It's not as big as I thought so I've changed my mind on the type of snake I will get. I was going to go for an Eastern King but I think the viv will be too small as they can get quite big. The viv is 24" wide, 15" deep and 15" tall. So I'm going for a Florida King instead.
The viv came with a silk vine thing, a good knarly piece of log, hide, water bowl and a heat mat but no Stat.
So to the advice!
1. Is the viv ok for what I want? 2. The heat mat is a HabiStat 11"x11". Is this ok? 3. Will a Microclimate Ministat 100 be suitable? 4. I've seen various info online about heat mats. Is this one suitable to go under the substrate or does it need to go under the viv? 5. How deep should the substrate be? I can get up to 3.25" in the viv.
Thanks in advance for any answers! Sorry if they seem a bit daft but I want to do this right as it's my first snake. Last thing I want to do is screw it up and harm the snake. Any other advice is also welcome!
Go for the Habistat 100 watt Mat Thermostat. It is a couple of £ dearer but it is more stable than the MicroClimate.
The heat mat goes inside the viv with a shallow layer of substrate on top. 1/2" is more than enough as too much will act as insulation. The snake will scatter it around with burrowing anyway.
0.0.1 MBK : Fester 0.0.1 Florida King : Rattler (Rattle & Hum) 0.0.1 Californian King : Diablo Diego 1.0.0 Coastal Carpet Python : Vambo 0.0.1 Grey Rat Snake : Mirkey 0.0.3 Corn Snakes : Taggart, Woody & Blaze 0.2.0 Tarantulas : New River Red Rump. Red Chile Rose
Go for the Habistat 100 watt Mat Thermostat. It is a couple of £ dearer but it is more stable than the MicroClimate.
The heat mat goes inside the viv with a shallow layer of substrate on top. 1/2" is more than enough as too much will act as insulation. The snake will scatter it around with burrowing anyway.
I second this the habistat will cut in within 2c what you have at the moment works within I think 4 or 5c
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More Advice Please!
Posted - 10/09/2012 : 09:20:49
