Hi everybody,
I got my first ball python off of Craigs List today, I hadn't planned on getting a snake until summer but this guy just kind of fell into my lap.
My problem right now is that since this happened so fast all of the equipment I bought for him is currently still being shipped so I'm using what I was given by his old owners.
He had a ZooMed UTH and that sucker is HOT! It was reading 105 degrees when I first had it in there. I got it down to 95 by wrapping it in a pair of old jeans, but the caresheet says it's supposed to be between 88-94, but is 95 okay until the new stuff gets here? (I just checked the temps again and the hot side is now up to 96. The censor is on the bottom of the tub and there's about 2 to 3 inches of Aspen on top of that, does the temp drop between the bottom and the top of that much bedding?)
Also, on the cool side I put the lamp that he came with on it and it shot up to like 88 degrees so I put the bulb in a lamp that I attached to the side of the stand that the tub is on and it dropped to 78 degrees. I'm not sure what I should do about that?
I'm leaving for work in about 20 minutes and wont be back until 10pm, so I'm trying to figure out what to do before I have to leave/
Thanks,
Lauren