Hi,
I have been keeping snakes for a couple of years now, however, i've always had 2nd hand heat mats.
I recently bought 2 new heat mats and one of them feels unusually hot! So much so that i went out and bought an exo terra thermometer probe and placed the probe between the substrate and heat mat. I also bought a wall thermometer to monitor the air temperature. The probe started at 32 degrees C, which i thought was ok, however its been monitoring the temp for around 4 and a half hours now and its reached 45 degrees c! The air temp is only 28 degrees C at the hot end of her terrarium (exo terra 60 x 60 x 45) and the exo terra lamp which i have on top has non-heat bulbs in.
Please help, i dont want my corn to burn herself!!
By the way, she is nearly 3, shedding in full and regularly and takes food weekly - very healthy.
Thank you - any advice really appreciated!
I have been keeping snakes for a couple of years now, however, i've always had 2nd hand heat mats.
I recently bought 2 new heat mats and one of them feels unusually hot! So much so that i went out and bought an exo terra thermometer probe and placed the probe between the substrate and heat mat. I also bought a wall thermometer to monitor the air temperature. The probe started at 32 degrees C, which i thought was ok, however its been monitoring the temp for around 4 and a half hours now and its reached 45 degrees c! The air temp is only 28 degrees C at the hot end of her terrarium (exo terra 60 x 60 x 45) and the exo terra lamp which i have on top has non-heat bulbs in.
Please help, i dont want my corn to burn herself!!
By the way, she is nearly 3, shedding in full and regularly and takes food weekly - very healthy.
Thank you - any advice really appreciated!