Thermometer probe

[Faber]

I was wondering where you place your warm side prode when you have a heating light and heating pads? The heating pads wont generate the heat much about the glass would they; well enough to effect the ambient temperature? and i didn't want to put it high because then its closer to the bulb and farther from where the snake is.

[Kaorte]

Put the probe on the glass where the UTH is, under the substrate. You should get your hotside with the UTH and maintain an ambient with lamps if needed.

[Faber]

Oh, so the heat lamp is only for the air? It's not meant to directly effect the animal? Well I hope you know what I mean. The UTH is like sitting by a fireplace, and the lamp is like keeping the normal heat on as a way of not letting it get too outta control right? Without the lamp it would be like turning up the heat with a door open?

[Kaorte]

I suppose you could look at it that way.

If your house temp is kept above 75* then you probably don't even need the heat lamp.

[Faber]

Wait if i put the probe below the substrate wouldn't it just be measuring the heating pad? And my house is at like 65-70 lol i live in upstate NY. I moved the probe and it says over 106 degree's and climbing, before it was in the low 80's.

[Kaorte]

Wait if i put the probe below the substrate wouldn't it just be measuring the heating pad? And my house is at like 65-70 lol i live in upstate NY. I moved the probe and it says over 106 degree's and climbing, before it was in the low 80's.

Yes, you want to measure the hottest place the snake can get to in the enclosure.
That means you don't have a thermostat regulating the temp of the UTH. Get one or you will burn your snake.

[Faber]

Wait so if the heating pads always get that hot why do people say it would be tough to heat a large enclosure, theoretically you could have your snake in a U-Haul truck as long as there is a heating pad? And wouldn't the snake move if it was uncomfortable? Geez, if heating pads get that hot how hot do heat rocks get? like 150+?

[Kaorte]

Wait so if the heating pads always get that hot why do people say it would be tough to heat a large enclosure, theoretically you could have your snake in a U-Haul truck as long as there is a heating pad? And wouldn't the snake move if it was uncomfortable? Geez, if heating pads get that hot how hot do heat rocks get? like 150+?

The air also needs to be heated and heat pads don't really do a good job of heating a large amount of air.

Sometimes they move if they notice its too hot, sometimes they don't. It is up to you to make sure their environmental conditions are correct.

Heat rocks get very hot and will cook your snake.

[Faber]

Yea i knew the rocks were redic. So thermostats for heating pads dont short them out or anything? How much would it bring the temp down if i laid my aspen over top of a repti-rug?

[Kaorte]

....No. I don't see why they would. I use an on off type thermostat (reptitemp 500r) and I have never had problems.

If you use reptile carpet the temps should be okay but I wouldn't use that as a permanent solution. Reptile carpet gets nasty really fast once your snake uses the bathroom on it.