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Hey Everyone,
I just got my second snake. She is a beautiful Cay Caulker 2 year old female boa. Probably one of the most beautiful and friendly snakes I have ever seen. I have also had a ball python for a little over five months now, and he seems to be doing extremely well. He eats hearty, and appears alert and very healthy.
My question is on thermostats. I tried using a 50W infared bulb with no thermostat, but the cage always got too hot. I keep the entire room between 80 and 85 all year by means of a small ceramic space heater. I stopeed using the heat lamp because I worry about overheating, and the snake seems to be doing well without it. I suspect though that they both would do even better over the long haul if I did use an additional heat source on one end of the tank. So that means a thermostat. Actually two, one for each snake. Who makes a good thermostat? Are the Zoo Med thermostats any good? They are very reasonably priced it seams at about $35-$40 each, but I don't want to buy a piece of junk for such an important function. I also don't want to waste any more money if I don't need to.
Both snakes are currently housed in 20L glass aquariums. I know that the boa will eventually outgrow the tank she is in, and I will eventually move her to a large plastic or wood snake tank made for larger snakes. I just mention the size and type of tank here so you snake experts can better understand my thermostat needs. Ideally I would like the units I buy (thermostats) to work just as well in the 20L aquariums as they would in a 4' specialty snake enclosure. I will however always keep both snakes in display tanks and will never be moving to any type of rack system. Thank you in advance for your advice.
I just got my second snake. She is a beautiful Cay Caulker 2 year old female boa. Probably one of the most beautiful and friendly snakes I have ever seen. I have also had a ball python for a little over five months now, and he seems to be doing extremely well. He eats hearty, and appears alert and very healthy.
My question is on thermostats. I tried using a 50W infared bulb with no thermostat, but the cage always got too hot. I keep the entire room between 80 and 85 all year by means of a small ceramic space heater. I stopeed using the heat lamp because I worry about overheating, and the snake seems to be doing well without it. I suspect though that they both would do even better over the long haul if I did use an additional heat source on one end of the tank. So that means a thermostat. Actually two, one for each snake. Who makes a good thermostat? Are the Zoo Med thermostats any good? They are very reasonably priced it seams at about $35-$40 each, but I don't want to buy a piece of junk for such an important function. I also don't want to waste any more money if I don't need to.
Both snakes are currently housed in 20L glass aquariums. I know that the boa will eventually outgrow the tank she is in, and I will eventually move her to a large plastic or wood snake tank made for larger snakes. I just mention the size and type of tank here so you snake experts can better understand my thermostat needs. Ideally I would like the units I buy (thermostats) to work just as well in the 20L aquariums as they would in a 4' specialty snake enclosure. I will however always keep both snakes in display tanks and will never be moving to any type of rack system. Thank you in advance for your advice.