Cage critique

[MissionHockey086]

Tell me what you guys think...



I have two hide spots which are the clay planter things.
One acurite digital thermometer with hygrometer and a probe
100W CHE
One plant
One branch
One rock water bowl
One UTH
One TropicAire Humidifier and Air Exchanger

What do you guys think?

Any suggestions?

[Wizill]

no suggestions. awesome setup. congrats on a job well done.

[Cody]

Looks nice. All I'd say is if 84 is the temp on the hot side, I'd try to get that up a bit higher to 90 or so, unless that's during a night time drop.

[Marla]

Looks very good, except that your thermometer can't measure surface temperature unless it's on the surface, so there's no telling what your temp on that side actually is. If you fix that and make sure your temps are good, I'd say your snake should be quite happy!

[MissionHockey086]

I'm only running my CHE right now until the thermostat I ordered gets here. Even with a couple layers over newspaper over the CHE... it still heats up to over 100 which is way too high.

[elevatethis]

The tropical air thing is sweet. I bought that about a month ago right before my bp went into shed. I had never been able to get her to shed in once piece before I added that to the setup. A perfect one piece shed resulted. I think its only necessary to keep it on while the snake is in shed though. Its much better than misting and covering because it supplies constant, fresh, humid air instead of just stale warm humid air that doesn't circulate.

[MissionHockey086]

How do you go about cleaning it? They say to clean it everyday, but they don't give any instructions on how and what to clean.

[Marla]

I'm only running my CHE right now until the thermostat I ordered gets here. Even with a couple layers over newspaper over the CHE... it still heats up to over 100 which is way too high.

If 100+ is the air temperature, then the ground temps are almost certainly hot enough to cause burns! You really need to move that thermometer to ground level so you can measure your temps accurately.

[MissionHockey086]

Do you mean move the actual unit on top of the substrate or move the sensor?

[Tigergenesis]

Both. The probe on the warm side should be under the loose substrate and the unit on the cool side should be sitting on the bottom of the tank so you can measure belly temps. If not, ou are not getting accurate readings and temps could be way off (too hot or too cold).