Quote Originally Posted by Danounet View Post
I think if you have to change the temp constantly, you are gonna drive your self nuts lol. Imagine when you get another snake.
Another snake???

I adjust the ReptiTemp a couple of times a day as just having the window open overnight has an effect on temps (and this is the peak of summer!). The adjustments are minuscule, though, and I don't mind at all. Wanna hear what I mean about the first couple of weeks driving us nuts?

While waiting for the ReptiTemp to arrive (couldn't find it in local stores and so ordered it online), the only way we had to prevent it from getting too hot was to add more bark. We literally raised Patriot away from the heat! When the AcuRite showed the top of the substrate being too cool, we'd remove some of the bark. Even after the ReptiTemp arrived and we'd have those temp fluctuations already mentioned, we'd play that maddening game of adjusting the depth of the bark.

It was only after I did a search on threads about the level of substrate affecting the heat reaching the snake did I find that newspaper and/or paper towels was the most highly recommended. The less substrate used, the less fluctuations in heat.

4 weeks. It's taken me 4 weeks to reach this point. Patriot must be a very patient snake, bless her little heart!