Quote Originally Posted by bp-guy View Post
hey not trying to steal this tread but i am in the same situation and i just got my thermostat and just set it up yesterday this is how i did it. I hot glued my probe to the inside of the bottom of my tank in between my terrarium liner(green zilla carpet) and the paper towels that my ball python lives on i have hides on top of the paper towels so she cant get underneath the paper towels or terrarium liner and i also hot glued the probes cord to the side of my tank so she cant get wrapped up in it.
The reason why i didnt put it how everyone is suggesting(under the tank stuck with the heating pad) is cause the temperature that i have my thermostat set at wont be the temperature of the hotspot cause the heat has to go through the glass, carpet, and a layer of papertowels so i would have to use my temp gun to make my hot spot the right temp but my thermostat would read a way higher temp cause the heat loss that the glass and carpet absorb.

please give me your inputs i think that the way i set it up is safe for my ball python but i could be wrong.
Hey there.

What a lot of people do (including myself) is put a digital temp probe inside the tank so that you can set the thermostat a little higher and still have the temp that you want on the substrate/glass. I don't see a huge issue with how you did it the only concern I would have is in the off chance that the probe gets knocked loose or pulled off of the glass than your UTH is going to heat up to the full capacity. I would be concerned that because of the high humidity needed for BPs, that moisture could get under the glue and lift the adhesive.

Not saying the way that you did it is wrong - everyone has their own methods of husbandry, and if its working for you than that's awesome. I'm just playing the devils advocate.

Cheers!