Substrate Depth & Heat

[Patricia]

Lol. Well before I found this forum I probably was cooking my first BP (my normal) to death. I had a Lamp and a UTH uncontrolled with Sand.

Sand too? Doesn't that get into the scales? Oh boy, I'm so glad our snakeys survived our first days/weeks of hellacious husbandry, LOL!

You want it to be 92-94 on the floor of the enclosure under the substrate. The snake will move the substrate around if it needs more heat. You don't ever want to set your temps on top of the substrate because then the bottom of the tub will be way too hot.

Thank you! That was another thing I struggled with during those first couple of weeks.