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    My BP keeps moving to the cold side???

    Hi, so I recently bought a het axanthic BP, and am having trouble keeping the tank warm. Right now the ambient temp is 70 and the hot spot is at 84. I should be getting a larger watt ceramic heater in the mail today so I hope that will solve this problem. However, my BP keeps moving to the cold side and hiding under the log I put there. When I wake up in the morning I go in her tank to spot clean and usually bring her out for a minute, then put her back in on the warm side. She'll slide into the cave there, but then a little later I'll notice she moved back underneath the log. I'm just really worried she will be too cold and get sick and don't understand why she's doing it?

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    Do you have a uth? If so, is it regulated with a thermostat?

    What are your current heating devices?

    How are they set up and what style cage are you using? Pics?

    What kind of thermometer are you using?
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    How bigs the hot side hide, they like it snug.... if the cold side is smaller that could be it

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    Maybe it wants to be cooler at the moment. Switch the hides around that'll answer your question.

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    Or just take a pic.

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    Re: My BP keeps moving to the cold side???

    Quote Originally Posted by KMG View Post
    Do you have a uth? If so, is it regulated with a thermostat?

    What are your current heating devices?

    How are they set up and what style cage are you using? Pics?

    What kind of thermometer are you using?
    yes I have a uth, it's on a thermostat at 92 right now, only that high so it can get through my bedding. I have a uth and 60 watt ceramic heating lamp. I have the lamp in the middle of the screen. It's a glass tank.

    Quote Originally Posted by M.P.C View Post
    How bigs the hot side hide, they like it snug.... if the cold side is smaller that could be it
    the hide is pretty snug, when I've lifted it to get her out she was pressed against three sides. There's a little room at the entrance of the hide.

    Quote Originally Posted by Jhill001 View Post
    Maybe it wants to be cooler at the moment. Switch the hides around that'll answer your question.

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    Or just take a pic.
    I'll try switching them.

    Also can't get a pic right now since I went to work, I'll update with one when I go get lunch.

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    I switched the hides, put her outside the new warm hide, she went in for about 3 minutes, then went back to the cold side. Here is what it looks like now:


    The warm side is on the left. Current ambient temperature is 75 degrees, the hotspot is 84. The ground she's on is 70.

    No idea why the image is coming out so large...
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    If she keeps using the cold side regardless of hides, it would seem to indicate the hot side is hotter than you think.

    Are you measuring air temp, ground temp or both? How are you measuring the temps? Temp gun? Digital gauge? Analog gauge?
    It is okay to use pine bedding for snakes.
    It is okay to feed live food to snakes.

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    Re: My BP keeps moving to the cold side???

    Quote Originally Posted by 200xth View Post
    If she keeps using the cold side regardless of hides, it would seem to indicate the hot side is hotter than you think.

    Are you measuring air temp, ground temp or both? How are you measuring the temps? Temp gun? Digital gauge? Analog gauge?
    I'm using a temp gun from pro exotics to measure ground temp, and I have a Zilla thermometer/hygrometer combo about 2/3 of the way down the center of the tank. There's about 1/4 - 1/2 inch of bedding over the hot side, and I've pressed my hand onto it and it's just warm. I don't think the temp gun is wrong.

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    Re: My BP keeps moving to the cold side???

    Quote Originally Posted by mikesmelly View Post
    I'm using a temp gun from pro exotics to measure ground temp, and I have a Zilla thermometer/hygrometer combo about 2/3 of the way down the center of the tank. There's about 1/4 - 1/2 inch of bedding over the hot side, and I've pressed my hand onto it and it's just warm. I don't think the temp gun is wrong.
    If you move the substrate and measure the temp on the floor of the tank what is it?
    It is okay to use pine bedding for snakes.
    It is okay to feed live food to snakes.

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    Re: My BP keeps moving to the cold side???

    Quote Originally Posted by 200xth View Post
    If you move the substrate and measure the temp on the floor of the tank what is it?
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