Is this acceptable for heat?

[demonicchild]

tongs dude. i never touch my Snakes food.

I don't have any. I'll just dump it in next time.

[JeffJ]

get some feeder tongs and hold it by its nape. bp will get it and no risk of bites.

[demonicchild]

get some feeder tongs and hold it by its nape. bp will get it and no risk of bites.

I'll try that out

[deltaneutral]

I have a 55 gal with no problems.
It has a large UTH under the warm side set up to a Ranco thermostat and a CHE on each end.
I don't do anything and it maintains a consistent 80 degrees ambient, 91 degree belly temp (checked regularly with infra-red temp gun) and 45% humidity.
I bought a submersible pump and mister nozzles that I was going to set up to a timer to mist once a day for a minute, but I haven't had to.

I agree that in the wild, they have a much larger area to roam.
As long as they have plenty of areas to hide at different temps, I don't see the problem.

He has been shedding in one piece and eats like a champ.

Here's my set up that I built around a glass tank.

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[DutchHerp]

Whoa Delta, that's an exceptionally nice setup you got there!! Really sweet.

@MikeG,

Think about it this way: The sun is above! RHPs heat the ground, and also the air. For reference, the top of my hidebox is 93* and the substrate under the hide is high 80s.. the snake, however, is in the low 90s, because the top of it's body is in contact with the hide.

Trust me, RHPs are fine!

[XGetSome]

you could make a Ball python happy in a 10000 gallon tank, as long as you maintain good husbandry, good temps, and humidity....

[hoax]

OK I only kinda read over this...

If you will post pictures of your set-up and give us a detailed list of your "tools" your using we can help.

You need to use digital everything...

All your gauges need to be digital...

I use a temp gun to measure surface temp and that is a life saver!

Most any kind of heat source is acceptable as long as it is regulated!

UTH's are ok I personally hate them. I use RHP's and flexwat.

What kind of hides are you using?

If you share with us we can maybe give suggestions you never thought of. I know when I came to this place I thought I new something about BPs. I learned I knew nothing that was right.

Mike

[DutchHerp]

OK I only kinda read over this...

If you will post pictures of your set-up and give us a detailed list of your "tools" your using we can help.

You need to use digital everything...

All your gauges need to be digital...

I use a temp gun to measure surface temp and that is a life saver!

Most any kind of heat source is acceptable as long as it is regulated!

UTH's are ok I personally hate them. I use RHP's and flexwat.

What kind of hides are you using?

If you share with us we can maybe give suggestions you never thought of. I know when I came to this place I thought I new something about BPs. I learned I knew nothing that was right.

Mike

Mike,

Great minds think alike...

[hoax]

Mike,

Great minds think alike...

You can't argue with results..

Every UTH I have used results in hot spots some up to 130*F not something I want my snake on. I have heard other people of using them with great success, I have to ask myself if they have gone over them with a digi temp gun several times a day for several days at a time.

Hopefully more people will learn how dangerous these UTH's can be and use proper care

[zombie&lemons]

hey i have my 2 of my bp's in 4x2x1 cages and with a tstat im useing a 50watt bulb and im getting a hot spot of 92-95 abient temp of 87ish and a cool side of 85-84. now thats daytime cycle. at night im getting abiemnt temp around 85 with a hot side or 90ish and a cool side or 82ish and the heat emitter (thats right no lights) on a rheostat. on more thing i have red rope leds on the ceilling of each cage

oh yeah i tried using a uth and guess what nothing happened even with the uth on a rheostat i guess the birch just adsorbs that heat and dissipates it

infrared thermometers are amazing tho everyone should have one if you have a reptile they should be in the golden rules of reptiles