A little advice?

[Stewart_Reptiles]

the tank is about 80-82º on the warm end. Is that too cold? Because I wanna get her an undertank heating pad too, but I'm scared it'll make it too hot.

It is too cold you want to aim for 88/90 range in an enclosure that size, once you will have UTH the bulb will likely be obsolete, you won't know until you adjust your setpup, and remember a UTH must be used in combination with a reliable thermostat.

[TheSquigglyExplorer]

Oh man, this makes me question that reptile store's reputability since they said room temperature would be fine and my house is 75º (Also sold me a snake when I'm clearly underprepared)! Thank you guys so much but, what kind of UTH should I get? All the ones I've seen have been for glass tanks only and just raise the temp by 5/10º

[Stewart_Reptiles]

Oh man, this makes me question that reptile store's reputability since they said room temperature would be fine and my house is 75º (Also sold me a snake when I'm clearly underprepared)! Thank you guys so much but, what kind of UTH should I get? All the ones I've seen have been for glass tanks only and just raise the temp by 5/10º

Keeping Pythons at room temps can be done however I only recommend it for experienced keeper and even in that case the ambient temp of the room where the snake is kept should be in the mid 80's/

As far s UTH for stand alone enclosure I am partial to Ultratherm they are sturdy, and do not stick to the enclosure like other brands do (making it hard to tranfer them to another enclosure if you had to.)

http://www.reptilebasics.com/ultrath...ater-uth-6-x11

[TheSquigglyExplorer]

Oh awesome! That seems perfect for my girl! So with the heating pad she might not need the bulb, even for basking?

[Stewart_Reptiles]

Oh awesome! That seems perfect for my girl! So with the heating pad she might not need the bulb, even for basking?

Probably not, and again make sure to purchase a thermostat.

[hazzaram]

I don't know if you have already, but that heated rock needs to go. They can be dangerous.

As you've probably already found out, taking advice from pet store employees is not good. Sounds like you're taking steps to make things right for your new little one Good luck.

[TheSquigglyExplorer]

I will definitely be getting those things asap

@hazzaram I usually never trust pet stores at all but, I figured a specific reptile store who buys from breeders could be better. Guess I'm learning as I go, haha. Can the rock get too hot or something? I had no idea they could be dangerous!

[hazzaram]

I will definitely be getting those things asap

@hazzaram I usually never trust pet stores at all but, I figured a specific reptile store who buys from breeders could be better. Guess I'm learning as I go, haha. Can the rock get too hot or something? I had no idea they could be dangerous!

Yes. It can burn your snake pretty badly. That's what a UTH and thermostat is for. It provides the belly heat that they need to digest and it's set at a proper temperature that can't hurt them

[TheSquigglyExplorer]

Oh wow, I never knew, it didn't feel hot enough to burn her but I'll definitely be taking that out.

[hazzaram]

Oh wow, I never knew, it didn't feel hot enough to burn her but I'll definitely be taking that out.

Probably a good idea. Just do a Google search for 'heat rock snake burn' and you'll get a lot of results and pictures. Pretty gruesome