Why is he burying himself?

What should the temp be when placed above the uth?

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if you are measuring directly on the UTH it should be 90, that is why we said she is too hot, you need to hook up a TSTAT to your UTH.

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Originally Posted by MariaLHodge

Thank you! I know that the last two days were strange because he wasn't out roaming his tank throughout the day but I know that a happy ball python doesn't venture during the day so obviously the temperature and humidity are more to his liking. I just had never seen him move the substrate at all so that threw me for a loop....

My only other question is what should the ambient temp be in the tank. It's reading 90-95 during the day with my probe 1-2 inches above the substrate and a 100watt bulb (cost me $60 but not sure what kind it was). is that too warm on the hot side for ambient temp?

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An ambient temp of 90 to 95 is kind of hot. My hot spot (on the substrate...where the snake's belly makes contact with the substrate) is 89 to 90. The ambient temp is around 84 to 85 at that end of the tub.

Well then I don't know what to say because my ambient temp right at this moment is 93 and the temp in my substrate is 84 and the UTH is definitely warm and working... So at this point I'm going to say that contrary to what people are saying he is not burning up, the temps are fine and I think he was just burying himself to bury himself. He seems more content now than he has in months, so I'm going to keep monitoring the temps, get a thermostat and keep on doing what I'm doing.

Thanks again! I greatly appreciate all the advice! :bow: