Quote Originally Posted by Pip View Post
Hope it's alright if I ask a question on the bottom of this.

My bp is in a 20L with a lamp on one side. I have two thermometers, one on each side.

I know, most people here will say I should use a UTH. Right now, I can't afford it, and normally get really great temps out of my setup. The last couple of weeks, the hot side has been 90-93 and cool side 80-82. Just recently, it has started raining and cooling off more in the afternoons and night, so the tank is getting a bit cool. The cool side is hitting almost as low as 75 degrees. I tried covering the screen to hold some heat in but it didn't really seem to work.
Short of converting to a uth and thermometer setup, what can I do to help warm it up a bit more? Maybe cover a larger area of the top? Or a lower wattage lamp on the cool side with a rheostat?
Ball pythons lay on the hot spot(belly heat) to help digest their meals.
A rheostat is worthless unless your room temp is fairly stable 24/7
ihome sells reptitemp 500R thermostats for 28 bucks shipped and The bean farm sells 11x12 flexwatt heat pads for 3.60 each.

For $10 more than a rheostat and a heat bulb you will have a thermostat and a UTH for your snake to enjoy