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eyeball
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Posted - 15/11/2012 :  16:31:24  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Hi guys,

I'm gradually putting my plan together for a viv and for getting our little fella but something struck me the other day which I hope you can answer.

If I got a viv and found that it was too big for a hatchling and decided to put him in a rub inside the viv, how would he temperature regulate given that the space he was in was much smaller?

Conversely, if I went for just a rub, how do you heat it? I'm presuming that it would still have to be in some sort of tank/viv with heating and wouldn't you get the same issues as described above?

Many Thanks for all your help!!

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Danno91
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Posted - 15/11/2012 :  17:12:06  Show Profile  Click to see Danno91's MSN Messenger address  Reply with Quote
In theory you could put a rub in a Viv bit would need a lower wattage bulb than if you where heating the whole Viv

For heating of a single rub I would advise a heat mat, connected via a thermostat


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jimmer7
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Posted - 15/11/2012 :  17:41:05  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Place heat mat in viv on stat and place rub or faun 1/3 on the mat close glass doors.if you got a ceramic or spot light in your viv stated already you could just set it to 26 to help keep the air temp in this cold wether.

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hodgie
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Posted - 17/11/2012 :  21:44:46  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
As above, rub on a heat mat with a stat.
you dont need to keep a rub in a viv though, as long as the temps are ok everything will be fine. The rub needs 1/3 on the mat and 2/3 off.

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