heating pads - Tortoise Forum
2007年8月15日 · do you use heating pads for your tortoises when its cold? i saw a man using a couple of heating pads for his galapagos tortoises recently. i didnt think it was really cold enough for that here in SoCal (especially in the summer). if …
Undertank heating pad Vs Heat tape - Tortoise Forum
2014年7月3日 · Hey peeps, looking to pick some brains. As a tortoise keeper I have zero need for, therefore zero knowledge about under tank heating pads and or heat tape/rope. However..... I have started a colony of Dubia Roaches to breed and feed my Chameleon and my box turtles. These roaches won't breed until you get there temps up to 90 degrees.
Heating questions for outside sulcata winter enclosure! Pads, …
2010年7月14日 · What is the best heating source for this application. I see pig blanket proponents say that they can burn the bottom of the tortoise while I also here from ceramic heater proponents that you can burn the tops of tortoises. I like the Stanfield® Heat Pad and/or heat panel idea better simply because of electricity consumption.
Is my redfooted dying? - Tortoise Forum
2024年9月18日 · No heating pads or anything like that. We do have a "repti fogger" to help keep humidity levels up since we were struggling with keeping humidity above 50% even when spraying the substrate down multiple times a day.
Why is a heat pad harmful? | Tortoise Forum
2020年11月13日 · Lack of safety and burns are why you don't use heat pads for small tortoises indoors. These products fail on a regular basis. In the wild when the sun heats the earth's surface and they want to cool down, they dig down into the cooler earth. Even a few inches down is significantly cooler than the surface. If it gets hotter, they dig down more.
Need Battery Powered heating pad - Tortoise Forum
2009年8月29日 · There is a reason that few heating systems run on batteries- they would just drain too quickly to be practical. If you need more heat but cannot move it or wire it up, you might consider a thermal heat sink- dark-colored thick slab of concrete well-insulated on the sides, that would warm up during the day and release heat at night.
Beware of Heating Pads for Box Turtles | Tortoise Forum
2012年8月23日 · RE: Beware of Heading Pads for Box Turtles This is a real shame, Sylvia. I'm so sorry this happened. Baby box turtles dehydrate VERY quickly. It was a combination of the dry heating pad, probably dry substrate, and a dry baby. I use a seed tray warmer inside my baby box turtle habitat. A seed tray warmer is a plastic sheet with heat coils inside.
Looking for the BEST Heating pad for sulcata? Opinions?
2011年5月2日 · Two years under the Sulcatas and they are holding up fine. I also have a large Stansfield pad and it is defiantly higher quality and more robust. The Kane pads and zoomed pads have the same type of construction. The Stansfield pads are thinner and molded one piece, making them more water resistant and more durable in my opinion.
Setting Up a Good Tank For My Russian? - Tortoise Forum
2024年4月2日 · Right now his enclosure is a plastic storage bin that's about 1 ft wide, 2 1/2-3 ft long, and 1ft tall. The lid is the lid for the bin with the middle cut out and replaced with a somewhat thick wire mesh. For substrate I use the ZooMed reptile bark. Heating and UV are both on during the day, I turn it on when I wake up and turn it off
Where to find heating pad or blanket | Tortoise Forum
2022年10月11日 · Since 1998, weâve been manufacturing a line of products specially designed for pets, including solutions for pet heating. Kane Pet Heat Mats are the ideal heating solution for your dog, cat, turtle, snake, or other reptile.