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[mrSocks]

Right now I have a pair of old jogging pants on top wiht a nice little vent in the corner, He hasnt moved anywhere in his cage today? stayed in the same general area under his heat lamp but thats it. I have his other hide out and I cleaned it this morning and I need to put it back in so he can chill for the ngiht but he doesnt want to cooperate with me, every time i touch him he kind of tenses up and seems scared, should I wait on puting his other hide back in or should i just go ahead and rty and pick him up to put it back down.

[The Serpent Merchant]

Just put the hide back on, a hiding BP is a happy BP.

[mrSocks]

Oh another quick quesion, for my probed thermometer I have it on the side glass somewhere in the middle, will that get me a good reading on my temp? or does it need to be directly under the light source?

[The Serpent Merchant]

The probe itself? or does the display have another thermometer in it?

The probe should be directly over the UTH, and under the heat lamp on the cage floor. The unit itself can be anywhere as it will just be measuring air temperature.

[mrSocks]

Im talking about the probe for my actual tank basking area, the one im using now, I unplugged my UTH until i get my thermostat, It is reallying at 91.3 and the probe is on the side sheet of glass about in the midle.

[The Serpent Merchant]

You really want the probe to be directly in line with the heat source. but your probe placement sounds ok as long as it isn't stuck there with tape.

[mrSocks]

You really want the probe to be directly in line with the heat source. but your probe placement sounds ok as long as it isn't stuck there with tape.

It came with a suction cup, he moved from the warm side to the cold side now, im assuming its cause i unplugged his UTH haha. This is my first snake and Im still a but scared of him, but he is gorgous! a lot different that I would have ever imagined.

[VooDooDoc]

It came with a suction cup, he moved from the warm side to the cold side now, im assuming its cause i unplugged his UTH haha. This is my first snake and Im still a but scared of him, but he is gorgous! a lot different that I would have ever imagined.

Is this the probe going under the substrate? If so the suction cup won't work that great. I'd hot glue the probe, but not required. It should be fine just sitting there. This is the probe for the thermometer right, not the thermostat? Thermostat probe must be secure. Just never use tape for anything inside the tank.

Why would you unplug his UTH? Don't worry about him staying on one side, as long as its the right temp. Not sure I seen it anywhere, but are his hides identical? Post some pics, folks can offer advice on the setup better, and besides we all like to look at new snakes!

Oh and don't be scared of your snake, he's more scared of you. I'd leave him alone as much as possible for right now, but you can pick him up to clean and rearrange his cage furniture when he mucks it all up. After a few weeks, or at the very least after he's eating regularly, then start handling him more and more. Remember he's not a dog, not going to come slithering to you when he sees you coming, and maybe be a bit jumpy when you first reach in, but no big deal. He'll get used to you and you'll get used to him.

[mrSocks]

Woke up this morning to do a check and change his water and everything, humidity is at 52, ambient at 79, hot side at 89, cold side at 77. I checked the top of his hide, where i assumed he would be baskin. It read 122 degress! What cause it to get so hot over night? He was still under the hide but on top of it was rediculously hot. IM not sure how I keep the hot side at a constant temp without the heat lamp where it is.

[mrSocks]

As you can tell he didnt shed too well.

His halfway cleaned out house.
His new set up! I will be putting some more foliage in at some point.