My,little wierdo

[PorcelainxDoll]

So my bp is wierd he will not go to his hot side if it is above 87 degrees. Ive been trying to keep it at 90 and he wont go to that side at all but if it goes to 87 he sits there and goes back and foth between cool and hot. His cool side is 80 btw. Will he be okay at an 87 hot side or will he get used to the 90?
Pertty,much im asking to i keep it at 90 and hope he gets used to it or keep,it at the 87 os that he seems to like and will regularlly thermoregulate at?

[bobmurffy]

87 degrees is fine for him... if that is what he likes then just keep it at that. as long as you dont let it drop below 85 on the heated side you should be good!

[The Serpent Merchant]

Are you absolutely sure that the hot side is 87?

I have seen a lot of threads where a BP doesn't like to go on the hot side and it ends up that the hot side was a good bit hotter than the owner thought due to an unregulated heating pad, or a thermostat probe in the wrong place, or even a thermometer in the wrong place/wrong type.

[PorcelainxDoll]

I have a 60 watt infared red bulb, and about a foot away on the fround there is a low power heater on liw i have one thermometer probe on the glass under substeate and its 87° (btw) the hater isTEMPORARY till i get my 75 watt bulb that is beif shipped as we speak.
Im nervous to get an undwr tank heater ive seen so mant snakes get burnwd even with a thermostat

(god i hate this phone

[The Serpent Merchant]

If you have a good thermostat (one with safety relays/good programing... basically anything in the herpstat line) the chances of a burn are extremely low... cheap thermostats that don't have any safety features are still safe to use but not completely bullet proof.

If you can achieve proper humidity levels then I would say just stick with heat lamps, there is nothing wrong with them.

If you aren't using a heat source under the cage, then I would put the thermometer probe on the surface of the substrate... the substrate could be lowering the reading (when it says 87 the surface might be more like 90-92... and when it says 90 it could be more like 95) it all depends on how thick the substrate layer is and what you are using. If the thermometer probe gets moved around some it doesn't really matter... it isn't like the thermometer is regulating a heat source, just make sure it is in the right place when taking measurements.

[PorcelainxDoll]

When i had just the lamp the hunidity always stayed at about 45 with this heater its haed to maintain so im hoping this new lamp comes in soon!