Quote Originally Posted by Inarikins View Post
BPs are terrestrial snakes. Measuring your temps at the top of your cage does them no good. Ambients should be measured near the bottom of the cage. You want your hot spot thermometerprobe on the bottom of the tank, preferably under their hide. I hot glue mine down and don't usually have a problem with my girl pulling them off (She's the only one not in a rack ATM, just a tub). You want your thermostat probe between the UTH and the tank glass. I don't have any experience with heat lamps of any kind so I'm no use there, but I can help you get your UTH situation under control.

And don't worry about the one that hasn't eaten since October. It's breeding season and they're adult males. A lot go off feed this time of the year.
I want to make sure I understand you correctly. Are you saying you hot glue the thermometer probe to the glass under the hide (so the probe is covered by the substrate)? If so, how do you make sure the snake doesn't get caught in the probe's cord (do you glue the cord to the wall of the tank)? Also, when you say you put thermostate probe between the UTH and the tank glass, are you saying that the probe goes on the bottom (outside) of the tank between the UTH and the glass? If so, I'm not going to be able to do that because I've already attached the UTH to the tank and unattaching it ruins it.

If I attach the thermometer probes directly to the glass, under the substrate (and under the hides), what temperatures should I be shooting for?

Thanks for your response.