New owner with a few questions

I drilled a hole and slid the thermometer probe through the bottom of the tub. it sits on top of the hot spot on the floor of the tub. I use paper towel for substrate. I keep and eye on the thermometer and take regular reading with my temp gun. It took some adjusting in the beginning but it works pretty well for me. My thermostat keeps the hotspot between 89 and 91 pretty consistently.

I think a rack is a quality home, but I kinda see where OP is coming from in terms of "hoarding." To each his or her own, but for me I can't imagine having more than a couple snakes. Not talking about breeding but just pets, after a few snakes don't you start to lose the feeling of "this is my pet," and it starts to become "these are my responsibilities?"

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Originally Posted by BPGator

She may actually burn herself rather than cool off. If you're on a budget, order a Jumpstart thermostat off of Amazon. It's like $30. You should have a thermometer taking a reading of the glass temp right next to your UTH (under the substrate). That temperature should not exceed 90°F.


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Went and got one, thank you for letting me know!

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Originally Posted by DLena

An unregulated UTH will hit the 120 degree mark in under 45 minutes AND KEEP CLIMBING. I tested one, and unplugged it after it hit 147. It took under an hour. No amount of aspen is going to protect against that. You know the saying about how to boil a frog? If you put it into boiling water, it struggles to get out. If you put it in tepid water and slowly bring the water to a boil, it never realizes what's happening and it dies. Same thing with snakes. If the pet store let you walk out with a new snake, UTH, and no thermostat, AND NEVER COUNSELLED YOU TO GET A THERMOSTAT, but they sent you out the door with everything g else, right down to 2 hides (good) and a lamp (unnecessary), then shame on them. Maybe they just didn't have one to sell you...

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They had one but apparently the girl helping me knew very little. Had it plugged on for a week so hopfully shell be ok. What would I look for to make sure shes ok?