin, they are totally useless, fauns don't fair much better in my opinion (for royals anyway). |
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Pythonwizard
Sub Adult
United Kingdom
650 Posts |
Posted - 17/06/2011 : 21:26:11
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| yerr a thermometer |
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Lotabob
Royal Python Moderator
United Kingdom
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Pythonwizard
Sub Adult
United Kingdom
650 Posts |
Posted - 17/06/2011 : 21:42:06
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| i don t have one |
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Pythonwizard
Sub Adult
United Kingdom
650 Posts |
Posted - 17/06/2011 : 21:46:47
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can i just ask question as well i picked him up just about 5mins ago and he was ok at first and then he start going bit wild moving his dead fast and the pooed
is this normal |
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Lotabob
Royal Python Moderator
United Kingdom
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Posted - 17/06/2011 : 21:48:17
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| You really do need one, or the heat mat can heat up to whatever temperature it feels like. I tested a 7 watt heat mat without a stat and it hit 37 degrees centigrade in 20 minutes and was still climbing when I decided it might start causing damage to the mat if I continued the experiment, far too hot, even for a Royal. So your shopping list has just grown, get yourself another digital thermometer, and a thermostat. Just out of interest take the digital thermometer you have doing nothing in the cool end under the substrate and put it in the hot end under the substrate and give it half an hour, see what temperature your hot end is hitting, its really important to know, if its over 35 degrees you have a problem. |
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Pythonwizard
Sub Adult
United Kingdom
650 Posts |
Posted - 17/06/2011 : 21:49:50
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| no it 30.7 |
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Lotabob
Royal Python Moderator
United Kingdom
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Posted - 17/06/2011 : 21:49:53
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Originally posted by Aaronefc97
can i just ask question as well i picked him up just about 5mins ago and he was ok at first and then he start going bit wild moving his dead fast and the pooed
is this normal
Probably just wanted put back down to go to the toilet. Though they are very head shy, did you get too close to the head? |
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Pythonwizard
Sub Adult
United Kingdom
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Posted - 17/06/2011 : 21:54:14
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| its neck and head just went wild it wernt corkscrewing but start moving fast first time acutely and first time its pooed and weed it had white ball in it aswell small |
Edited by - Pythonwizard on 17/06/2011 22:00:39 |
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Lotabob
Royal Python Moderator
United Kingdom
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Posted - 17/06/2011 : 22:04:34
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Those white balls are urates, snakes don't waste water so they dry out their wee before passing it, some are huge and you wonder how it ever gets out.
Without seeing it, its hard to say why he was moving his head but its probably just a royal wobble, it happens when they get over stimulated (I think). |
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prozacbear
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Help on temperatures ?/ strange behaviour
