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Zazu
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 Husbandry ?

I have my thermostat set on 95 degrees and that is what the probe reads under my substrate but my thermometer on top of my substrate , which is a piece of reptile carpet is only reading 80. Does this sound right or do I need to up my thermostat?



08/16/08  04:46pm

 #1833029


GA_Ball_Pythons
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   Message To: Zazu   In reference to Message Id: 1833019


 Husbandry ?

It’s possible

Deped on how reliable your thermometer is, as well as your thermostat, the thickness of the bottom of your enclosure, ambient temps, etc
08/16/08  04:52pm

 #1833055


Zazu
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   Message To: GA_Ball_Pythons   In reference to Message Id: 1833029


 Husbandry ?

I have a Helix DBS-1000 Proportional thermostat and but my thermometer is from Meijer and cost about 15 dollars so it may be that, but do you think that newspaper would warm up better than the reptile carpet?
08/16/08  05:25pm

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   Message To: Zazu   In reference to Message Id: 1833055


 Husbandry ?

I have never used carpet but I would think newspaper would be thinner so it might be warmer by using the newspaper...its worth a try. I use newsprint for my snakes and I dont have temp problems.
08/16/08  07:12pm

 #1833231


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   Message To: Zazu   In reference to Message Id: 1833055


 Husbandry ?

I never worked with reptile carpet- I use newspaper, I usually cover the bottom of the cage with a few sections of newspaper.

I am also not familiar with your thermometer brand- does it have a probe that you can place directly on top of the substrate in the cage above the UTH to get an curate reading? If the thermometer is on the side of the cage, you are not getting an accurate reading. The brand I use is Acurite- 13 bucks from walmart/lowes/home depot. This ha sa probe that you can place on the hot spot. Here is alink toi a website- tho it is WAY overpriced- this will let you see what I am talking about

Acurite thermomter

If yours does have a probe and you have it set up over the hot spot, perhaps the carpet is thick, or you may just have to turn up your t-stat. My t-stats are set to about 100, but cage only reads about 92.

:D

edf
08/16/08  08:17pm

 #1833260


Zazu
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   Message To: Edf   In reference to Message Id: 1833231


 Husbandry ?

thanks for the info, it is very helpful. Tomorrow i am going to switch back to newspaper because that is what I used before and I did’nt have a problem. I also will probably turn up my thermostat a little to see if that gives me what I want. again thanks.
08/16/08  08:34pm

 #1833263


Zazu
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   Message To: Jwsurfergirl   In reference to Message Id: 1833162


 Husbandry ?

Thanks for the info, I appreciate it and I am definetly going to switch back to newspaper because this reptile carpet is crap, LOL!!!!!
08/16/08  08:37pm


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