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Simmy_82
Sub Adult
United Kingdom
1272 Posts |
 Posted - 02/08/2011 : 11:02:36
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| Habistat Mat Stat - Around £20 ish give or take. |
 
0.1.0 - Cat - Tallulah
0.0.1 - Carolina Corn Snake - Lilith |
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awlred
Hatchling
United Kingdom
118 Posts |
Posted - 02/08/2011 : 11:09:37
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I got mine from Internet Reptile. £20.99 + £2.40 shipping got it within 48 hours and that's more to do with a naff postal service on my end.
Best coupled up with a digital thermometer probe (which I got for £3.50 off eBay) so that you know you're set up well.
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 0.0.1 Amel Corn Snake - Essfer
0.1.0 Wife Jules/Squeefluff
0.0.100s Coffee Things ;)Milton Keynes, Bucks |
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Vixyg
Hatchling
United Kingdom
259 Posts |
Posted - 02/08/2011 : 13:36:15
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| i got my stats on ebay for £20 and free postage and they arrived next day both times i ordered them. they are microclimate ministat 100 and work very well. |
 
0.1.0 miami corn (Chilli)
1.0.0 snow corn (Charlie)
1.0.0 cat (Sprout)
1.0.0 fiance (Matt)
1.0.0 Offspring (Jordan) |
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Tallscientist
Egg
United Kingdom
58 Posts |
Posted - 02/08/2011 : 15:49:19
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| It was the same for me. The guy at the reptile shop basically said to me "You don't need a stat in this country". Like it doesn't get warm enough to warrant one! :( |
 
1.0.0 Rootbeer snake - Domino
0.0.40 Hoya plants |
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kerry84
Egg
United Kingdom
57 Posts |
Posted - 10/09/2011 : 02:38:57
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aww poor thing see i was told by several driffrent people i didnt even need a heat mat???? but i was like nooo they need one i dont have a thermostat can any one tell me how they work as im soooooooooooo confused reading so many driffrent things about them
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kdlang
Fully Grown Corn
United Kingdom
3556 Posts |
Posted - 10/09/2011 : 14:26:01
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| A thermostat is a little box with a dial on it which you use you set the required temperature. It has 3 cables running from it, one is a power cable, one is a cable with a socket on the end and one has a probe on the end. You thread the probe through a hole in the viv and place it on top of the heatmat. you plug your heatmat into the socket and then plug the stat into your mains. the heatmat will heat to the temperature set and then the thermostat will turn the heatmat off until it drops a couple of degrees and then it will swtich on again. That way it regulates the temperature of the heatmat so that it can't overheat. |
4.1.0 corns - Izzy (Carolina) Alice (Amel) Peanut (Butter Motley) Swayze (Ghost) Carmellia (Butter Motley)
0.1.0 cat - Kizzy
1.0.0 Dog - Dobbie
Location - Chesterfield, Derbyshire
www.support-dogs.org.uk |
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Scottishlewis
Snake Mite
United Kingdom
35 Posts |
Posted - 12/07/2012 : 21:54:43
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| Thats terrible.. thank goodness I use a stat.. if your going to have an exotic pet then you should be prepared to spend the money on getting the proper requirements! |
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scorpyshake
Egg
United Kingdom
87 Posts |
Posted - 13/07/2012 : 08:48:43
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| STICKY this thread, even as a novice myself, I dont understand some people, are they really that stupid ? it doesn't hurt to read up about things or ask questions before investing in a pet, crikey, that poor snake, I really couldn't live with the guilt of neglecting anything, I hope they dont have children either, because in my eyes, if you can neglect an animal then they could neglect a child too, so sad, I hope the snake is ok now and has a loving home, poor thing |
0.0.1 Amel
0.0.1 Snow
1.1.0 Bloodred/diffussed
1.0.0 English Mastiff x Rottweiller |
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oakleyman18
Yearling
828 Posts |
Posted - 13/07/2012 : 09:14:44
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| It is stickied, has been just about since its creation! Hence why it's at the top. |
Oscar Morrell
0.1.0. Tessera het Caramel Diffused Hypo ph Amel Anery CB'12 "Cassi", 0.1.0. Diffused Powder CB'12 "Ruby"
0.1.0. Normal Stripe, het Hypo, Amel, Lavender CB'11 "Amber", 1.0.0. Lavender Stripe het Diffused Anery Amel Hypo CB'11 "Pluto"
1.0.0. Hypo Opal Ph Stripe CB'12 "Hops", 1.0.0. Caramel Stripe het Amel CB'08 "Jasper", 1.0.0. Opal Stripe het Anery CB'09 "Topaz"
0.1.0. Amel Stripe het Caramel CB'09 "Poppy", 0.1.0. Tessera het Amel Lavender Stripe ph Diffused Hypo Anery CB'12 "Amethyst" |
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Sta~ple
qeeun speler
United Kingdom
6129 Posts |
Posted - 23/07/2012 : 19:41:53
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Originally posted by scorpyshake
STICKY this thread, even as a novice myself, I dont understand some people, are they really that stupid ? it doesn't hurt to read up about things or ask questions before investing in a pet, crikey, that poor snake, I really couldn't live with the guilt of neglecting anything, I hope they dont have children either, because in my eyes, if you can neglect an animal then they could neglect a child too, so sad, I hope the snake is ok now and has a loving home, poor thing
You would be surprised. Not everyone is stupid, they believe what there petshop tells them and put trust into people they think are experts, I did. People even faced with these pictures sometimes refuse to get a stat. |
   
A very special super, duper thanks for K :3 |
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andria2013
Hatchling
United Kingdom
219 Posts |
Posted - 29/04/2013 : 13:30:28
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| I was just at myvets today and the vet told me better not to use a thermostat but to get heatmats that i could use under the viv and not inside , due to when it switches heatat bk on its puts it on full power so more likely to burn snake more . i got Robin n Albion 2 weeks ago and no digital thermometers no thermostat nothing . so not sure wat to do . |
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Dancross0
Sub Adult
United Kingdom
1315 Posts |
Posted - 29/04/2013 : 15:57:46
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Originally posted by andria2013
I was just at myvets today and the vet told me better not to use a thermostat but to get heatmats that i could use under the viv and not inside , due to when it switches heatat bk on its puts it on full power so more likely to burn snake more . i got Robin n Albion 2 weeks ago and no digital thermometers no thermostat nothing . so not sure wat to do .
Your vet is a bit strange. A mat under a wooden viv would have to work at full capacity to get heat into the viv, what with wood being quite good at insulating...
A stat cuts the power to a mat when it reaches the temp it has been set to, and applies power when the temp drops, so unless the probe is moved off the mat, it will keep it around the desired temp.
TL;DR. Get a stat. |
Aguna CB11 Anery - Typhon CB12 Amber - Plissken CB08 Carolina - Iara CB11 Caramel
Indra CB12 Lavender (?) - Evren CB12 Carolina (?) - Ophis CB11 Hypo Lavender - Sirae CB11 Ghost Motley
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andria2013
Hatchling
United Kingdom
219 Posts |
Posted - 29/04/2013 : 21:43:52
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| well thats wat I thought, but yh thats wat the vet said ,. and she keeps snakes herself . im getn 1 anyway s its oki . |
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Kellog
the nice one
United Kingdom
7308 Posts |
Posted - 30/04/2013 : 07:29:19
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Unfortunately you get so much conflicting advice from different people....and a lot of it is wrong advice and even comes from so-called specialists, like vets, breeders and people in reptile shops  . I use the word 'wrong', but there isn't any right or wrong really, it's down to what you think is best....but with a lot of things, like this, the majority agree and can't understand any other view.
As Dancross said, a heatmat under the wooden viv would have to work so much harder to reach the right heat within the viv, it's much more likely to malfunction or cause a problem. And as for not using a thermostat....the heatmat will only heat to the temperature you programme the thermostat to, so unless you put it up as far as it goes what your vet has said won't happen. The important thing is to make sure the probes are secure, as Dan has said.
I'm glad you're still going to get the stat. If I'm told something by as so-called 'expert', I always check it out on here....and I'm glad you are doing the same  .
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