Quote Originally Posted by vetteaholic25 View Post
Alright I'll move him back upstairs thanks. My roommate has some cage moss and he said that it really helps raise humidity up, is that cool for ball pythons? I also put a layer of wood chips over 1/3 of it because they hold moisture better. As far as monitoring temps go, do you suggest getting a thermometer with one of those probes that I can put in the bedding? Are the temps for the sides ambient temps, or at ground level? right now i have my thermometer/humidity gauge at the top middle of my tank. I'll go pick up another thermometer tomorrow to monitor both sides.
Cage moss doesn't stay moist for long and it can harbor bacteria so I personally wouldn't use it unless the snakes going into shed. I tried to use some for one of my beaked snakes but he had nothing to do with it. A thermostat will control the heat which you need because some uth's can get hot enough to cause burns to your snake. A thermometer will just measure the temp and a probe one is best because you can test multiple spots instead of ambient temp. You want to pay more attention to ground temps as bp's spend a lot if not most of their time on the ground though I've seen some balls that like to climb, so ambient is important as well.

If you have the dial gauges, then they're a waste. Wal-Mart should, or at least they used to sell an acurite thermometer that had a probe and measures temp/humidity and I'd go with that over an analog gauge though some analog humidity gauges can be calibrated for accuracy.