Will he be okay?

[blenderhead]

When I woke up this morning, the air temperature in my bp's tank was nearly 100 degrees. My parents had turned up the heat in the house after I went to bed. Along with a UTH, I use an infra-red heat lamp. Do you think he'll be fine? He seems to be acting normal. I normally keep the air temp 85 - 90 degrees; does that sound like a good range?

[2kdime]

Keep an eye on him, an air temp of 100 is pretty high, you run risk of neurological damage.

When I had a few Ball Pythons, I kept em at an ambient air temp of roughly 82 to 84 degrees, with the hot spot at 92 to 94, and they were thriving.

HTH

[dr del]

Hi,

Does that mean you don't use thermostats for the heaters?

If so you should definately keep an eye on him because an ambient temp of 100 could mean a really high hot spot temp.


dr del

[blenderhead]

Hi,

Does that mean you don't use thermostats for the heaters?

If so you should definately keep an eye on him because an ambient temp of 100 could mean a really high hot spot temp.


dr del

I have the UTH attached to a thermostat and the heat light attached to a dimmer. It's been over four hours, and he still seems to be fine. Do thermostats work with heat lights?

[dr del]

Hi,

Proportional thermostats work fine with heat lights - just avoid the on/off or proportional types as the blinking shortens the life of the bulb considerably as well as driving you insane.

But it's a great thing your UTH was on the thermostat as that was my main worry.

As 2kdime said I would keep the ambients around 80-82f.


dr del