Rejoining

[Sauzo]

One of the main reasons I'm not taking advice from this forum regarding heating, is because none of it makes logical sense. For example, I have two whites tree frogs, and am on frog forum. Well, they constantly tell me that my frogs need fecal tests and that my substrate is bad. I have had these frogs for a year now and they are happy and healthy, while another person on the forum did all the stuff I didn't, including fecal testing, and giving her frogs medications. One of her frogs has died, and the others are sick.

I shared that example because it proves that less is more. You do not need extra all the time. My snake will not die nor does he even care if I don't get a thermostat.

In the wild, ball pythons come across all sorts of different temperatures, including low and high. Having a constant ambient temp of 80 provides no way for Marshall to escape unwanted heat, hence the reason for a hot side and a cool side.

Yes the heat pad itself is about 120f. On the surface inside the cave where Marshall lays is 90-92f.

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Ok so heat pad is 120f. Its attached to the bottom of a glass tank. Do you not comprehend that that glass will get as hot as the pad? How do you know its 90f where he lays? Do you have a temp gun? As for other forums saying you don't need a thermostat for a UTH, go ask the people on ReptileInsider or Redtailboa.com. They will all tell you the same thing, a UTH CAN be run with no regulation but you are playing Russian roulette and sooner or later you will lose. Are you really so irresponsible to the animals in your care that you will gamble THEIR happiness, health and welfare over something as cheap as a $35 Hydrofarm thermostat? I'm gonna guess you are the same sort that if your animal got sick, you would just let it sit there and "hope" it got better. My words are harsh but I just don't understand why some people even buy animals if they aren't willing to give them what they need or safeguard them from possible harm.

And you say your snake wont die without a thermostat, will you bet his life on it? Cause that is what you are doing now. And if you think UTH never fail, you are dreaming. They fail, overheat, shortout more than you think. Anyways, good luck and if you are unfortunate enough to have the UTH fail and your snake gets burnt, you will pay about 8 times the cost of a Hydrofarm thermostat in just vet bills not counting the time you will need to invest in nursing that animal back to health assuming it doesn't die.