my ball pythons cage temp

[mr.paintball26]

his cage is 87 degrees on the hot end and the fool eand it 77 so is that fine and i have one of thoes under tank heaters and they don't have a dial to make the temp higher so how do i make it so its more warmer

[padiente]

I have found that Kitty likes his warm side to be about 93, sometimes higher and the cool side about 85. He does that best at these temps. You may want to up yours a bit. I started out with an undertank heater only and it wasn't warm enough. His temps were about what yours are, but he got a RI (mild case) so I learned and raised his tempuratures, no troubles like that since. It is harder to keep the humidity up at the higher temps though.

[mr.paintball26]

how do i rais the temp

[led4urhead]

Ideal temps are 88-92 °F on the warm side and 78-80 °F on the cool. What are the temps like in the room where you keep your bp? The ambient ( background ) temps of the room where the cage is kept has a lot to do with the temps inside the cage.

[mr.paintball26]

the temp in my room is usualy about 84 or 85

[led4urhead]

I should've thought of this before .. but .. what are you using to measure your temps and humidity? Do you have part of the screen top covered? As for raising the temps of the cage, a low wattage red light might be handy. However with temps that high in the room where you keep the bp, your temps should be just fine. You are a bit low, but not really bad. Does the temp of the cage change throughout the day?

[kavmon]

you might need to recheck those temps, if your room temp is 84-85. how is your cool side 77 ???

thanks

vaughn

[mr.paintball26]

my ank is like 92 right now at this second

[kavmon]

i meant double check your room temp and your cool side temps.
usually my cool side temps are within 1 or 2 deg. of my room temps. ( if your room is 84-85, would not the cool side of your tank be close to that and not 77) it doesn't hurt to double check things. i'm a hvac service tech and i check temperatures all day long and i still double and triple check my cages every day and night. my opinion is that if your cool side is 77 your ambient room temps are close to that. all this aside somethings to try to warm up the cool side might be to decrease ventilation, cover up the screen top. i think 76-80 for the cool side is ok, provided your snake goes to the hot side to warm up. make she it is not choosing the cool side all the time for security reasons. provide multiple hides in both hot/cool sides, snakes will choose the temp they need if everything else is in line.

hope this may help

thanks

vaughn

[mr.paintball26]

ya my room is brobaly 80 degrees but i think my tank temps is fine the warm end is 92 and the cool is 81