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viperbitex
at Thu Nov 9 09:56:02 2006 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by viperbitex ]
hi. I've been keeping snakes for almost 5 years now and have always used mainly red heat lights as a heat sorce, at the same time as small heating pads for when my snakes digest. I've never ever had a problem with resp. inections. I've been reading other people posts, and what I've gathered, is that a lot of you hardcore (thats a compliment) snake keepers that have years and tons more experience then I, use only heat pads and ditch the lights entirely. I'm just wondering how you keep your ampiant temps where they need to be. In my head, if I were to just use big heat pads, so that the boas body get to a nice and comfortable temp, without a heat light, how can I make sure that the air that they are breathing in is warm enough so that they don't get a r.i. from the air temp in the cage is too cold, even if the heat pads are keeping their bodies warm enough. I hope that this paragraph made sence =)
Also, I have a 75 gallong glass tank that I have 2 '04 females in, and a 20 gallon for my dh sunglow male. Several people are saying to forget about the glass cages and get wood. why??
Thank you!! Sorry this is so long, I'm just trying to learn how to make sure I'm taking the best care of my babies that I can.
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 lights vs pads - viperbitex, Thu Nov 9 09:56:02 2006
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