The problem is that I already have him on a UTH plugged in to a thermostat kept at 90 degrees for his hot spot. The ambient temps often drop to 60 in my room as I am not allowed to turn on the heater to warmer than 60 degrees in winter time. (My mom is worried about the heating bill...:rolleyes:)
So for now in the winter I -HAVE- to use the lamps to keep ambient temps up. It won't help if they are on a heat mat breathing in freezing cold air. :(
I have already done the tin foil treatment to the top of his tank. Humidity still leaks out. He is on aspen with moss in his tank to help absorb humidity, it still doesn't work for very long, it dries out too fast. :(
I don't know when I'll be able to ditch the lamps as like I said it gets far too cold.
Also, strangely enough, when he does shed he's not aggressive at all, none of my snakes are. They don't mind me picking them up to clean at all.
He's in a 20 gallon tank and has a pretty small water bowl maybe 3 inches in diameter, about 1.5 inches tall. If I put in a large one he'll have hardly any room to move! Is it time for a bigger tank perhaps? The water bowl is also right under the lamp but it just evaporates too fast to help the humidity much. >:/