Purchased a Fireball Python today

Hello everyone new to owning a snake so all the help and input well be great. I purchased a fireball a few days ago. Snake has some really great color. I believe he was born sometime Nov.2011.Purchased a snake rack and just waiting for it to be built so right now just have it in a exo terra cage. I have a couple questions right now Im just using a 100 watt bulb during the day and a heat pad at night until the snake rack is built is that a good idea?

do you have something controlling them? depending on the size of the cage, a 100 watt could get way too hot, and without some kind of dimmer or thermostat on the uth (heat pad), they can easily reach 130 degrees

thank you for replying. the cage is a exo terra it is 24 height and 18 width. the heat pad is a 4 watt mini

a 100 watt is way too hot for something that small, it will easily get 115+ at the floor. and again, if the uth is plugged directly into the wall, its still going to get way too hot.

for now, get a couple of these from home depot:
http://www.homedepot.com/Electrical-...&storeId=10051

and do you have any way to read your temps?

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Exo- terra temps with 100 watt at bottom of tank stays at 95.2 degrees during the day and at night it stays around 75.

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Originally Posted by cmack91

a 100 watt is way too hot for something that small, it will easily get 115+ at the floor. and again, if the uth is plugged directly into the wall, its still going to get way too hot.

for now, get a couple of these from home depot:
http://www.homedepot.com/Electrical-...&storeId=10051

and do you have any way to read your temps?

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