Belly Heat Temperature

Wow that makes things so much better for me!! Now i can get rid of that damn ceramic heater!! yes! Thanks for the info adam. i was thinking of doing that but i was not sure of if they liked to get cooler then 80.

What was the temp under the ceramic heater?

-adam

Im really not sure because i only have the temp/humidity on my cool side at the moment and the heat lamp was on the same side as the UTH(hot side). I am going out tomorrow to get the digital one to put on the hot side(have stick on one for cool side) so that i know the temps/humidity on that side. I need to get a thermo for the UTH as well, thats what imtalking about with matt now.

You will almost have to keep the heat emitter going in the take you currently have. A 55 gallon is to tall to exclude it. When I was first into herps I wuld use 2 uth's, but I would have to use 2 thermostats. One set about 95 and one set to 83 or so..
-Matt

Ya i have kept the ceramic heater on but now i have covered the top of the tank and my humidity problems are almost completly solved!! Its at a steady 55% without the humidifier, when i get that working the humidity will be perfect.

I would suggest putting the tank on it's side. Thats what I did with my 29 gal and it helps alot with keeping heat/humidity in. It also gives you more floorspace.

Ok i just went out today to pick up a digital thermom/hygrometer and i put the probe for the temp under the substrate(couple layers of paper towls) and found that the UTH is at 107 degrees F. From the conversation in this thred this seem to be a little on the high side, but the weird thing is that my snake likes it in thre. If it was too hot do don't you think she would stay out of there? I really don't have the money to buy a thermostat right now but is this temp too high????

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Originally Posted by DrEwTiMe

If it was too hot do don't you think she would stay out of there?

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No. When not given the proper choices of temperatures, ball pythons will make poor choices.

-adam

is this dangerously too high of a temp...do you think till i have the money to get a thermostat that i should unstick the UTH form the bottom of the tank and stick something inbetween the UTH and tank to buffer some of the heat.

Is this temp cabable of causing thermal burns??

Yes, I do feel that 107 is bordering on dangerous. For less than $10, you can do to home depot and get a lamp dimmer, this should be able to tweak the temp down a little until you can save for a thermostat. Putting something between the UTH and the glass sounds like it could be unsafe or make the UTH really ineffective.

-adam