Heating

[Guest]

Rocky is a columbian Red Tailed Boa, and right now I have her temps at an ok level but they are not optimal. I would like to heat things up another 5 degrees F. I have Rocky in a Lizar Lounge that measures 4'Lx18"Wx2'H. I have a zoomed undertank heating pad #RH 6 along with a 100watt T-Rex day heating lamp bulb. At night I use the heating pad along with a 100watt T-Rex red day/night heating lamp bulb.

Any suggestions on how to raise the temps another 5 degress?

[SaKSTa]

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It is a little hard to raise the temps that little, but maybe putting cage a little in the sun, ( not much ) but a little would warm it up.

[Damian]

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what is a lizard lounge? is that the caging that is made out mesh?

[Guest]

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A lizard lounge is an all glass enclosure made by Oceanic Systems Inc. I don't have a digital camera yet but I can give you their website address.
Their web address:  

www.oceanicsystems.com  

[ClayEnglish]

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I would attempt to change the heating lamp and use a CHE. They seem to provide better ambient heat and they can be left on 24X7.

I never used the heat lamps. Too volitale and pretty expensive for as often as you have to replace them. A CHE may cost more up front but they last a long long time. I have had CHE's in place for over 3 years now and they are still going strong. Of course they are regulated to provide the perfect heat requirements.

[Guest]

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I am thinking of trying 150watt heat lamp bulbs instead of the 100watt. I have been talking with the pet store that sold me the Boa and vivarium. We both think a 150watt would definitly give me the temps I need. But he is consulting some people he know to see if it will provide too much heat. If that is the case, and they will provide too much heat I may try the Ceramic heat emitters. So I'll see what I can do and tell you all how it goes in a couple of days. thanks all.

[Damian]

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if you decide to use a 150 watt bulb you should hook it up to a rheostat this way you can regulate the temps. all heating devices should be hooked up to a rheostat.

[SaKSTa]

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Get a Ceramic Heater Like Clay said, I have one that is a 60 watt for my baby Boa and it works perfect. I keep it on 24 hours.

[Guest]

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The Pet shop saide that the light fixture for the Lizard lounges can't take 150watts so I am going to go with the Ceramic Heat Emitter. The only question is with an all glass top, what lighting can I use to provide the Day light cycle?

[Mikey]

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i am going to be using a 4' flourescent in my new set up, the fixture i am going to be getting from Home Depot and the cost is about $30 ( that is canadian dollars so american it would be about $2. lol )
it worked well for my fish tank set up, infact i had to reduce the bulb size because it was to intense and producing to much alge. some people say that snakes do not benifit from the effects of using a full spectrum bulb, but i figure it won't hurt either. the bulbs should be replaced every year because they loose their ability to produce the full spectrum of light after about 1 year even though the bulb still seems to work fine.
hopefully i have shed some light ;D on the topic, good luck!!

[SaKSTa]

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You dont need a light, let the light that is in your room act as the natural light hours and **** like that. Just keep your window open.

[Guest]

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I'll be picking up the 100watt CHE on wednesday this week. As for the left over 100watt Red heat lamp bulbs, I'll be giving those to my Ball Python named Crusher that I have had for exactly 1 year as this month. She is shedding this week last time I measured her she was 28 1/2 inches in length. I am guessing she grew another 1inche and a half, but I'll still go ahead and measure her. I feed on saturdays, luckily her eyes didn't turn milky yet so she fed last week. I have been feeding her small rats. The one thing I hate is having to remove ticks. I had crusher mite and tick free and then I found a small tick on her near her belly scales. It was such a pain to get of becuase it was wedge underneath the scales, but with the aid of tweezers I got it off. My Red tail named Rocky is so different when it comes to eating I swear Rocky is an eating machine. Rocky eats, defecates, and is ready for another feeding. One time I dropped a mouse in there for Rocky to eat and Rocky caught the thing as it was dropping. any way thanks for all the advise. I tell everyone how thing work out with the temps later this week. ;D

[SaKSTa]

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Dang messed up! Changing my wordz around are we. Well anyhow.... That light set up sounds good.

[Guest]

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I just put in the CHE. It is a 100watts. So hopefully it will heat things up right. As far as the day cycle goes I will try just using the lights I have on in my room and see how Rocky reacts. If Rocky likes it, then I won't bother getting a florescent light.

[SaKSTa]

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Sounds good