Tank Setup Advice!

[dembonez]

well as you guys know my BP isnt eating and my first thought was relocation stress. but then i thought mabey my set up is lacking somewhere so i figured better be safe than sorry my set up is 88.9 basking 51% humidity cypress mulch 2 hides undertank heater any advice? plz!

[BuckeyeBalls]

Whats the size of the tank?

What temp is ur uth? Is that what the 88.9 is? Or is that ur ambient air temp?

Your temps seem fine. Maybe the cage is to big and he dont feel secure.

I recommend a tub

Edit: Also what are you feeding it? And how often are you trying to feed? Did u ask breeder what they were feeding it?

[mpkeelee]

how long have u had him? whens the last time u handled him? are any of the sides covered? hot side, cool side, ambient air temps? size of BP and size of hides? are u trying to feed the same thing he ate before u got him?

[dembonez]

sorry forgive me but i have the prob to the thermomator touching the glass where the heatpad is

tank is 20 gallon i cluttered it so it seems tight

i got him a feb 28 i have not held him yet i was waiting for him to eat i tried a rat pup like the breeder said


and sorry but whats ambiant air temp?

[mpkeelee]

ambient air is the air inside, not on the UTH or under the light or anything. ok well is the heat from ur UTH getting through ur substrate to the snakes belly? how often since u got him have u offered food?

[dembonez]

ambient air is the air inside, not on the UTH or under the light or anything. ok well is the heat from ur UTH getting through ur substrate to the snakes belly? how often since u got him have u offered food?

i tried twice yesterday and the day before but he did not seem interested it was frozen i thawed it out and used a hairdryer for the head he sniffed it but then just walked away not interested the last time he ate was with the breeder the 24 of feb


*how do i measure ambient air?*

[Laxhitman316]

Where is the ideal spots to set up the probes...

[dembonez]

Where is the ideal spots to set up the probes...

i have one under the substrate on the glass for the uth and my humidity probe is in a corner


im haveing trouble with ambient air i thought whatever the prob under the substrate says is what you need therefore if it reads 90 then its good for the snake have i been wrong this whole time?!

[steveboos]

Well you HAVE to know how hot the actual pad is so you know that inside the hide isn't too hot or if your snake burrows onto the glass it wont burn them. The UTH shouldn't be anymore than 110 to make it 90-95 in the tank on the hot side.

[dembonez]

i got this i dont use anymore for my beardie do u think it would be better for my ball python? i got seperate exo terra ones right now but http://cgi.ebay.ca/Thermor-digital-t...-/250575781057 that one measures all 3 so that means i put the prob under the substrate and the machine in the cage so it will read the humidity and the air?



ugh i hate asking dumb questions