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Try isulating 3 of the four sides with cardboard or something that you can rig up relatively easily. And make sure its not sitting anyplace drafty.
Also...what kind of substrate are you using and how much? If you've got 3" of aspen in the bottom or something, then it may take a LOT more energy for your UTH to heat through it. It could be that your substrate is acting like a blanket, trapping almost all the heat on the floor of the cage.
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I'd say I've got about...an inch and a half? I've got the outside(heat) probe under the hide on that side. My humidity, however, is at like 77%---which is WAY too high, yea?
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I'd say I've got about...an inch and a half? I've got the outside(heat) probe under the hide on that side. My humidity, however, is at like 77%---which is WAY too high, yea?
Yeah, that's a bit high. In addition to insulating the sides and making sure there's no drafts.....I would highly recommend reducing the substrate considerably, or switching to newspaper or some other absorbent paper product. The main reason for the substrate in their enclosure is to absorb waste. I've got two sheets of newspaper and it works fine. That may also help lower your humidity some as well.
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Looks like I'm going to have to move everything. *sigh* This sucks.
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Alright, I've just taken a GREAT deal of the substrate out---moving it(the enclosure) didn't seem to help--in fact, it seemed to make it go down a degree. So, I've removed a lot of the substrate(as it was just making the humidity climb ever slowly upwards), to see if that will help matters any.
In the event that it does not help(I'm beginning to think that it's simply too cold down here in the basement to heat an inclosure with just a piece of flexwatt), is there any other way besides a UTH that would be safe to use with a tub? I've read that ceramic/overhead lighting can melt the plastic of a tub.
Update: I've taken the TStat probe OUT from between the enclosure and the Flexwatt. It is now currently sitting on top of the substrate, beside the thermometer probe, inside of the enclosure. This is only temporary(hopefully), until I can see that the inside of the enclosure will reach at least 92degrees. After that, I'll start tweaking; If I have to keep the tstat probe inside the enclosure so that I can accurately get temps, I'll certainly do it. I'll just make sure that it's properly secured in place so that the slitherbaby doesn't move it / get tangled up in it.
