Just a quick question

[charlie.g]

hey guys im new to all this just wondered if anyone could help me, i have had my ball python now for about 3 weeks she is 9 weeks old and called flick... a female, now as she is settling down quite nicly i have noticed that she is hiding in rather odd places, for e.g under the water bowl and burrying her self in the bark, is this normal or is she trying to tell me somthing i.e its to hot its at 30 celcius at hot end during day and will go down to 24 during the night would appriciate a reply...
thanks

charlie

[mpkeelee]

she needs a place to hide, check out the husbandry section stickies and u should find all u need there. BP's hide almost all the time

[charlie.g]

hey

she has three hides in their allready which i thought was a bit odd one down the hot end one down cool end and one in the middle... any ideas?
thanks

[AkHerps]

Your temps are too cool. What kind of heat are you using? How are you checking temps?

You need a hot spot of about 90-95 and a cool side in the mid 80's with the ambient air temps being about 80-84.

[Vypyrz]

Hello, and to BP.net.

-What type of heating are you using?
-How are you regulating it?
-Where are you taking your temperature readings from?
-What type of thermometer are you using?
-How thick is your layer of substrate?

[charlie.g]

hey
i am using a heat bulb which is attached to a dimming habistat and my substrate is about an inch to an inch and a half thick the habistat controlls the temperateure with a probe which is all linked up but just to check i have an exo terra thermometer placed in the hot end and one down the cool end

[Vypyrz]

OK. I got the temps converted. The warm side temperature needs to be around 33C-34C, but not more than 35C. The cool side should be around 26C-27C and no cooler than 24C...

[charlie.g]

excellent
thanks very much!

[Vypyrz]

Where do you have the Habistat probe positioned? Is it near the top of the tank, the bottom of the tank, or somewhere in the middle?

Are your thermometers digital or are they the stick-on dial type?

I forgot to ask what type of heat bulb are you using? Is it red, blue, or white? Also is it a UV bulb?

[charlie.g]

the probe is down the hot end positioned in the middle,
i am using stick on dial types of thermometers