New ball python owner With questions!!

What is the wattage in the bulb in the lamp?

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No not right now. I turned the lamp off, and the thermostat I have now is showing the temp dropping. But I do have that up by the top of the tank on the side the under the tank heater is on.
If the temp drops in the tank, will he still be ok since the heater is on under his rock?

Those round thermometers are kinda crappy, but if you're going to use it, it should be near the bottom of the tank where the snake is. It's no good measuring the air up above its head. :)

You need to go and unplug the heat pad right now....it is unregulated and will burn your snake....thermostats controls the heat pad at a set temp....a thermometer measures the temps...you should be getting your temps from the bottom were the snake actually lives.....you need to go into he care sheets and read on how to properly care for this snake before its to late...it seams you jumped in head first without properly researching ball python care...the last thing you need is to get vet bills from bad husbandry...this is what unregulated heat pads do...http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/09...07072678ed.jpg and to be honest im sick of rescuing snake because people didnt fully research the 30 year commitment these snakes are.

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Also ditch the dial gauges and get digital ones

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In my 10 gallon I'm using 60 watt day light, 50 watt night light, 5 gallon uth for heat. Substrate is 3 inches on cold side and 2 inches on hot side. My now sub adult pastel lived in it for 3 months before moving into a 20L. My 2 month old humblebee now lives in the 10 gal. Bedding I have 3 inches on cold side and 2 inches on hot side. And bedding depth I use for all 3 of my bp's. I put more in with my pastel cause he/she? likes to dig tunnels.

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to frostybp: he is not directly above the heat pad just so you know. so he is not getting burned. it is under the tank, with glass in between along with the fake astroturf and also a good inch of bedding on top of that. and no i did not just jump right into this, i have been reading about them for the past couple months. just because i asked questions didnt mean i have no clue what im doing. and im sorry i didnt know the dial gauges were not good. thats something i had to figure out. yes ill be taking those back and getting other ones today. and with all the info on the internet, its all not the same. so how am i supposed to know what to actually believe. some say just the heat pad under the tank, but others are using that along with a heat lamp? as far as keeping the humidity right, is it supposed to be wet in there? because once again. different information is what i am reading on various websites.
i joined this forum to get input on how to properly take care of him, not be bashed for not knowing what im doing. how am i supposed to learn if i cant ask questions?

Even if the UTH is under bedding/the tank itself, it's still possible to get burned without a thermostat. My thermostat probe slipped once without me noticing and the UTH temp had gone up to 120 degrees (snakes were all fine thankfully).

We're telling you so that you can have the best care for your snake, no one is bashing you. :) It's just that the pet store people don't tell you these things and frankly most of the time don't know that much about husbandry. I know I made mistakes with my first snake bc the employees didn't know anything so I had to learn everything online.

As far as humidity, it's not supposed to be "wet", but it should feel less dry than the room itself unless you live somewhere really humid. It shouldn't be dripping wet, but should feel "misted". I don't know if you mentioned it, do you have a mister? If not you can get a little handheld one at any dollar store.

Just curious....what did you mean by "a little rug for the bottom"?

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Snakes can burrow and will burn then selfs save your snake the pain or possibly death and unplug the uth until it is regulated..I am a very blunt when it come to care of a reptile...I you couldnt have researched to much If you only new petco had them there are thousands of reputable breeders that ship all over the country...please read the care sheet on this forum. They are the best and unplug the uth until its REGULATED im just trying to help but you need to listen to the advice people give you

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