okay now my friends snake passed on. hes blaming me. I stuck an exoterra heating pd[looks like heat tape] on a ceramic tile controlled by a homemade dimmer. could it have been my fault? what do snakes like who are burned etc. the heating pad was inside the enclousure covered with bark chips. to me it seems a coincedence. it happend less then 24 hours a ago. maybe internal parasites. pics of what happens to a snake would be appreciated.
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is it okay to stick a heating pad in a boas cages.
mopar
Apr 12, 2005 01:47 PM
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Dogbert0051
Apr 12, 2005 03:00 PM
okay now my friends snake passed on. I stuck an exoterra heating pd[looks like heat tape] on a ceramic tile controlled by a homemade dimmer.
Define home made dimmer for me. Did you take a wall dimmer and wire it in manually? Anyway, how hot was this pad getting to? And did it cover the entire bottom of the tank or just one side. what were the ambient air temps in the cage
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pinkerton
Apr 12, 2005 10:07 PM
It would take some VERY extensive burning to kill a boa. Usually the burned area turns pink or red immediately after the burn. Then the flesh may turn brown or even white (depends on the severity of the burn and the color of the animal). Then eventually this flesh will slough off, either on its own or with a shed, leaving a pink wound that will be replaced eventually by scar tissue. Usually a snake doesn't die as a direct result of being burned. Infection can set in to an untreated wound that could result in death, but this takes time. I highly doubt your use of a heat pad, proper or not, killed the snake.
Brian
