Posted by:
VinnyButch
at Wed Nov 5 12:45:04 2008 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by VinnyButch ]
As long as the thread is about heating Burm cages, I thought I might try to pick a few brains myself.
With either overhead heating or belly heat, how would one use a thermostat to keep the temperatures at optimum levels? Specifically, how would you position the heat sensing probe? If you put it on the floor of the cage (on the hot side, of course), the snake would shield it from the overhead heat, thus causing the temps to rise. If it's belly heat, the snake laying on top of the probe would trap heat in between the tape and it's belly, causing another mis-read and having the temps drop too low. At least that's the way it works (or doesn't work) in my head.
Do you just adjust the heat output from outside the cage until it reaches a satisfactory level, then hope things stay within range when a snake takes up residence?
Vinny
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