Heating question

[NH93]

Me personally, I would use a ceramic heat emitter of around 100w and a thermostat to control temps. You could play with the placement a bit to see if it helps humidity keeping it over the water feature and so on. As for keeping the humidity, cover every square inch of screen or get rid of the screen completely. It's a snake, not a hamster, and doesn't need large amounts of ventilation to be healthy. You can uncover screen or add holes as need to maintain proper humidity.

All animals need ventilation and fresh air to be healthy! Do NOT completely cover the screen, it will cause more problems than not - mold, resperatory issues, the works. I may be new to ball pythons, but I most definitely am not new to animals.

[Crazymonkee]

I definitely wouldn't cover completely, first you would need a hole to fit the lamp, second a few holes in the opposite end.

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[Hgray]

Ok
I put a infrared heat lamp on the tank & the temp is only showing 80 degrees
Any suggestions on getting it hotter?


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[Crazymonkee]

As long as you have a hot spot of 90 80 ambient temp is good

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[Shera]

Ok
I put a infrared heat lamp on the tank & the temp is only showing 80 degrees
Any suggestions on getting it hotter?


Athens Staff

80 is fine, it can dip down to 75 at night without problems as long as you are maintaining a warm side at around 90F. I don't put a towel on mine, but I cover the whole top with aluminum foil to hold in heat and moisture. My tank has front and side ventilation though, so with the screen top it was way too much. Putting the heat over the water is fine, and in fact will help with humidity, but it will also increase bacterial growth, so be sure to change frequently. What size snake are you putting in there btw?

[Hgray]

It's just a small snake now, prolly 6months or so



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[Shera]

It's just a small snake now, prolly 6months or so



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That's a really big tank for such a small snake, is the hide huge? They like to feel all snug and secure. If the snake is happy and feeding and shedding well, then no need to change it I guess, but a way to improve it would be to clutter it up a bit more and offer a couple of smaller hides on each side. Darkening the sides would help it feel more secure too.

[Hgray]

That's a really big tank for such a small snake, is the hide huge? They like to feel all snug and secure. If the snake is happy and feeding and shedding well, then no need to change it I guess, but a way to improve it would be to clutter it up a bit more and offer a couple of smaller hides on each side. Darkening the sides would help it feel more secure too.

I have small hides on both sides
It has a really big waterfall in the middle,
Pretty cluttered up
So..it seems to be working out well


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[SlitherinSisters]

You might have to use a heat emitter. I think a lot of people with large tanks have to use at least one heat emitter.

[Hgray]

Anyone have input on a brooder heat lamp?
Good or bad?


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