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i just though of those heating pads you can buy at walmart and target that are big, inexpinsine and have a heat control on them. anyone have experience with them?
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1.3 leopard geckos
1.0 jungle carpet python

typo sorry, *inexpinsive*
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1.3 leopard geckos
1.0 jungle carpet python

I used them for quite a few years before I finally got the heat tape installed..They have good and bad points, probably mostly bad..They overheat easily and one side can register at 88 degrees and another side of a heat pad can be 116 degrees so you have to check the heat DAILY in more than one spot..Also I notice that the heatpads that I used for a long time turn burnt brown so thats not to good either..I still use one human heat pad on a 20long for a yearling kingsnake, but he stays on low and doesnt need to use it much..

just be sure and buy smoke detectors to install in all rooms with tanks,,,which is a given and should be used even with flexwatt...I dont really trust either one as far as fire hazards go..
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have an automatic shutoff when they overheat and wont work at all for your snakes..I made that mistake with a ball python and the poor thing got real cold because the pad shut off in the middle of the night.. The old style dont have that and those work best...
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