Brand New Ball Owner

[Caspian]

LittleTreeGuy

1. Your heat mat (UTH) NEEDS to be regulated. You can use a dimmer switch (available at lowes or home depot)
im getting a very nice thermometer today after work for his warm side! with a 8watt heat pad I don't think it is getting to hot as he stays under there with no problem and moves the aspen so he lays directly on the bottom of the tank. Would a CHE above his warm side be effective? his cool side runs between 75-81 (night to day) so I know that needs to be a little higher, warm side at around 90ish.

You need a thormostat, not a thermometer. A thermometer just tells you what temperature it is. A thermostat controls the temperature of the heat pad. And snakes will lay right on a heat pad, while it burns them severely. Just because he is laying in there does not mean that he cannot be very badly hurt by having a heat pad with unregulated temperature.

[xbigb78x]

You need a thormostat, not a thermometer. A thermometer just tells you what temperature it is. A thermostat controls the temperature of the heat pad. And snakes will lay right on a heat pad, while it burns them severely. Just because he is laying in there does not mean that he cannot be very badly hurt by having a heat pad with unregulated temperature.

I don't really have the money for a hempstat 1 atm, is their a better alternative for a lower price? and will my pad plug into it? im at work so I have limited access to thing but this is one site I can use.