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I have been told by people on the forum here that if you have a room ambient temperature of 85, or thereabouts that ball pythons will be fine without a hotspot. If this is true why would you need a hotspot closer to 90, when a hotspot of 85 would be fine. Just curious, with that being said I do have thermostats for mine, and keep my ambient around 80, with the hotspot about 88-90 :gj:

I have a question. So I keep getting told that just because my heat pad is okay now, it will malfunction and get too hot. So if I had a thermostat, what if the thermostat malfunctioned? Then you would have the same problem. So basically you just can't win either way.


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Okay, a few questions. Sorry if you've answered these before.

what kind of cage? (glass aquarium, critter keeper, plastic storage box, wooden cage, plastic cage, etc...)

How many different heating devices are in use?

What kind of heating device(s)? (heat pads, heat tape, heat cable, heat panels, heat lamps, ceramit heat emitters, etc...)

Where is the heating device placed in relation to everything else in the tank? (under the cage, inside the cage, on top of the cage, on the side of the cage etc...)

Is the heating device being regulated in any way? (rheostat, thermostat, different wattage devices, timer, etc...)

How are you measuring the temperatures? (analog thermometer, digital thermometer, temp gun, by hand, etc.... )

Where are you measuring the temperatures? (ie: on the surface of the substrate, on the surface of the cage, underneath the cage, on top of the cage, several inches above the cage floor, inside the hide box, on top of the hide box, outside the hidebox, etc...)

70 is WAY too cold. That's why your snake hides in his hot hide all the time. He goes into a place where the floor is WAY TOO HOT, and then comes outside into an arctic tundra. There's no middle ground. Your heat needs to be at least 10 degrees warmer.

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I have a question. So I keep getting told that just because my heat pad is okay now, it will malfunction and get too hot. So if I had a thermostat, what if the thermostat malfunctioned? Then you would have the same problem. So basically you just can't win either way.


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It's kind of like how airbags in a car sometimes fail to deploy. That doesn't mean there aren't a hundred reasons that they're a good idea.

I've had thermostats for years now, and none of them have malfunctioned. They're pretty reliable pieces of equipment, especially compare to heat pads.

Also, as I mentioned earlier, they can get too hot even without a malfunction. It's working fine, but there's a good chance it's over 90 degrees, but you won't know until you can replace that thermometer. I personally wouldn't trust any readings from one that broke in a matter of days.

I personally use an infrared heat gun to spot check various areas in my enclosures.

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Originally Posted by gameonpython

I have a question. So I keep getting told that just because my heat pad is okay now, it will malfunction and get too hot. So if I had a thermostat, what if the thermostat malfunctioned? Then you would have the same problem. So basically you just can't win either way.

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Its NOT okay now. 120 degrees is too hot.
I sure wish your snake could talk, then again you think Im rude because of your ignorance and unwillingness to take preemptive measures.

Personally I think gameonpython is a troll, and just comes here to cause trouble. If we ignore it maybe it will go away ;)

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Originally Posted by gameonpython

I have a question. So I keep getting told that just because my heat pad is okay now, it will malfunction and get too hot. So if I had a thermostat, what if the thermostat malfunctioned? Then you would have the same problem. So basically you just can't win either way.


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Actually most good thermostats have built in shut off if its above a factory or user setting. All UTH will run full throttle unless regulated.