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my stat only costed 25 quid.
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It was only yesterday i was arguing with customers about them needing a stat before getting a corn hatchling. Gave them the usual stuff... "25 quid on a stat or it's potential hundreds on vet bills" then they came out with "should it get that bad the dog can have it" at which point I said "lovely", turned my back on them and walked off. They then dumped there products they had chosen and walked out. Job well done I feel. At the end of the day the simple answer is YES! it's immature of experienced keepers to tell you that you don't just because they don't. They might be able to catch early signs of over heating but a new keeper won't. I have seen the damage first hand of what a heatmat can do to a snake that was on a wrongly set stat! I dread to think what it would of been like if it wasn't on a stat at all.
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Mine don't have stats atm, well they do in the other room but I have turned all my mats off untill it gets cooler anyways.
With the modern heat mats I say you must get a stat, they heat up 50% more than old ones (I have an ancient heat mat that is fine without a stat). But yes most mats these days heat up far too much.
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People may find it works without a stat but for me personally its better to have some control then none over the temps.
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03-07-2009, 10:48 PM
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stats
all heat sources should be on a stat i have 10 vivs and they all got stats on the mats, if you get a good one you can run a few vivs off it, ive only got 15 watt bulbs in my corn vivs but they are still on a stat because i love my snakes bevan
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gotta be honest, I did speak up for those not using a stat, said it was ok, but now I have stats on everything! better safe than sorry really, I see now. if money is an issue, forget heat mats, build a rack, one heat cable, one stat, lots of happy, safe snakes, not that expensive.
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