alright..I need your heating advice

[4Khan]

Hola herps amigos/amigas,
I have a pretty strong feeling my 40 gallon tank isnt going to be heating the right way.Along with some humidity problems.

So heres the deal.
Gots me a big ole 40 gallon tank, tall and narrow.
-On the "hot end" I have a UTH and the main heat source a 240 watt bulb.
plus a dinky stick on thermometer.
-In the middle "the nauture zone" as I call it I have the leafy hid and bark log thing along with a container i punched holes in and left a wet sponge in to create some humidity.I also have a 25 watt red bulb above the cage in that area. Here I keep the thermometer and humidity gage parked.
-On the "chillin end" I have his log hide, some bark positioned so he can climb and a black light partially over more closer to the red light placed in the middle.

The hot side stays around 87-90
the nature zone around 80
and the chillen end 75-ish

now my humidity is at only 30%, totally not what it sould be, where should I place his water bowl....
Would i be rotten to place it mostly in the hot side? I can spray the cage down while im home during the day but in the evening I am at work and I dont trust my boyfriend to do so. What options do I have to have to get an even balance of temp and humidity...I would post pictures but my home pc had a brain spazam and i am being a rotten employee and using my work pc.

help me out if you guys can, I know it takes a few days to get a new tank set up right.

[jglass38]

Well I'll take a shot here. Your humidity is low due to the combination of a glass tank w/ screen top and multiple heat lamps sucking the moisture out of the air. Also, your temps are off. You need to be at 92-94 in the hot end and 82-84 in the cool. Temps need to be taken with a real thermometer (Accurite sold at Walmart for $10), not those crap stick on types which are USELESS. You are setting your snake up for a respiratory infection, poor feeding, poor sheds and a miserable life. Please, check out the caresheet on this site and make the necessary corrections. Best of luck!

Jamie

[4Khan]

thanks, walmart is only a hop skip and jump away!!

i understand your concern about the right temps, the many care sheets and two books i have boughten are not the same, each one varies when it comes to the right temps for a ball pythons home. also to help with the escape of heat I covered one third of the top. once I get my **** straight I'll post how it was all done in case other people suffer from this mess.

[jglass38]

Best of luck. There are many wrong source of information out there. Trust the advice you get here and you cant go wrong!