Please Help! My ZooMed Terrarium is too cold:(

[HanabiraAsashi]

All thermostats use a probe, you put the probe between the heating pad and the glass. If you have one of the tack on zoomed pads, if you try to take it off now, you'll probably have to just throw it away. Also, your substrate on the hot end is far too thick, I find that having a very slight layer (half inch thick tops) of substrate works because you dont have to worry about a major difference between the temp of the glass and the temp of the top of the substrate.

Other than that, your issue is that you dont seem to have a lamp to heat up your ambient, also, ive seen no mention of your humidity or a picture of a meter for it, but i can see that your temps are low, your tank is glass and you have a completely open lid. I can probably guess that your humidity is in the 40% range, which is below the comfort zone. This combination is the reason your snake makes noises, its on the brim of getting a respiratory infection, especially since now its only source of heat has been turned off since it was its immediate source of danger.

If you have a space heater, i would point it at the tank (only close enough to get the inside to 80. Then, take a damp towel and cover up the screen lid. If you dont have a space heater, check the temps of one of your closets, if its 80 in the closet (probably is if the doors are closed) put the tank in there until you get a heat lamp, a dimmer and a thermostat.

If im mistaken and you -DO- have a lamp, if you cover up 80% of that lid with a damp towel and have the lamp taking up the remaining 20%, you should see a rise in your temp and humidity.

Also, no heat caves.