Just have a quick question: I have a Herpstat II regulating a ZooMed 10-20 gallon UTH on the bottom of a 20 long Zilla Critter cage (30"x12"x12"). I just use repti-carpet as a substrate, with sphagnum moss in some areas of the tank to up the humidity. I use something similar to the Accurite digital thermometer with the wired probe. I have the herpstat set at 92.1F, with the probe between the UTH and the bottom of the tank, but when I woke up this morning the thermometer was reading 96F (thermometer probe is under the substrate inside the tank). I used an IR temp gun to try and corrobarate the thermo, but I could only find a high spot of 92.3F.
Anyone have any ideas what could be happening?
Usually my husbandry is spot on: 91F hot spot, 79F cool side with an ambient around 81F most of the time.
Maybe the batteries in the thermo are getting low? Maybe the snake laying on the thermometer probe is offsetting the reading (not sure if that would even be possible)? Any thoughts would be appreciated.
Ok, maybe it wasn't so quick..