Young snake won't take F/T, try live next?

[KMG]

I do have them both covered up with carpet to prevent any chance of burns also. I can shove the probe in with the one on the floor of the tank, have I been making the bedding too warm?? The bedding is probably 90 or more. Since I have two heaters and one thermostat I can at least regulate that one to 92. Does the InkBird dim the power to it or will it just shut the heater off and keep turning it back on to keep it warm?

Thanks for pointing that out I don't know how I didn't think of how warm it must be on the heater I was focusing on the ambient temp too much

The probe needs to be outside the cage. Only bad things will happen when controlling uth with the probe inside the cage.

The snake CAN get under the carpet. It is no protection.

You need to know your temps. Get an IR temp gun on Amazon, they are cheap.

If it were me I'd cut the tstat down to 88F and get a IR thermometer.

The uth does not heat the air and it is improper to attempt to control the air temp with them.


I don't know your tstat but if it's a cheap one that says on/off and that it's not proportional it does just as you said and turns off and on to control the uth. Proportional tstats are best and one day you'll want to upgrade.


So much for backing out. I think some full pics of your cage would help me get you up and running. One trick to make a hide feel smaller to your snake is placing a good amount of moss in it covering. This covers the large opening and takes up space inside making it feel more secure.