UTH temp

Ok so I'm confused. I have my uth set up and have a heat mat thermostat. Now when u set it to 90 degrees the hide doesn't get to 90 with the substrate over top of the mat when I use my infrared temp gun. When I set it to like 102 the hide gets to 90. I guess my question is, do I worry about the hide temp or set my mat to 90 to what it's suppose to be and leave it at that?

You want the hottest place your snake can reach to be 90. Since your snake can and may burrow under the substrate for additional warmth, you want the glass under the substrate and over the heat pad to be 90. It's OK if it's cooler on top of the substrate. You don't want it 90 on top of the substrate and 100 under the substrate!

To test this just move some of the substrate aside and measure the temp of the glass beneath it. Good job using an infrared thermometer and a thermostat!!

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Originally Posted by thejennabird

You want the hottest place your snake can reach to be 90. Since your snake can and may burrow under the substrate for additional warmth, you want the glass under the substrate and over the heat pad to be 90. It's OK if it's cooler on top of the substrate. You don't want it 90 on top of the substrate and 100 under the substrate!

To test this just move some of the substrate aside and measure the temp of the glass beneath it. Good job using an infrared thermometer and a thermostat!!

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Thank u so much. I thought the top of the substrate had to be 90. I would've burnt my first BP up. Good thing I don't get him til Saturday.