Okay time to move the big girls to there new home. I setup a huge rack in the livingroom with heat tape and a ranco duel. My personal fave. My room does get cold at nights living in idaho I try to keep it seventy. What should I set my thermostate to I was thinking 97 degrees is that fine???? What substrate do you guys all use? I was thinking newpaper? I want my four girls to be okay even in cold nights should I put plastic on the windowS?
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Heating new setup please help
cm_reptiles
Mar 22, 2008 06:42 PM
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Morgans Boas
Mar 22, 2008 09:42 PM
Before you move them in, you should spend a few days watching the temps on both sides of the cage and at the warmest and coolest times of the day. Having a temperature gun is needed as well as a digital thermometer with a probe. You can get good temp guns at hardware stores for much less than reptile vendors.
Personally I think that the room has to be close to 80 to keep the hot side and cool side of the rack within their desired perameters.
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Slithering_Serpents
Mar 29, 2008 01:25 PM
Good advice there. Watch the temps for a few days before moving the snakes in. I keep my room at 80F and I have double pane windows and I live in California. Think about keeping the room warmer, and think about a way to keep the room heat constant even when you're not there. That way it won't get cold at night anymore. Some kind of thermostat is necessary. You can put a Ranco on a space heater if necessary.
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