Help!!!!!!

do you have any advice on which lighting is best and should i get a ceramic fixture to keep up the heat but no light for nite time

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Originally Posted by johnsgirl128

do you have any advice on which lighting is best and should i get a ceramic fixture to keep up the heat but no light for nite time

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You should be providing her with belly heat to get your temps on the warm side to 92-94 degrees and 82-84 on the cool side.

A UTH on a good thermostat is preferable.

How are you measuring your temps?

i am providing her with belly heat i have one of those flat stick on thermometers but to keep the temp up i leave on the heat lamp and i wonder should i get a ceramic element to give her heat but less light

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Originally Posted by johnsgirl128

i am providing her with belly heat i have one of those flat stick on thermometers but to keep the temp up i leave on the heat lamp and i wonder should i get a ceramic element to give her heat but less light

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Is the UTH on a thermostat?

Those stick on thermometers don't give accurate readings - you should get a digital thermometer/hygrometer - Walmart sells them in their hardware department for just $12 each.

Is your current thermometer measuring ground temps, or is it higher up in the enclosure?

Ball pythons don't require ANY supplemental lighting for heat.

the type of thermometer is called Acu-rite, and its acc-urate, haha
Here is what it looks like so you get the right one: http://www.weatherconnection.com/pro...&mfg=all&page==

yeah buy the humidity and temp. reader at Walmart, again ours was $11.50, after we spent over 25 bucks each on 4 diffrent ones, we found the $12 walmart one to read the same for half the price. Get a temp. gun to if you want to read the actual ground temp. Our read out on our humidity/temp. reader will tell us what the air is, but to read the ground temp. we use a temp. reader, which you point at the ground and push to get the reading. You can find them all over ranging in price to fit any budget.
One of our's also didnt eat for over a month when we got her, between having a new owner and new habitat, going to get sexed and everything else, she fianlly came around and ate for us last week.

Good luck.

get the setup correct first! proper temps are vital for success with ball pythons.


after the setup is correct, try a live hopper mouse.


vaughn

Last nite I came home to find my baby dead in her cage i have no reason why this is very hard fo rme to say just to let everyone know thanks for the help and info maybe next time will be better

:( :(

Sounds like your snake was too cold...