Uth and heat lamp

I'm curious. I have both in my set ups. Is a UTH really necessary. I leave the UTH for a hot spot and for belly heat to help with digestion. But if my lamp is heating up one side of the tank good enough,do I really need a UTH.. I've had no problems having the two as I have my UTH on a thermostat and regulated by a thermometer as well. My snakes seem very happy. Always hiding,do night time exploring,eat and shed great. They say if it ain't broke don't fix it. But if it am get away with not having a UTH,mainly if it's not needed,then I may do so,maybe.

If your temps are ok with just the lamp, then the UTH isn't needed if you don't want to use it.

Ok,TY..yeah,I'm not sure what I wanna do..maybe since it's winter and my apt is at an avg of 70-72 I'll leave the UTH for now...come summer I'll just be using a heat bulb,cause when I'm not home my apt can be about 78-85on avg.

i just also find when I use a higher watt bulb it dries my tank out quicker,lower watt bulb keeps humidity pretty good which is also why I am keeping the UTH... Dead tougher with tanks and keeping the humidity,so the UTH plays the little bit extra heat for them since I use a lighter watt bulb,thought he tank is still very warm and comfortable for them

The UTH works when you don't have a,light on 24/7, like in my setup. Since my snakes are in my room, and I like to sleep in the pitch black. If you don't mind the lights, they would probably work as long as it gets warm enough under the warm side hide.

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I use only lights with no problem at all. The temps stay in low 90s to 80s and I haven't had any shedding problems.

TY everyone.

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Originally Posted by Archimedes

The UTH works when you don't have a,light on 24/7, like in my setup. Since my snakes are in my room, and I like to sleep in the pitch black. If you don't mind the lights, they would probably work as long as it gets warm enough under the warm side hide.

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You can always run a ceramic heat bulb. That way you can still have a heat lamp without the light.

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I was always told that a UTH is a must 24/7. If your snakes are happy why change anything?

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Originally Posted by jessica87

I was always told that a UTH is a must 24/7. If your snakes are happy why change anything?

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Jessica,I'm not going to change it.,you are right. I always thought a a UTH was a must...I actually just cleaned out one of my tanks,full clean,washed inside and out and put the heat pad back.. The bottom of the tank was pretty cold when I disconnected the UTH this morning til this afternoon right before I cleanedit. I wanted to see how it got inside the hide basically. I left the thermometer in and with my heat bulb on,it about 70 under his hide and I don't like that..so things will remain how they are,come summer I'll prob be able to disconnect the UTH,but we will see. I doubt I will

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Originally Posted by Archimedes

The UTH works when you don't have a,light on 24/7, like in my setup. Since my snakes are in my room, and I like to sleep in the pitch black. If you don't mind the lights, they would probably work as long as it gets warm enough under the warm side hide.

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You can get a ceramic bulb and you should. I'm sure that heat pad doesn't keep the tank warm enough or even under the hide warm enough for your snake. Unless your heat pad is not thermostat regulated otters heat pad is up super high...you have a snake it's your job to take care of them,so it's not about what you like,which is sleeping in the dark,but about what's necessary to take full care of this animal that relies on you to give it what it needs.

having a pets a responsibility. If you can do what's 100% necessary to make sure there happy..then don't have a pet.

Srry man,dont mean to sound mean or whatever,but I'm a big animal person. I make sure that I take Careof them to the fullest and give them what they need to live full happy healthy lives. If I have to do adjusting to my life then I will do s. thats what comes with having pets IMO

anyway,thnx for the advice

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Originally Posted by NYHC4LIFE8899

You can get a ceramic bulb and you should. I'm sure that heat pad doesn't keep the tank warm enough or even under the hide warm enough for your snake. Unless your heat pad is not thermostat regulated otters heat pad is up super high...you have a snake it's your job to take care of them,so it's not about what you like,which is sleeping in the dark,but about what's necessary to take full care of this animal that relies on you to give it what it needs.

having a pets a responsibility. If you can do what's 100% necessary to make sure there happy..then don't have a pet.

Srry man,dont mean to sound mean or whatever,but I'm a big animal person. I make sure that I take Careof them to the fullest and give them what they need to live full happy healthy lives. If I have to do adjusting to my life then I will do s. thats what comes with having pets IMO

anyway,thnx for the advice

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I will thank you in the future to not judging my husbandry tactics, of which you know nothing about. My animals are well cared for and loved unconditionally. I made a recommendation based on your description, but your has zero correlation to mine.

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It's whatever works for you and your snake. I don't understand if your uth is on it should make your glass tank hot enough for belly heat for your snake. If you checked it and it was cold maybe it got unplug the night before. that happen to me around thanksgiving and was wondering why my snake was always on the cool side while keeping a 60watt red bulb on the cool side she was able to get enough heat at least 82 and inside the hide the heat was pushing 84. :)

No,I unplugged it in the morning when I woke up...and removed it.

actually what happened was I woke up this morning and the thermomenter where the the pad is was reading127 degrees. The probe from the thermostat which was tapped to the pad fell of,cause I messed with the tape before I went to bed and guess it broke free...so I unplugged the UTH immediately .left the bulb on and removed the UTH..

If all is working well and your snake is happy, I wouldn't change anything. As long as your temps are correct and your snake is eating and shedding well leave it alone.

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Originally Posted by EAC Reptiles

If all is working well and your snake is happy, I wouldn't change anything. As long as your temps are correct and your snake is eating and shedding well leave it alone.

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EAC,they both eat like pigs,never refuse a meal,there shedding is no problem what so ever. Heat and humidity is kept where it should be regularly,except in shed when I bump humidity up to like 80 for a few days. But like you and Jessica said,why change. If it ain't broke don't fix it. I'm going to leave things as they are.

tanks temps are 82-86 hot side and around 78 give or take cool side,hot spot I keep around 88-90

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EAC,they both eat like pigs,never refuse a meal,there shedding is no problem what so ever. Heat and humidity is kept where it should be regularly,except in shed when I bump humidity up to like 80 for a few days. But like you and Jessica said,why change. If it ain't broke don't fix it. I'm going to leave things as they are.

tanks temps are 82-86 hot side and around 78 give or take cool side,hot spot I keep around 88-90

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Everything sounds like it's all good so def leave it be

that's it........perfect! :snake:

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Originally Posted by EAC Reptiles

Everything sounds like it's all good so def leave it be

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Yes sir,that's the plan

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Originally Posted by jessica87

that's it........perfect! :snake:

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Lol :D

I use a UTH to maintain the basic ambient temp more than a hot spot and an infra-red lower watt bulb to provide a hot spot on my guys in glass tanks with no trouble. If the bulb blows while I am at work the tank temps are kept within reason by the UTH.
But, if your home is reasonably warm and you keep spare bulbs on hand I can't see any reason why you need to change anything. And, to be honest if heating was totally taken care of other ways I would still be looking for an ultra-low watt Infra red just to watch them at night just before feeding days when they cruise the tank like they are on a rat killing mission.

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Originally Posted by Raven01

I use a UTH to maintain the basic ambient temp more than a hot spot and an infra-red lower watt bulb to provide a hot spot on my guys in glass tanks with no trouble. If the bulb blows while I am at work the tank temps are kept within reason by the UTH.
But, if your home is reasonably warm and you keep spare bulbs on hand I can't see any reason why you need to change anything. And, to be honest if heating was totally taken care of other ways I would still be looking for an ultra-low watt Infra red just to watch them at night just before feeding days when they cruise the tank like they are on a rat killing mission.

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I've got quiet a few extra bulbs on hand,so if one goes I can replace right on the spot,not that they may be the watt I'm using,but as a temp replacement for a few hours or a day,I'm good to go.

yes I use at night an infra red bulb already,my other tank I use the black light heat bulb,cause yeah he does like to come out and do his exploring for an hour or two. Definitely cool to watch,kind of mimics them In there natural habitat. Plus I think it's good he gets to stretch out and move around.

yeah through the cooler seasons my apt stay within73-70. I can keep it to 80 but if so imma then put the AC on lol,cause I'll be sweating..so my apt does stay very warm and comfortable. Right now I have my heat On at 73.my tank temps are great humidity steady..yeah man,I'm having no problems,so I'm not changing anything except for my tank location..they are right near the window and right next to the heater....so end of winter I have a place I may move them to but not sure cause I have no outlets there,well I do but already have 100 plugs plugged in. So I hag I figure something put,I have an idea