I'm having trouble with keeping up with ambient temps

[danielwilu2525]

I'm so worried about Sammy, his humidity is fine but his ambient temps are not. They stay at 76 degrees. I turn off my AC but my family can't take the heat, I can but I can't have my family suffering. What do I do to raise the ambient temps back to normal? Please help!

[jmcrook]

Type and size of enclosure? Heat source? How is it regulated? Type of thermometer and its placement? House temps? Lots of variables to be taken into consideration.

[Holly_Berry]

I'm guessing your snake is in glass aquarium? I have a 40gal tank for my ball python and found that having the heating pad with the thermostat just isn't enough as the tank is so high.
I purchased a 75w ceramic heat bulb, and I keep it placed over the center of the screen. The heat lamp is connected to a thermostat, so it stays around 85, which is high enough for the ambient temps. I also keep a hand towel placed over half of the tank to keep the warm side a little warmer, and it's been working well. My temps have stayed at a constant 80-87 ambient temp, and then 90 for the heating pad, and humidity I keep around 60 as I live in the desert and find she does better with higher moisture and doesn't seem so dried out. Make sure to be checking the temps with a thermal gun and a digital thermometer/ hygrometer, as the cheap ones you get from a pet store just aren't accurate. Hope this helps

[PitOnTheProwl]

that having the heating pad with the thermostat just isn't enough as the tank is so high.

A correctly regulated UTH is not ever meant for ambient temperatures, only a warm spot for your animal to lay.



danielwilu2525, move them to a room that you can shut off a vent to so it will stay warmer in there.

[Holly_Berry]

A correctly regulated UTH is not ever meant for ambient temperatures, only a warm spot for your animal to lay.



danielwilu2525, move them to a room that you can shut off a vent to so it will stay warmer in there.

Exactly, That's why I suggested getting a lower wattage heat lamp to keep the rest of the tank warm as well. I had never meant to say just use a UTH, but I know some people who think that it's simply enough.

[robert7107]

Holly_berry has the right idea . I have my Mojave in a 20 gallon using a helix thermostat put probe in between pad an glass used foil tape around pad and covered 90 % of screen top with foil tape set temperature 91 degree . I run my AC at 78 while home cool side stays around 78-80. Hot side 88-90.

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[Stewart_Reptiles]

Nothing wrong with 76 degrees

[danielwilu2525]

Sorry for being such a ghost! I was out. He is in a 15qt tub with a Apollo thermostat and a Exo Terra UTH. The tub is placed on a tall block of cloth so my bunny doesn't get to him. The room he's in doesn't have anyone sleeping in it, so I guess I can shut off the vents so it can be warmer.