pythons underbelly help

[Kaorte]

I did do research and I am thankful for everyone pointing out that thats bad, I just had no idea that the pads would get that hot. Im going to go pick up a thermostat tonight until the one I ordered gets in. What temperature should the area above the pad be at? Im going to read through the bp care sheet, seems like a few websites have completely different numbers, its odd. Thats the only reason why my humidity was above 60. Ill make sure to keep it in the 50-60 range.

A caresheet will tell you the temp, but somewhere in the low 90's is a good start. Use the caresheet here, its very good.

[grif]

The surface temperature of the glass or plastic over the pad should be anywhere from 88-92*F. I try to keep mine at 90*F.

perfect thank you
Ill make sure to go buy some sort of regulator and temp gun tonight.

[AnnaK231]

How's your snake doing?

[grif]

How's your snake doing?

Actually really well thank you for checking up, he's a lot more active now I followed the advice that was given to me regulated his heating pad, got a heat lap to increase the ambient but not make it too hot, and got his humidity right around for where it should be, it turned out it was just him going through a really bad shed. As soon as he shed the brown spots and the pinkness if his belly disappeared.

[AnnaK231]

Actually really well thank you for checking up, he's a lot more active now I followed the advice that was given to me regulated his heating pad, got a heat lap to increase the ambient but not make it too hot, and got his humidity right around for where it should be, it turned out it was just him going through a really bad shed. As soon as he shed the brown spots and the pinkness if his belly disappeared.

I am glad he's doing great! Just an FYI, if they get burnt, they always shed it off. So it could very well have been a burn, but not a bad one. Or it could have just been a bad shed. Either way I'm glad you got the husbandry better and he's doing great!