Mat without regulation experiment...

[lefty_mussolini]

Trevor, glad to hear you like the Ultratherm. That is what I am getting with my Jungle Plastics cages. How do you attach them, or do you? Alan at JP said I could use aluminum (?) tape. Or would you just mount it on a floor tile and set that under the cage? The cage is plastic- ok for heat mats.

Nanci

I wouldn't attach them at all. Just set your enclosure on top of it. Plastic is fine. And if you don't attach it, you can use it on other enclosures later on.

 

[TripleMoonsExotic]

I think something to keep in mind when measuring the temperatures of a unregulated heat mat, the temperatures will fluctuate with the room temperature. So Tula, what were the room temperatures in your experiment?

*raises hand*

Mr Drizzt, Heat Rocks are not recommended because a reptile can wrap around it for warmth and the rocks do not provide ambient temperature so they remain on them but because they do not feel things the same way we do (ie pain) they do not know to remove themselves. That is why thermal burns are usually caused by heat rocks.

 

[lefty_mussolini]

Mr Drizzt, Heat Rocks are not recommended because a reptile can wrap around it for warmth and the rocks do not provide ambient temperature so they remain on them but because they do not feel things the same way we do (ie pain) they do not know to remove themselves. That is why thermal burns are usually caused by heat rocks.

And for that same reason, I have seen quite a few thermal burns on snakes that were a result of a unregulated, stick-on, ZooMed heat pad. With the temp gun, we have regularly read temps above 120* from these sorts of pads.

 

[Nanci]

I wouldn't attach them at all. Just set your enclosure on top of it. Plastic is fine. And if you don't attach it, you can use it on other enclosures later on.

Never thought of that. I guess the temp will be low enough to set directly on the wooden coffee table it's going on. With the cage on top of it.

Nanci

 

[Tula_Montage]

Steph, room temps range from 69 to 72

Nanci, I have never "stuck" a mat onto any of my cages? I always just set the mat down on the surface and place the tub on top? But I have heard of so many people asking if they should attatch the mat, I dont get it. In the racks the sprips are taped into place but thats understandable as you don't want them moving.

 

[TripleMoonsExotic]

And for that same reason, I have seen quite a few thermal burns on snakes that were a result of a unregulated, stick-on, ZooMed heat pad.

I dunno about you, but my snakes can't wrap around any heat mats I may use.

 

[lefty_mussolini]

I dunno about you, but my snakes can't wrap around any heat mats I may use.

True... but they can sit on top of glass that has reached a temp of 150*+ because of a stick on heat pad.

I'm not saying that heat rocks are not dangerous. I'm saying that the unregulated, stick on heat pads can be just as dangerous as the heat rocks. I have seen some pretty bad burns as a result of those heat pads.

Never thought of that. I guess the temp will be low enough to set directly on the wooden coffee table it's going on. With the cage on top of it.

Exactly