New Ball Python Owner, Need help and assurance.

I suggest both lamps on the same side, so that the side with the UTH is always warmer. Or if the room get sunlight or ambient light, just use 1 red lamp for night and day.

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I cant really have both lamps on the same side, the tank is a bit too small for that. Plus I don't have her UTH set up just yet either.

Once you get the digital thermometer you will be able to adjust your temps better. The thing is since your using the day time lamp as your hot spot when it turns off at night you have no hot spot. That's why the night time one should be your primary heat source until you get the uth running. You need the warm side to be in the 88-92 range 24/7 so if you have the night time on cool and the day time with the warm as soon as you turn off the day time at night you will have no hot spot anymore. Sorry for repeating myself. I would use the night time like I said as the hot spot. How many watt bulb is the night time? Is it red? The day time should be used to give her a sense of day and night not as a heat source do to the fact its not a heat source at night anymore.

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Well right now I have her daylight lamp on, because its morning. During the night (right around 9pm) I turn that one off and turn on her Red lamp night time bulb. I kind of alternative between them. Once I get a dimmer for the UTH what side should I put it on, the daytime bulb or night time red bulb side?

You should put the uth wherever you want your hot spot to be. Ok if your only using one bulb during the day and one at night then when you turn off the day time you should move the night time where the day time was. Your switching the spot that is getting heat which can be confusing. Then when its day again you move the night time out of the way and put the daytime on. If you just used the night time 24/7 as your hot spot you wouldn't need to switch them around every night. Is the room your snake kept in dark? If not then you don't even need the day time.

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Oh no my room only ever gets dark when its actually night time. During the day there is daylight because she is literally right across the room from the window. So your saying I don't need a daylight bulb? Everyone told me two bulbs (one day and one night) would be necessary. Even my uncle has two of them on both of his tanks.

I also just removed the red lamp and moved over her daytime lamp to that side.

Keep in mind this might change once I put her in her tank, but her rock hide will basically be on the same side she is now in the tub.

No you don't need a daytime bulb unless the room is dark. They can go by are day night cycle. Since your room isn't dark her day time light will be the sun coming through window and night time will be when the sun goes down.

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But I should keep the daytime bulb until I set up her UTH right? So then once i set that up, Id put the UTH under one side of the tank, and then the red bulb on the other side? Or would I put the red bulb on the same side as the UTH?

It depends on the temp in your room and the wattage of your night time bulb. The night bulb should heat the hot side right now and some of the heat will travel to the cool side so you shouldn't need the daytime. Like I said it depends on your room conditions. You will use the uth alone on the hot side. You will only need to use the night bulb on cool side if your room is less than 78, if your room is above that than you don't need to use any bulbs.

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Oh my goodness this is all really conflicting. First I'm being told I need both bulbs, now I'm being told I only need one, or I don't them both. Both bulbs I have are 50W.

I was looking stuff up online and people are saying that using a dimmer for the UTH is a bad idea and I should use a thermostat to automatically keep the right temp. Can you recommend any good ones or a specific type I should use?