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Coldthumb
at Mon Apr 7 17:01:42 2008 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by Coldthumb ]
>>My ball python is 10 years old, a year ago I built a custom enclosure which will house him for the rest of his life. I upgraded a few things and added a kane heat pad - 18" x 18", and 40 watts I believe. It's hooked up to a rheostat and set at the lowest setting, which is barely even warm to the human touch. My problem is: he never goes on it when it's on. The aspen bedding isn't covering it so it's fully exposed. It's been turned off since last October so his only source of heat is the overhead dome. Last night I turned the heat pad on and turned the spot light off... thinking maybe that area of the enclosure got too warm. Nope. He lays right next to the pad but not on it.
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>>I'm beginning to think this Kane pad is a waste of money and might sell it. Anyone else ever experience something similar to this? The only logical explanation I can come up with is: it's too hot. Which is hard to believe because when he was housed in an aquarium with an UTH that mother got so hot you couldn't touch the glass... of course he'd lay on it though.
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>>If you want to see pictures of my set up, go to my photo album. Any help is appreciated!
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>>Preston.
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Rheostats are notoriously bad for heat source control.
Look into getting a temp gun,and a thermostat..The thermostat will control the temp accurately,and the temp gun will show you the actual surface temperatures in the cage(So you can set the t-stat.)
If you had to choose just one of them for now/?.Then i would say get the temp gun..Since it will tell you exactly what is going on with the temps.(Which,is usually way off from what you might think.)
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Charles Glaspie
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RE: Ball python & Kane heat pad problem - Coldthumb, Mon Apr 7 17:01:42 2008