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Hi Tom. Thanks. Ive swapped both stats round, and the same is happening. So, the main stat has the main heater plugged in, which is just past the middle on one side, thats set to 28. I then have another stat, over on the other side of the enclosure, which is the cooler side. Thats set at...

I think the temps ok as it seems consistent with the other stats. No air escaping, and as I said no problem previously. Probe is in exact same place. Both probes are nls k wire with metal at end I was hoping I needed to set something on the stat. My son is hoping to bring a thermometer home...

Itsnotbeen an issuein. 2 years. I was putting 2 in his new one but ones always been adequate. I have put an extra one in ATM and tried it with 2 stats initially ut that just seemed to turn them both off and make it colder which amazed me If I just put one on with no stat I can get the temp up...

Hi Thanks So he's in a 4 x 3 enclosure which has a sloping roof from the middle both sides which has a plastic sheet under it The 100w che hangs about 12 to 14 inches from the substrate ( soil) on the right hand side of the middle of the enclosure The probe hangs over the front at tort shell...

Hi Just after a bit ot of advice please. Replaced My thermostat which is just over 2 yrs old and I felt wasn't holding temps properly. Also bought a new arcadia CHE holder and a new che bulb Ive bought an inkbird ITC 306T Bought this one as recommended but it has that much stuff on it I think...

sorry i meant his inside one, ive lined it with insulation, put a new plastic cover over and am making a tongue n groove sides and roof to match my hall and were going to put wallpaper around outside which will give it more of a jungle effect. So I hadnt updated you about the temps etc, but...

Hi Karen I've been waiting until I have finished all the sides and outside of raf's den ( all aesthetic so not needed) before i sent pics of it all but since i got a good piece of plastic sheet from B&Q and covered it completely both tempos and humidity have gone up. Its showing 28 at the warmer...

read the article i pasted Its 7 times more likely that kids will be affected. Thats not a risk i would be prepared to take Im sure keeping a tortoise in an open enclosure wont kill it, but people are horrified at that. I am far more concerned about the effects on children's brains of a mobile...

Raf having dinner tonight and eating mango from my hand! Cats ears, forget me not, sow thistle, wood avens, grape pear and mango

Just thought id let you know The coldest part has registered at around 22.5 today and i have to say the enclosure feels lovely and cosy. he was warm as toast when we got him out to bath him. he seems far more active and is eating like a horse! i have also noticed that i can see his colouring...

i agree that before you have kids your pets are your kids, but believe me nothing comes close to your kids. The fact is, if you try not to do anythign to harm your pet, youd make even more effort with your children, Your children are the most precious thing you could ever ever have in your life

by the way at tort height the coldest part was 21 degrees, and i need to readjust the covering. I am awaiting one sheet, i have a few bags over it atm! Its showing around 30 in the hot part, so i feel it isnt too bad esp as hes had it way cooler. he felt lovely and warm when i got him out for a...

yes, I bought an empty spray bottle some time back and fill it with hot water, i was spraying his old house with it, and also have done this one. Provided it isnt too hot I often spray him with it too. i put hot water in his water bowl too. (obvs i watch him to make sure he doesnt go in it...

Cherryshell, what is so funny? Ourkids are more important than our pets. read this Or maybe you dont care https://www.center4research.org/children-cell-phones-phone-radiation-risky-kids/

actually it never fails to amaze me how many people do everything for their pets, and then give their kids a mobile phone which could kill then!! lol

i am VERY worried about fires which is why i am concerned about having 6 sockets on an extension lead all in use! It'd be bad enough if were here, if we went away and came back to a dead tortoise and no house it'd be even worse! I actually suffer from severe anxiety and one of the things i...

so the temp at the cold end was 21 when i had the probe higher earlier. this is the same temp thats been his top temp for a good while. I need to get one whole complete sheet to put over as i have a few joined together atm while i decide on the best to use, so i think i have to work that to be...

you said to get a small ext lead and plug the 2 ches into that, , then plug that into the thermostat. but the thermostat will be plugged into the ext lead, so you still have another ext lead plugged into the main one via the stat even if not directly. The fact of the matter is, there will be one...

how do you mean there's been fires? I have been using this che without a stat for 2 months ( originally just hung over his old house draped over a stepladder. ) surely there will only be a fire if it touches something? I assumed the stat stopped the ambient temp from being too hot, not the che...

yes i know exactly what you meant. I'd prefer to use a different one, but i cant. so that would mean plugging one extension lead into the other which could create a fire risk, as i said. , but i dont want an ext lead plugged into another. using extension lead is risky, esp with 5 things plugged...