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| stumpy |
Posted - 17/03/2011 : 16:05:12
Hi newbie here. My name is Jean I have a corn at the moment. I am thinking of having a royal any info would be appreciated. I have a habitat therm on my corn, but i see from the care sheet i need a pulse thermostat is this the same? no heat mat, ceramic heater only is this correct. Look forward to your replies thx. |
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| stumpy |
Posted - 18/03/2011 : 11:11:51
thx everyone will let u know when i get one, or if i hit any more questions |
| sandi |
Posted - 17/03/2011 : 20:56:02
Hello,
Agree with bats, best to go with ceramic with a pulse stat or temp stat. or IR with dimmer stat. I use habistat and one of each, both are reliable.
Good luck. |
| STICKS |
Posted - 17/03/2011 : 18:07:15
Hi there and welcome to the family. |
| n/a |
Posted - 17/03/2011 : 16:42:14
Hi Stumpy and welcome to the forum.
In a viv, the heatmat goes directly into the viv, and needs to be statted of course. The mat mustn't be put underneath a viv or it can overheat, even when statted. For the same reason, a royal, unlike slender corns, gets to be too fat round the middle for a heatmat in a viv to be safe. Reptile heatmats, even when statted, can overheat if a bulky snake lies on them. The snake won't sense the danger or even feel pain until badly burned, as its main heat sense is in the pits below its nostrils that are like radar for sensing the body heat of prey. A statted mat is fine underneath a rub as the airspace between it and the rub prevents this overheating.
In a viv your royal needs infra red or lightless ceramic bulb heating (guarded and statted.) - amendment - IR are run with dimmer, ceramic usually with pulse stats, but there is a good sticky on general keeping section re stats.
Don't know about strips on the wall - perhaps someone else can advise on this?
All the best. |
| stumpy |
Posted - 17/03/2011 : 16:24:33
If i have an adult it will go into a 3 x 2 x 2 wooden viv, could i put a heat mat underneath then? or do i get strips mats for the wall? |
| louise32 |
Posted - 17/03/2011 : 16:09:54
Welcome to the forum.
I have my baby royal in a rub with a heatmat underneath and I am using a mat stat.
You would need another thermostat anyway for your royal even if you used a heatmat as Royals require a higher warm end temp than Corns. |
