Am I handing him too much? Still wheezing :(

145? Typo or serious?

Tell us us temps on hot side, cold side, and ambient.

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Originally Posted by Sunnieskys

145? Typo or serious?

Tell us us temps on hot side, cold side, and ambient.

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Sounds like serious if it's 98 F on the "warm side".

OP, you need to get a thermostat.

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Originally Posted by GpBp

Yeah, 45°F, it's pretty chilly! I haven't ever noticed him doing it inside of his enclosure, the temps are:
98f on the warm side, 145f right on the UTH, and 78f on the cool side (according to my handy-dandy temp gun ;))t inaMay didn't come with a guarantee, and I've not noticed it in her at all... I'm starting to get worried. Say the worst happens and he has an RI, that can be treated, right? I'll definitely ease off handling for a while! :(

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Yes RI is treatable, next to mites it's the most common snake ailment.

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Wow, 145F? That has to be a typo lol. If it isnt, you seriously need to get your temps squared away. If the room is 45F and you are holding him in that temp for an hour to an hour and a half, then i would guess, he has an RI. No one here can diagnosis it though as we arent vets and we havent seen the snake. You need to just take him to a vet and get him checked but first off, like i said, you need to square those temps. Now my second question is holy jebus, you keep your house at 45F??!! I keep my house set to 78F. If anyone touched the t-stat, I'd kill them lol. 45F and i would be dying of an RI myself haha.

45° OUTSIDE
70° IN MY HOUSE
Now, the temps I got on his tank yesterday were
79f on the cool side and 98f on the warm side. (idk why I didn't get the ambient, sorry)
But..yeah, I pushed the substrate away and measured the temp on the glass (the UTH is on the outside) and got 145f... Too hot too cold?? :( I got the 40 gal Zoo Med UTH and stuck it on the bottom and have it on all the time...
(I'm not at home rn, so I can't double check anything :()

I would also check your humidity, I think that's one of the main causes of RI along with not enough ventilation. You should post a photo of your setup. I would lower the humidity down to about 30% and boost it a bit just before and during a shed. You may need to drill some more holes in your tub or open up the top of the tank a bit more.

I had a retic that got some coconut husk substrate stuck in her mouth, I let it dry out too much and she ate some during feeding. She was wheezing for several days, I could hear her from across the room! And she had a piece of coco stuck and hanging out of her mouth LOL. I didn't even try to get it out, she finally worked it out on her own and now she is fine.

Sounds like 45F is the outside temp, 70F in the house LOL. For sure I'd get a thermostat on your under tank heater. 98F is too hot, it should be 90F, probably 94F max. I'd remove most or all of the substrate over the under tank heater and set the thermostat to 90F. If your snake digs down to the bottom of the tank on the hot spot he will burn up with an unregulated heater, too risky in my opinion. He may already have some damage, may be why he is wheezing.

Here's a cheap thermostat if you are on a budget, just plug the heater into the thermostat and tape the probe to the heat mat. It will keep the heat mat at the desired temp.

https://www.amazon.com/MTPRTC-Contro...art+thermostat

The humidity is around %50- %60. My tank is this one: https://www.amazon.com/Exo-Terra-Sho...=AH7PBPHZ85HL3. And I had a feeling it might be too hot :( I'll get that thermostat thank you. Sorry

Unplug the UTH until you get a thermostat to control it. I would check his belly for burns, which he probably has.

Ok. Sorry :(

Ok, I checked both Geno and May, no burns at all. The temps in his tank are:
78f cool side
84f ambient
95f warm side
124f right above UTH (I unplugged it about 5 minutes ago)

Just cause, here's May's info:
84f cool side
89f ambient
94f warm side
110f right above UTH (I unplugged hers too just in case, like a minute ago)

So, I'm having some husbandry issues :sigh2: