If we can get a little participation on this, that would be great from some of you who do NOT use Flexwatt.



The type of cage does not matter. The bigger the snake you have to check this on, the better.



- The Flexwatt needs to be on to feel this. Probably any resistor type heater will cause this same effect.

- You need to be in bare feet on concrete or tile to feel this.

- Now with the heater running, very very gently just barely touch your Boa that is sitting on the heat. Sort of like you are sneaking up on the wife and pretending to be a spider crawling up her neck.



You will feel a very gentle little tingly feeling. Almost like an electrical shock, though it's not that. I have used an ohm meter on the lowest setting on both AC and DC and the needle didn't move a tick. So that is not what it is. The Boas definitely feel it as they will pull away from you as you do this. Have someone else turn off the heater and you will not be able to feel it. Turn it back on and you will feel it again. You are going to be grinning as you do this and you will have to tell someone else. IT's really very strange.



Do NOT try this on your Gaboon Vipers! It does not work on venomous so don't even think about it! LOL Glad I remembered to include a disclaimer! Thank you legal department!



It's been a long time since I checked this. I was using melamine cages with newspaper substraight and 1" of kitty litter very the Flexwatt that was stapled to the floor of the cage. Not the safest at the time but oh well. Anyhow, I could still feel that sensation all the way through that paper and kitty litter. I am about 90% sure I could not feel it if I had tennis shoes on, but was a long time ago last time I checked it. I'll bet you would get the same this with any resistor type heater.



So, what is it? I don't know! It's a mystery! I do not know what it is and have no idea. But it is really weird.



Now try this yourself and report back on your crazy results.



Don't bother on carpet or wood. I am pretty sure you need to be grounded. But then again, that was a long time ago that I tested all this stuff and my memory is failing. One thing I do remember though, Rob Tudehope is the one that found this and told me about it. Rob is the most keenly attuned to his animals herper I know. I have learned many Boa mysterys from Rob. Aside from being almost as old as I am, he is one of the really old school Boa guys too, making a turn strictly to the dark side and Surinam Red Tail breeding exclusively in around 1996 or so. Rob are you out there and can you feel that same sensation with radiant heat panels?



I really should do a video on this tingly Boa thing but somebody night think I'm weird if I do. I don't want anyone to think that!
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