Ok, I'm going to do my best to describe my set up because I want to make sure I am doing it right. Right now I have a heat lamp set up sitting on top of the screen top right above the hide. The hide is 9" L X 9.75" W X 4.5" H. In the middle of the tank is the climbing branch, and on the other side the soaking dish. I have both a humidity gauge and a thermometer. Humidity is fine (around 60%) and that one is sitting directly under the lamp. The thermometer is located in the back, directly in the middle of the tank. It is barely reaching 80 degrees. We got the python around 11am. We have to turn the lamp off at night as it is in my step son's room and he won't sleep with the light on. So by 8pm it was about 75-78 degrees according to the thermometer. We are going to have the lamp on a schedule, 7am-8:30pm. I don't remember, but I believe the lamp is 75 watts. It is a Fluker clamp lamp (5.5) but I don't use the clamp. As I said, I sit the lamp on the screen top. This was the lamp that was recommended to me for use for my painted turtle that i no longer own. Should I get a stronger bulb, a second lamp, or a heat pad? If I need to, I'm going to go to the pet store in the morning. If i do need a heat pad, what size? My python is no older than 6 months, and my tank is a 29L. It is set up on top of my step son's wooden dresser, so I don't want to burn it or something.
sorry if i posted this in the wrong section...still getting used to the site
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