rherostat and thermostat

i was thinking of using rheostats for night time heat source so the cage doesn't get to hot but i still get the light for viewing

anyone have any advice on what temp and where i should place the probe at. should i go by ambient temp or direct basking spot

i have my thermostats on order so im waiting of them. and im gonna need some help with were to place them too.

right now i get a ambient temp of almost 90 during the day with a out rages hot spot so im alway turning off the basking light on and off through out the day and if i go anywhere i just turn the lights off so it doesn't get to hot while im gone

any suggestions

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Originally Posted by zombie&lemons

any suggestions

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definitely control your hot spot so the snake doesn't get burned!!! Also, ditch the heat lamps. It's obvious that they are too high of a wattage, and BPs are nocturnal anyways so they don't need light. Light at night is especially not good: when is your snake supposed to feel like it's dark and comfortable so it can come out and get a drink, cruise, etc? When my snakes come out during the day (which they do on occasion) the ambient lighting in my room is bright enough for me to observe them.

With your temps so high, what are your humidity levels? Be sure you're not drying your snake out.

Also, I would just go to Home Depot and get a rheo ASAP if you are waiting for thermostats to show up. The rheo will cost you $11 and can reduce the wattage going into your heat source, which will help prevent cooking your poor snake in the mean time. The rheo will come in handy elsewhere around the house eventually, so it's not going to be a waste.

v

at night i use infrared lighting at low watts 40watts i just wanna have more control in case the house temp happens to rise or fall thought out the night

and i know Herpstat is the way to go
but they dont sell it one amazon.com unforturnalty

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Originally Posted by Vacado

definitely control your hot spot so the snake doesn't get burned!!! Also, ditch the heat lamps. It's obvious that they are too high of a wattage, and BPs are nocturnal anyways so they don't need light. Light at night is especially not good: when is your snake supposed to feel like it's dark and comfortable so it can come out and get a drink, cruise, etc? When my snakes come out during the day (which they do on occasion) the ambient lighting in my room is bright enough for me to observe them.

With your temps so high, what are your humidity levels? Be sure you're not drying your snake out.

Also, I would just go to Home Depot and get a rheo ASAP if you are waiting for thermostats to show up. The rheo will cost you $11 and can reduce the wattage going into your heat source, which will help prevent cooking your poor snake in the mean time. The rheo will come in handy elsewhere around the house eventually, so it's not going to be a waste.

v

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my humidity is good average 60 during the day and 75 almost 80 at night

yeah homedepot doesn't sell them down here or lowes i looked in gardens where i thought they should be and they know exactly what i was talkin about but they said they dont sell them down here but up north they do. any ways my rheostats will be here tomorrow and my thermostats will be here sometime next week i hope

home depot employees never know what they are talking about. Check the LIGHTING section. Why would you check in the garden swctionfor a LIGHT dimmer?

so they sell thermometer light dimmiers

I have no idea what you are talking about. home depot sells light dimmers and thermometers, but not thermostats for reptiles.

what i mean was does the light dimmer work off of tempature

no that would ne a thermosdat.

the dimmer is manually adjusted according to what u read on the temps.