let's start a thread of mundane occurrences!

[TheWolven]

Note to self: Before starting a meal, clean the Repashy Bug Burger off your steak knife.

Good nutrition.

 

[ANTdrew]

Why not just buy heat cables?

 

[TheWolven]

Why not just buy heat cables?

YES!!! These are much cheaper than reptile heat mats and just as effective. : D

 

[Introvertebrate]

Why not just buy heat cables?

Don't know much about them. Do they get hot enough?

 

[TheWolven]

Don't know much about them. Do they get hot enough?

Not sure how hot they get but heat cables are used to heat up seed trays for plants.

 

[agent A]

Don't know much about them. Do they get hot enough?

they do but they're more expensive and don't last as long as heat tape

 

[Introvertebrate]

they do but they're more expensive and don't last as long as heat tape

Kinda like ghetto heat tape, I get the impression.

 

[Introvertebrate]

Originally, the gutted freezer with the heat tape was going to be my feeder habitat. I figure I'll just make that my tarantula habitat, since they should probably have more 'gentle' heat anyway. I'll use the new industrial strength heat mat for the feeders.

 

[ANTdrew]

Everyone in the ant-keeping hobby uses heat cables. They work great.

 

[TheWolven]

they do but they're more expensive and don't last as long as heat tape

How long does heat tape typically last?

 

[agent A]

How long does heat tape typically last?

2 years

 

[ANTdrew]

2 years

My two ZooMed heat cables have lasted five years now.

 

[Introvertebrate]

My two ZooMed heat cables have lasted five years now.

Are they on a thermostat, or straight house current?

 

[ANTdrew]

I’ve never felt the need for one since they only give off a gentle heat.

 

[Introvertebrate]

I’ve never felt the need for one since they only give off a gentle heat.

Cool. Not all heating methods require one. It's interesting how different groups of pet enthusiasts use different rearing methods, but they all work. Mantises, tarantulas, ants, reptiles, amphibians. We're like a bunch of separate echo chambers. We could learn from each other.

 

[TheWolven]

I was thinking we all sounded like a bunch of grumpy old men arguing over politics in a coffee shop, but that works too.

 

[Introvertebrate]

I was thinking we all sounded like a bunch of grumpy old men arguing over politics in a coffee shop, but that works too.

As a college freshman, you're the oldest.

 

[TheWolven]

As a college freshman, you're the oldest.

I may be a freshman, but my back says otherwise. Somethings always aching these days.

 

[ANTdrew]

I may be a freshman, but my back says otherwise. Somethings always aching these days.

Wait until you’re 40 like me.

 

[Introvertebrate]

I may be a freshman, but my back says otherwise. Somethings always aching these days.

Wait until you're a nurse like me.