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duh duh duh · 02-18-2007, 02:33 PM

I don't know farenheit that well so I'll stick with Celcius.

I've got a crocodile skink right now and have it in a large octagon enclosure. I had under tank heaters but they were absolutely terrible. I don't think I'll ever use another one. What a complete waste of money.

I can get the cage to about 27-29 with a basking light and a ceramic heat emitter. The Ceramic is on 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and it keeps the base heat in the enclosure to be about 23-25.

With a snake though the ceramic heat emitter hanging into the tank is not a good idea as the snake may climb onto the ceramic heat emitter or crawl out the lid where the cords go, or both.

When I do get a garter I'll be putting it in the same cage and getting rid of my skink so I thought I'd want to know what people are doing and how they are doing it.

02-18-2007, 02:33 PM	#6 (permalink)
duh duh duh Never shed Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 49	Re: Temperatures I don't know farenheit that well so I'll stick with Celcius. I've got a crocodile skink right now and have it in a large octagon enclosure. I had under tank heaters but they were absolutely terrible. I don't think I'll ever use another one. What a complete waste of money. I can get the cage to about 27-29 with a basking light and a ceramic heat emitter. The Ceramic is on 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and it keeps the base heat in the enclosure to be about 23-25. With a snake though the ceramic heat emitter hanging into the tank is not a good idea as the snake may climb onto the ceramic heat emitter or crawl out the lid where the cords go, or both. When I do get a garter I'll be putting it in the same cage and getting rid of my skink so I thought I'd want to know what people are doing and how they are doing it.