Worried about cool side tempreture :SS

so yesterday i recieved my tempgun. and looks like my bp has a temp of 92 - 100F (100 being a smal spot in the middle of the UTH ) but this is not what makes me worry most. cause i know that can be fixed with a thermostat. what is worrying (i dont know how to spell it) most is that on the faqs on this website it says that tempreture should not drop more then 84F , wich i think its about the cool side :S my cool side is about 69 - 72F.
is my cool side bad? :S and would should i do if so :|

Your snake will survive although he/she would prefer a higher cool side temperature. I had to get a space heater to increase my ambient temperature. Have you tried that yet?

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Originally Posted by Reptile King

Your snake will survive although he/she would prefer a higher cool side temperature. I had to get a space heater to increase my ambient temperature. Have you tried that yet?

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hmm no , will it decrease the lifespan or something without the higher ambient tempreture?

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hmm no , will it decrease the lifespan or something without the higher ambient tempreture?

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I'm pretty sure your answer is no
and If you get the space heater watch ur humidity they tend to dry the air.

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Originally Posted by Reptile King

Your snake will survive although he/she would prefer a higher cool side temperature. I had to get a space heater to increase my ambient temperature. Have you tried that yet?

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ditto to that!!!! i got one cause its been freezing here in apopka. my snakes ambient temp on the cool side went from 70 up to 80 and droppped the humidity alittle which i was hoping for!! :)

its not that cold here, the temp is 16.9°C. i dont know how come temps droped like that on the cool side maybe cause my new home is a lot humid? im worried and curious whats the negative effects it will have on her, i hope some expert will answer soon.

Colder temps will put her off feed for a long time, It can also cause stomach rot of the rodent in her with colder temps.

Best to give them what is recommended and not wing it cause you havent seen anything wrong YET.

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Originally Posted by DarkSmoke

its not that cold here, the temp is 16.9°C. i dont know how come temps droped like that on the cool side maybe cause my new home is a lot humid? im worried and curious whats the negative effects it will have on her, i hope some expert will answer soon.

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Well then that makes perfect sense. For all us Americans, 16.9*C is about 62*F. If your house is about this temperature, then your cool side will also be close to this temperature.

You have a couple options, get a heat lamp (sucks humidity), get a radiant heat panel (expensive), get another UTH and a thermostat.

It is recommended that your cool side temps don't fall below 75*F. (23.8*C)

i got a 2nd UTH for the cold side for the winter cuz in the winter it can get to 15*F at times during the winter. i have a thermostat for both and i have a red light 24/7 on a rheostat low setting for the ambrient temp. i havent changed anything in a while. i occasionally adjust the thermostat a lil bit but everything stays right where it should be most of the time

omg , so now i have to buy 3thermostats and another UTH + something to messure humidity with. somebody knows where i can buy them for cheap ? in my country they are like 30euros each the thermostats plus 19 euros the UTH , i can't afford 110 euros at the moment :|

Anything under 80 farenheit can cause winter fasting and under 75 could cause RI's in your more sensitive BP's especially if accompaniedd with dry air. I use and oil filled heater on a ranco thermostat for my snake room and also my quarrantine room. They arent so bad on the humidity, are relatively cheap and not as much as a fire hazard as other types of heaters..

Well, what about just a small room heater? Over here they are called space heaters, and most come with a thermostat built in.

If you put a small room heater in the room where the snake is to raise the temp of the whole room, it would also raise the temps of the cool side of the enclosure. This is what I did. I have 8 snakes right now, and I have UTH for hot side temps, and I use a small room heater to keep the room warm enough for the cool side temps. Once I get my snake rack built this spring, I'll have UTH for both sides, but for now this is cheap and it works.

If this is an option for you; if the snake is in a bedroom like mine and not the living room, which would be much harder to heat, it should be less expensive than another UTH and thermostat. At least I would hope so.

Gale

its not an option for me to heat the room since it would mean heating half of my house, cause my house is a long corridor divided into rooms and i have a door in half of it were kitchen starts ( its just a small house with 4rooms)

is it ok to put a towel or a jeans between the UTH and the vivarium or there's a risk of fire hazard like that ?

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is it ok to put a towel or a jeans between the UTH and the vivarium or there's a risk of fire hazard like that ?

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There shouldn't be a risk of a fire hazard but how will this help you? You need air flow under the UTH in order for it to heat up properly.

the towell didnt help. heat was the same but cool side was also the same if not worst. the snake seems happy tough it eats without probs its not stressed and looks good. i currently cant afford another uth and a thermostat for my 2 snakes to get their coolside better, tough i still can't understand why its an issue to have a cool side as low as that since the snakes have a warm side and they can switch from side to side regulating their temps. but if someone has a cheaper option other then the room heater and buying UTH and thermostat please tell me.

Hi,

Do you have a thermostat on the warm ends at the moment?

You might be able to connect a second UTH via a dimmer switch to get the cool side right.

It might take a bit of tweaking to get it dialed in though.


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