Quote Originally Posted by TheSnakeGuy View Post
Yeah that's probably an 18" tall 55 gallon. Please tell me you have a THERMOSTAT that your UTH is regulated by, and not simply a THERMOMETER sitting on top of it measuring the temp. Do you have a mesh screen? Or simply an open top covered by aluminum foil? I ask because it looks like your lamp is clamped onto an open top. Dangerously high risk of escape! I'm guessing you turn that white lamp off at night allowing your temps to drop unsafely into the 70's. Those digital thermometer probes need to be on the floor of the cage. That is where the snake is so that is where you need to measure the temp.
I do have a thermostat regulating the uth. There is a mesh screen with clamps. I had to remove the clamp lamp which is now on a movable post. The lamp isn't in the picture. I don't use a white lamp, I use an infrared heat lamp at night. I'm waiting on a digital thermometer which I ordered and will probably go by the hardware store to buy a temperature gun. I usually run the lamp all night and into the morning. The light you see in the picture is the window. Should I put the heat light over the end with the uth?