Quote Originally Posted by tizzle89 View Post
i know your all not attacking its just its always about the temp.. lol i dunno if this thread has the pics of my cage but the temp is hot/mid hot/cold

the reason for the third temp is simple.. i have a water dish pretty much the size of the cold side there isnt enough room for the snake to have a hide.. and if i down grade the size the humidity will need to be tweaked.. i cannot mount the thing you all are talking about because......... i have a sliding screen top.. i wouldnt be able to open the cage if i mounted on the top of the cage.. and im not drilling through my glass.... so as of now i cannot use the best of the best.... lol my skink alone was 200 the bp 90 his cage 150 extra hide 10 3 digi therms 30 uth 27 water dish 20 beding 30 < bought alot lol
lights each basking light was 15 i have 3 100s 1 75

it all adds up... not to mention the 400 dollar light bill i gotta pay.. so for now im tryn to make the best of what i can afford
scraped up 80 bucks over the week and bought him his real UTH instead of a human heating pad lol along with his other 2 digis and his extra hide...


but really what works for you all doesnt mean it works for me becuase in order for it to work for me i would have to buy another cage.. and atm my wallet cannot take that blow... someone is always with him and my skink lol my fiance stays home and i work... lol

but atm im way frustrated since now i cant run my lights without the humidity getting to 90... the substrate is in the oven once again trying to dry it out ... izzy is in a plastic crate with a space heater and a human heating pad under him... i know how important the temp and humidity is so its the first thing i make sure is perfect.. and right now i cant get it perfect and its pissing me off... nothing that worked before is working now... theres either not enough heat or theres to much heat and not enough humidity <cage top open is y no humidity

put it this way there is so much humidity when i finnaly got tired of fighting with it in the cage.. i lifted one of his hides on the hot side and there was watre droplets on the roof of it... 1.40am no sleep again taken care of him
Believe it or not on top of trying to get you and your snake the best settup you can have we are also trying to save you money. All of the things we are talking about do not have to be expensive. If you had not already spent all the money you have it would in fact be a lot cheaper. I have never spent much money on hides. Terracotta pot bottoms to start: $1.10 a piece (I though they were overpriced at that). I forget the price but I picked up heat tape, mite remover, vet approved cleaner and a thermostat from reptile basics for a great price. Then built a rheostat for less than 10 bucks out of an extension cord and a dimmer switch.

Unfortunately for all the money you have spent the real benefit is going to come from a thermostat and a decent one will cost you over $75.

Another point worth mentioning is that lamps are not the most efficient sources of heat. If they were we all have lamps instead of heaters in our house. Not using lamps for heat is going to save you money.