New Member and New BP

I had been going an hour between rechecks.

I figured out: the bottom of an UTH gets hotter than the top. Figure that one out.

I peeled back the UTH and put the probe between it and the glass... now with the t-stat set at 95 I an getting perfect temps at the substrate surface! Go figure, should have done it as suggested all along! :D

After letting the tank settle in all day, the t-stat and the inside thermo read the same... 95 (what I had the t-stat set on). I am bumping it down to 92 now and I bet after a settle-in period it will be right on the money. Now I have a big bag of extra reptibark for when I clean his cage next! :D

Took a picture of Konjou finally:

http://www.wax32.com/python/slides/080307_0021.jpg

lookin good...

Dave, he looks great. I'm glad he is all set up right and doing well.

Welcome. I'm new as well, but I know enough to recognize a beautiful snake--nice work.

Here are a couple of shots from today, his 2nd feeding since I have had him:

http://www.wax32.com/python/slides/080707_0118.jpg


http://www.wax32.com/python/slides/080707_0126.jpg

I hope he doesn't continue to eat the mice backwards, he had me worried there for a bit. He got it down ok though.

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Originally Posted by wax32

I figured out: the bottom of an UTH gets hotter than the top. Figure that one out.

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Zoo med UTH?? Well that would explain the 10 degree difference I've been having between my Johnson stat and the inside of hide temp. Wow. I tried peeling the UTH but it didn't want to budge without bending. Decided that it's better off taped under the mat. I guess the most important readings are the ones inside the tank, so I won't worry about it anymore. :)
Thanks for finding that out.

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Originally Posted by Argentra

Thanks for finding that out.

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No problem!

Got my new scale in.

http://www.wax32.com/python/slides/080907_0000.jpg

After his initial shed while he was still at Tim's place he weighed 75 grams. Now he is 102g 7 weeks later. From what I understand he skipped two weeks eating because Tim was going to initially ship him to a couple of other buyers that backed out of the sale. Two times!