My son's snake is about to shed. He isn't going into his hideout on the warm side and it's not too warm, I think its around 90 ish. He spends his days and nights in the cold hide which we can't seem to get over 75 ish. My son placed him on top of his warm hide yesterday to see what he would do and he remained there all night, didn't move an inch. This morning we thought we better put him inside his warm hide so he could be warm and he then came out and went over to his cold hide and thats where he stays. Both hides are the same size, but one is cardboard and one is plastic.
The other problem is the cold side temp, no matter what I do I can't raise it. We have put foam board around the outside and on the inside (3 sides) of the tank, we also just bought a 60 watt ceramic heat bulb, and covered 90 % of the roof with tinfoil and foil tape. What the heck? So now what? Has anyone built a tank?
Is there a better material? Should I line the bottom of the inside of the tank with foam board as well? Help please.