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Heat Mat question

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Toph_the_Red

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I got a heat mat and a temperature controller. Put the heat mat on the bottom of the glass tank and put the temperature probe inside the tank, under the substrate, right on the glass above the middle of the heat mat. Set the temperature to 85 degrees F.

My snake lays on top of the substrate and the temperature on top doesn't get up to 85 degrees due to the substrate insulating above the heat mat. It seems like I usually have been getting a reading around 80 to 81 degrees using a laser thermometer measuring the top of the substrate under the hide.

Should I turn up the heat mat some to get the substrate warmer or leave it as is? Right now she doesn't burrow any but I don't want her to get down on the glass and get too hot but I also want to make sure she has a warm enough place to go to aid in digestion.
 
You can safely set it to 87. That still gives a margin of error. Don't worry, your snake will find the warmest spot if it wants to.
 
Is it a separate thermometer probe or the stat probe that's inside the Viv ??


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Separate themometer probe. I always monitor my temps with a thermometer probe. I also check my thermometers against a known good one for accuracy before using them.
 
Dollysmom has great advice. I have a digital thermometer probe next to my thermostat probe under the warm hide, but I also check temps every couple of days with my infrared thermometer gun. That way I know my temps are good.

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zakdat said:
Dollysmom has great advice. I have a digital thermometer probe next to my thermostat probe under the warm hide, but I also check temps every couple of days with my infrared thermometer gun. That way I know my temps are good.

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Same ;)

Those £10 digital temp guns off eBay are fabulous little gadgets ..
 
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