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[JohnC]

I use ceramics for all my snakes including corns and attain correct temperatures at all times.
Ceramics heat everything in the viv including the air and the snakes and belly heat is not required.
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John
Oldest member, been keeping reptiles for 36 years.
Carpets, royals, rainbow boas, corns, milks, ackies and leos.

[Greenphase]

When i used to keep corns i would always have the heatmat inside the viv.Making sure it was well stuck down with double sided tape and then some tape over the whole mat so that nothing could get into it.It would then be on a mat stat and i would also use a gaurded spot light to raise the hotspot during the day.Always above the mat.I would also usually place a fairly large stone under the spotlight so that this heated up during the course of the day.I have done the same thin in the past with smaller boas and burms and found it worked well.I found that doing it this way even a 4 foot viv would not need a ceramic heater as long as the room it was placed in didnt drop below 65 degrees over night.I have also never used uv lights in with my snakes as i feel there is no need for it.
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Ryan

[Lynne]

thats what i do with my mats greenphase. but i only use mats. also i have discovered i must have caught the dial on the royals stat when i stepped off stool. i need stool to get to top shelf on my rack, and when i stepped off i must have caught the knob with my foot or trousers.
i make sure they are well covered so no water can get to them.
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[Greenphase]

[Young_Gun]

[Jezz]

Unfortunately, I have to agree here with the above post.
Your hand will get hotter than the pad, for the very fact the heat is continuous.

However, there is not much you can do other than a stat and mat other than heat panels, so no point arguing about it?
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2.1.0 Python Regius
1.0.0 Boa Constrictor Imperator
0.0.1 Lampropeltis getulus californiae
1.0.0 Pantherophis guttata guttata
0.1.0 Eublepharis macularius
0.1.0 Testudo hermanni
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[Lynne]

well i have moved the stat to higher than where it was. i reckon i was stepping down from stool and caught the knob on my trouser leg.
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[JohnC]

Lynne, I have all my stats inside the vivs and to prevent the setting from being disturbed accidentally, I use a bit of Blutack.
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John
Oldest member, been keeping reptiles for 36 years.
Carpets, royals, rainbow boas, corns, milks, ackies and leos.

[loxocemus]

So there has obviously never been any snakes that have cooked themselves on mats by not moving off them then eh?

The fact there is countless threads and pictures on the net stating so, usually in heavy bodied snakes like boas and royals.

If you leave your hand on a mat non stop for days you would burn your hand, the constant heat would deteriorate the skin until it started to burn.

LoL thats it, thats all u can come up with

[Lynne]