baby ball python, please help.

[seercirra]

You were right to put the feet on the enclosure. A little air flow under the UTH actually helps it work properly. Just to be clear, a UTH must be used with a thermostat to prevent from cooking your snake.

You should be taking temps right on the glass under the substrate where the UTH is. Use a thermometer with a probe.

A hot spot of 92* (surface temp) is sufficient, but you should try to keep your ambient temps above 75* at least. shoot for 80*.

hey, thanks for replying.
there isnt air flow underneath the UTH. the UTH is just sitting on my carpet floor. there is air though between the UTH and the enclosure.
the enclosure is wooden by the way, so it insulates a little better than glass.
the temps at the actual base of the enclosure, under the substrate is about 95f, and surface of substrate above heat mat is 88, ambient of 78 or 79. - dropping to 76 or so on the cool side.


so its all good then now pretty much yeah?

i will be looking at getting a thermostat but nobody answer my questions about them.