It got quite a bit colder today/last night, and I have huge windows that leak in cold. I do live somewhere where the coldest it gets is in the mid 20's (right now it is 47f outside and 68f inside, despite the heat being on). so it's not that bad in comparison to most places. Anyways, when I got my snake, I knew I would have to figure out how to keep the ambient temperatures up. I thought I would use the ceramic heat emitter from when I had my beardie in addition to the 2 UTHs I have. The problem is, the ceramic heat emitter smells. Really, really bad, and my health issues are such that I can't tolerate the smell.

Right now, I am putting a lamp over his cage (it is a floor lamp, so the light/heat goes into the tank.) It helps a little, but is pretty bright and doesn't work as well as I'd like). I know that his temperatures are pretty good in his hide, in the 90's). My temps on the floor on the warm side are in the 91-88 (normally 90-93 depending on where I take the temperature). On the cool side they are 74 ish. The higher up you go from the floor, the cooler they get, being about mid 70s throughout the tank.

I am thinking of getting a black light bulb to use, and just continue to use this lamp. I am mostly concerned about the night time, since I will not be able to sleep with the bright light on.

Does anyone have any tips to help with temperature? I was thinking maybe I could wrap the tank in something to keep the heat in (like a towel).

Hopefully the outside temperatures go back to normal so my problems will stop.

Thanks!

Draba