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Lighting, heating and thermostat for Stimson's python
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<blockquote data-quote="Sdaji" data-source="post: 2541740" data-attributes="member: 688"><p>Good advice above. </p><p></p><p>The setup you bought is actually dangerous for a snake.</p><p></p><p>Also dangerous is placing a snake enclosure next to a window. Many snakes are cooked in this way. If direct sunlight hits a glass enclosure it will be unlikely your snake will survive the first day. If it's a south-facing window or is always shaded, you'll likely still have issues with temperature extremes ans fluctuations. It's best to keep them away from windows, ideally against internal walls.</p><p></p><p>The good news if you're on a budget is that the ideal way to keep snakes is extremely cheap. Plastic tubs cost almost nothing, heat cords are cheap to buy and cords/mats are the cheapest thing to run, and the only expensive thing you need is a thermostat. </p><p></p><p>When keeping reptiles, temperature is by far the most important thing. You want it to be relatively stable, you want to avoid chills (if a hatchling can't escape the cold it will likely stop eating and/or get sick) and you absolutely must avoid high inescapable high temperatures (if they can't avoid high temperatures they will die).</p><p></p><p>They're very easy to keep, but you do need to do it properly. All glass enclosures are not bad for something like a dragon, but they're quite bad for a Stimson's, partly because they are not thermally insulative and partly because they are so exposed (Stimson's Pythons are particularly keen to be tucked away tightly in a rock crevice out of sight, they don't sit out in the open in the sun like a dragon). Many people also have small snakes escape from those hinge-doored glass enclosures. For a hatchling Stimson's I'd buy a 25cm plastic tub, a heat cord (you may prefer a mat and for just one snake it'll likely be easier) and use the thermostat you already have.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sdaji, post: 2541740, member: 688"] Good advice above. The setup you bought is actually dangerous for a snake. Also dangerous is placing a snake enclosure next to a window. Many snakes are cooked in this way. If direct sunlight hits a glass enclosure it will be unlikely your snake will survive the first day. If it's a south-facing window or is always shaded, you'll likely still have issues with temperature extremes ans fluctuations. It's best to keep them away from windows, ideally against internal walls. The good news if you're on a budget is that the ideal way to keep snakes is extremely cheap. Plastic tubs cost almost nothing, heat cords are cheap to buy and cords/mats are the cheapest thing to run, and the only expensive thing you need is a thermostat. When keeping reptiles, temperature is by far the most important thing. You want it to be relatively stable, you want to avoid chills (if a hatchling can't escape the cold it will likely stop eating and/or get sick) and you absolutely must avoid high inescapable high temperatures (if they can't avoid high temperatures they will die). They're very easy to keep, but you do need to do it properly. All glass enclosures are not bad for something like a dragon, but they're quite bad for a Stimson's, partly because they are not thermally insulative and partly because they are so exposed (Stimson's Pythons are particularly keen to be tucked away tightly in a rock crevice out of sight, they don't sit out in the open in the sun like a dragon). Many people also have small snakes escape from those hinge-doored glass enclosures. For a hatchling Stimson's I'd buy a 25cm plastic tub, a heat cord (you may prefer a mat and for just one snake it'll likely be easier) and use the thermostat you already have. [/QUOTE]
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