Python cage degrees

[Retarted Geese]

I have a normal python.. (Don't know the sex yet..)
Still a juvenile.
I heard the cage temps with a heat pad are supposed to be around 90-95 F.
I left the house for 30 minutes to get some mice to feed it, I got back and the cage temp was 105F.

Here's how it's cage it set up.

1 In. Deep Repti-Bark bedding.
Small Heat Mat
The probe from the thermometer is about .5 In. or 6 cm. above/below the repti-bark.
The snake also has a heat lamp.. It's a lamp like this.
Is the light too much?
Also, should I turn off the heat pad when I leave the house for a few?

[ballpythonluvr]

Do you have the lamp and heat pad hooked up to a thermostat? The temperature on your heat pad is way to hot. It could very seriously burn your snake.

[Retarted Geese]

No we don't.... The thermostat is under the ground semi-close to the heater.
I turned off the lamp, it's went from 105 to 99 in about 15 mins..

[thegoalie22]

Wait you have a thermostate but it isnt hooked up to the heat pad?

[Stewart_Reptiles]

You need your UTH to be plugged into a reliable thermostat to maintain proper temps and avoid over-heating which could lead to severa burns.

[Retarted Geese]

How can I hook up my thermostat to my heat pad??

[Stewart_Reptiles]

How can I hook up my thermostat to my heat pad??

You plug your heat pad in the thermostat's outlet than plug the thermostat in the wall's outlet.

[RichsBallPythons]

the thermostats there referring to are not house type. You can get some good cheap ones from www.reptilebasics.com

[Retarted Geese]

This is the thermostat I use... It probes and is real close to the heat mat.
So it mus be a few degrees cooler above the repti-bark.

http://i46.tinypic.com/2wovb6g.jpg

http://i45.tinypic.com/14ty44z.jpg


That's temp and humidity now with the light off.
The probe is still halfway under the repti-bark.
I putmy hand onto the repti-bark and it's warmish... Not hot.

[RichsBallPythons]

Thats a thermometer not a thermostat. Thermostat controls the temps as thermometer only reads/displays the temp