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Thank you all for the advice, actually I do have the unit from Walmart that has the wire that can be placed somewhere else. I will put it on the cool side of the tank. Also, I have a themometer that is on the warm side of the tank, so all in all that is one (themometer strip that changes color) on the warm side, one (Walmart digital readout) in the middle, and finally the third (wire from the digital) on the cool side. All are within about 2 inches of the substrate, the strip being the closest to the substrate as I did not want Jub Jub rubbing on the other two so they are about a little less than 2 inches off the substrate.
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I suggest putting the digital readout on the warmside instead of the stick on change color one. Those can be very innacurate! Or you could try putting the digital readout on the warm side temporarily, just to see if the stick-on thermometer gives you the same reading as the digital. If so fine. But I think it is more important that you accurately measure the warm side of the tank as opposed to the middle, as you do not want your snake overheating or not having enough heat. I think that if you know with complete accuracy that your warm side and cool side temperatures are okay, than naturally the temperature in the middle of the tank should be fine too. You probably don't even need a thermometer there.
Also, just out of curiosity, why don't you want your snake rubbing against the digital read out unit or probe? In my experience, I have the digital readout and probe directly on top of the substrate, and they haven't caused any harm to my snake. I put them there because I want to know the temperature my snake is experiencing, not the temperature 2 inches above that.
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By the way, I love your snake's name, how did you come up with that?
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The readout is not totally secure, it just hangs on the piece that is stuck to the glass and I don't want spooking the snake if he bumps up against it then it falls off on him, that would happen if it is low. I considered putting it a bit lower then tapping it to the glass, but if the tape comes off that causes a whole new problem. Figured my system was the least problamatic.
So far my readings have always indicated in the low to mid 80's in the tank with all three readouts being around that same temp, not much difference on the warm and cool sides, less than a degree.
Oh, tonight I fed him for the first time, it was really cool. I killed the mouse, got the snake into the feed box, let him get comfy in the feed box (about 2 min was all it took) then dangled the dead mouse about 6 inches away or so and within about 2 seconds, BAM! Struck the mouse right in the middle, coiled, and waited for a while. I had the lights alread off, except for a light in the other room to leave me enough light to mostly see. After a minute or two he uncoiled and found the mouse's head then began gulping him down. About 2 minutes after he totally consumed the mouse I brought him back to his habitat and slowly began rotating the fed box over so that he would slither back into his home. That took a little work, as he kept trying to move to higher ground for some reason, but after a minute or so I got him in there, and he went to his hide area on the warm side.
The name Jub Jub is from the Simpsons, it is Aunt Selma's iguana's name. I'm such a rip-off, but oh well.
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Doesn't sound like you have much of a temp gradient there if they're always around 80 all over, with maybe a few degrees difference. Do you have a UTH on one side for the warm side, so it makes a natural heat gradient to the cool side? And if you can, see if you can get the temp on the warm side to somewhere around 90-95, and 80-85 on the cool side, that way the snake can go to a warm hide if he's cool, and a cool hide if he's warm.
And as soon as I heard "Jub Jub" I thought of the iguana on The Simpsons. Nice. ;) And congrats on the successful feeding.:)
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