how much big should the UTHs be?!

Something terrible happened to me today, my cornsnake died by a car accident, no joke.
So Im giving the thermostat to my ball python now and also the UTH of the cornsnake im gonna put it on the ball python's cool side.
What i need to know is, should the heatmats cover all the bottom of the aquarium or a small part as the cool side and a small part as the warm side is enough?

both my uth are small and not big enough to cover the all of the bottom , so righ now she has 3/4 without UTH and 1/4 warm side.

The UTH should cover between 1/4-1/3 of the floor space for the hot side.

The UTH on the hot side covers about 1/4 of the viv, Now im gonna put another UTH for the coolside since i have a too much cold side, should this UTH cover the rest of the 3/4 of the aquarium or anoth 1/4 on the other side with the correct cool temps is enough?
sorry for the bad english

So sorry to jump ship.... how did your corn snake die in an auto accident:confused:

he escaped my vivarium and i couldn't find him, this morning i went out to take my dog for a walk and i found him flattened front of my door on the street, its not a very good morning view :(

Sorry to hear that. :(

You shouldn't need a heatmat in the rest of the cage if you've already got a 1/4 to 1/3 covered - especially in your climate, I'm thinking! Not unless the cool end is REALLY cool??

Not for a ball python

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Originally Posted by severe_bomber

Sorry to hear that. :(

You shouldn't need a heatmat in the rest of the cage if you've already got a 1/4 to 1/3 covered - especially in your climate, I'm thinking! Not unless the cool end is REALLY cool??

Not for a ball python

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well cause the faq on the husbandry part of this forum says it must not be below 82-84F. my cool side is about 69-75F i still not understand why since she still has a warm side to thermo with but well just wanna be safe.

temps here in the desert can really change over night so i have a UTH that covers a lil more than half of the tub with a thermostat and i have a red light on 24/7 to keep ambient temps up around 80

Ok Here is a Sketch Of What Im gonna Do:

http://img412.imageshack.us/img412/4...ravivarium.jpg

So Please tell me if what im gonna do is good or no. Thanks!!

Well you should only need one uth. Because the one uth at 92 for the hot. And since its in a tub it should raise the ambient temp of the cool side to what you u would need.

Unless ur house is really cold?

i checked the coolside of my viv with a TEMPGUN the bottom of the aquarium and it always marked around 69-72F or sometimes a bit more. So as the Faq says and someone told me in an earlier thread i was worried that it wasn't enough and is suspectable to ilness. So should i just leave it as is or should i add a heatmat on the cool side to? if i should add a UTH is like the picture i posted earlier enough/good? thanks.

In your situation, using two uths would be better. They don't need to cover the whole bottom of the viv, as long as they cover about 1/4 of the floor area each.

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Originally Posted by Kaorte

In your situation, using two uths would be better. They don't need to cover the whole bottom of the viv, as long as they cover about 1/4 of the floor area each.

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Thanks alot! so in other words like the picture i post is good ey?

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Originally Posted by DarkSmoke

Thanks alot! so in other words like the picture i post is good ey?

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The pic posted looks good imo. Your snake shouldn't have any problems with those temps. 69-72 is a bit cold, so adding a UTH on the cool side (and hooking up to a t-stat of course to keep the temp decent for a cool side) would be a good idea.

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Originally Posted by Seak

The pic posted looks good imo. Your snake shouldn't have any problems with those temps. 69-72 is a bit cold, so adding a UTH on the cool side (and hooking up to a t-stat of course to keep the temp decent for a cool side) would be a good idea.

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Absolutely. If you can control the outputs independently and have one cooler than the other then all is good. :gj:

My house is freezing so I use a infra-red bulb (on a dimming stat) at the cool end to keep the temperature above minimum. I think using a mat is probably even better though, as it won't kill your humidity like my bulb does! :mad: