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Lyn W

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We've always mounted our RHPs on side walls. Heat rises, and I don't think the heat panel would be close enough to the tortoise's back if on the ceiling. RHPs need something in front of them to radiate the heat off of, they don't heat the air around them - they reflect the heat off of something.
I did wonder about that but is there a possibility the torts could get burnt if they lie against it?
 

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Are you sure you can’t find a similar heat made for hogs or dogs there? I’m sure ive seen them advertised in UK sports magazines?

Take a look at this info here, re Osborne heat mats

The company I work for here in the US has manufactured a very high quality Fiberglass heat pad (Stanfield brand) featuring a molded-in element for over 30 years. These pads are available in a variety of sizes/models to fit farrowing & weaning pens of many types. They can be used with or without our and others manual rheostatic or auto-thermostatic controls.
In the UK, you may contact our sister company, Osborne Europe, Ltd. at their offices in Tyne & Wear (Newcastle) by phone: (191) 259-6222, Fax ...2900, or by email, [email protected]. Both Terry Cross, sales mgr. and Martyn Henderson, g.mgr. will be happy to supply you with additional information and references to other customers using our heat pads.
Best regards - Mike
PS - Note to commentors for reference. We Export heating pads in large volumes TO all parts of China, Japan, Korea and many other parts of the S.E. Asia and Australia. Also, we are currently seeing exceptional growth in the sales of our smaller pads to a variety of domestic pets/owners, exotic animal owners - reptiles/amphibians/avian, as well as zoos, companion animal hospitals and animal rescue operations world-wide.
If anyone is interested, our web address is: www.osborne-ind.com
I found a UK company that sell the Stanfield mats but they are all too big for the floor space in the dog kennel.
I have found this on Amazon but may need a slightly bigger one.

Only 8w though would that be warm enough?
 
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Lyn W

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The info is contradictory. I have one mounted on the side in Crushers house and he lies near it often .. no burns:)
What is the heat output on your RHP Heather, please?
I can't tell by the wattage they give in the product description how hot it would get.
 

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I've also found this on Amazon UK which would be better - a Farm Innovators heated chicken mat 60 watts, 13 x 19 inches but they don't say how long the lead is or if it has a US or UK plug so waiting for a reply to my question.
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This heated mat provides your flock with a warm place to rest during cold winter months. Ideal for baby chicks to adults in coops, nesting areas and pens. It's constructed of durable, easy-to-clean, high impact ABS plastic and is thermostatically controlled to operate automatically. A red indicator light shows when the unit is operating. The mat can be mounted vertically or horizontally. Note: Does not provide radiant heat to warm your coop.
 

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Nagh - ive kayaked right up to ‘gators. You just don’t want to corner one or come between the mother and its young ones. It’s also best to keep your fingers in toes IN THE BOAT!
Oh my...you are braver than I am. I've heard them making that big hissss sound when they seem to tell other gators don't touch my food... It was at a place called Wonder gardens in Bonita, really nice small place...Also went to the Naples zoo and to the Naples botanical garden, that garden is the prettiest i've ever seen, truly amazing.
 

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I forgot to say...while I was gone, my false map kimchi managed to escape his aquarium, fell down 5 ft off the aquarium, then walked to the stairs, fell down the 14 stairs and walked to the bathroom and went behind the bath, stayed there for 3 days, all that without a scratch...I cannot believe how tough he is, that's incredible. All that because I put a separator so he doesn't eat the new java moss. He somehow climbed on it... And so the person in charge removed the separator so it doesn't happen again, and guess what...no more java moss :rolleyes: (Kimchi is my profile picture)
 

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Thank you I got 50lbs of 5M21 at this exact store!! I should be good for the next year or two. And I almost could not take it with me at the border...I feel very lucky right now.
Great that it worked out for you. What was the problem at the border? Border of Georgia?
 

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Great that it worked out for you. What was the problem at the border? Border of Georgia?
No the border to Canada, they said it was okay because it had no meat product in there but also they had never seen tortoise food and they could not get the info they needed so they let me but said next time they might not... It was a weird situation, pretty hard to explain and we've had a ant problem a the camping, they invaded our tent, we had to put the tent to the trash, when we mentionned the ants they where afraid we could have brought back those ants with us...
 

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No the border to Canada, they said it was okay because it had no meat product in there but also they had never seen tortoise food and they could not get the info they needed so they let me but said next time they might not... It was a weird situation, pretty hard to explain and we've had a ant problem a the camping, they invaded our tent, we had to put the tent to the trash, when we mentionned the ants they where afraid we could have brought back those ants with us...
Whoops forgot where you lived.
 

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Oh my...you are braver than I am. I've heard them making that big hissss sound when they seem to tell other gators don't touch my food... It was at a place called Wonder gardens in Bonita, really nice small place...Also went to the Naples zoo and to the Naples botanical garden, that garden is the prettiest i've ever seen, truly amazing.
Naples is my favorite in Florida. Their beach was amazing when I was there. There was a colony of living sanddollars and raccoons stealing everyone's picnic. Nice restaurants in their mall. There was a lot of wild areas inland also.I had a wonderful time there.
 

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What is the heat output on your RHP Heather, please?
I can't tell by the wattage they give in the product description how hot it would get.
I’m not sure exactly.. I know I ordered a higher wattage so I could heat a bigger area if needed but I run mine on a thermostat.. I ordered an inkbird off of eBay and you can get different plugs for it. I
 

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I’m not sure exactly.. I know I ordered a higher wattage so I could heat a bigger area if needed but I run mine on a thermostat.. I ordered an inkbird off of eBay and you can get different plugs for it. I
Thanks Heather.
The heated chicken mat from farm innovators looks a good option so thanks for that name.
 

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Me too, I HAD to stop to see the biggest aquarium in the world...Does Josh knows about the issue?
I saw a different thread where someone had tagged him and Yvonne.. hopefully it will be fixed soon. We had my sons birthday party at the SHREVEPORT aquarium when they first opened.. kids loved it.. much smaller scale though .
 

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Thanks Heather.
The heated chicken mat from farm innovators looks a good option so thanks for that name.
Sure thing!i have that one in. Pickles house ( also run off inkbird thermostat) but they were selling it for dogs... btw, Toretto used it first and it has held up for two years with growth to 12lbs
 

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This post is just to see if I can post a picture since everyone is having a problem posting them. It said an error occurred and I couldn't either.
 

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I'm off to bed now.
The clocks went back an hour in the UK last night so it's been dark since about 6 pm today.
I've been thinking it was later than it was all day, but at least we had an hour extra in bed last night!
Anyway Nos Da and I'll see you soon
 
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