So I'm renting an apartment for college with 2 friends and I want to keep a single ball python as a pet. I have a tub with a exo terra UTH and am picking out a thermostat (side question: pet store has reptitemp 500r, should i order a hydrofarm instead?). I don't have a rack or anything, I was just going to lay the tub on my dresser.
My room is pretty cold, due to where I live and sharing a power bill with other people. My average room temp is between 70 and 75. I tried running my UTH for a day without a thermostat just to get an idea of what the cold side would do, and it barely went above 75.
I realize I could just go and crank the heat in the room but that's expensive for a 3rd year college student like me and I find the heat hard to sleep in.
Does anyone know of any other way to create a suitable thermal gradient in my tub, short of buying a second uth and thermostat ? (also expensive). Any ideas would be great. I'm thinking it might be possible to insulate the tub with styrofoam.
Thanks.
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