Temperature problems (need help!!)

[toriwixom]

I'm having trouble keeping the temperature on the cool side down. I have the warm side of her tank at around 85 but the cool side won't dip below 82. I don't know what to do and I can't find anything about it online. Any tips?

[Godzilla78]

what size terrarium? It should be long enough to provide a temp. gradient. a heater on one end, and no heater on the other should work.

[SDA]

Do you have a way to dim down the heat output on the overhead lamp heating it? I am assuming it is the same setup you posted a week ago?

What exactly are you using to heat the enclosure including the wattage of any lamp and if you a e using a UTH and the size of the enclosure.

Also, what is the temperature in the room the cage is kept in?

[Zincubus]

Maybe you can post a lot more info of the setup including a few photos ideally ..

Warm side sounds to be rather low whilst the cool side seems too high ..




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[toriwixom]

what size terrarium? It should be long enough to provide a temp. gradient. a heater on one end, and no heater on the other should work.

She is just a baby, so I have her in a 10 gallon tank

[toriwixom]

Do you have a way to dim down the heat output on the overhead lamp heating it? I am assuming it is the same setup you posted a week ago?

What exactly are you using to heat the enclosure including the wattage of any lamp and if you a e using a UTH and the size of the enclosure.

Also, what is the temperature in the room the cage is kept in?

I use a 60 watt red heat light. My room is set at 75 and I have the fan running 24/7 to get some air flow but that's not working either.

[toriwixom]

Maybe you can post a lot more info of the setup including a few photos ideally ..

Warm side sounds to be rather low whilst the cool side seems too high ..




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I'm using a heat lamp and a heating pad (that is set up on the SIDE of the tank, not under) but neither is keeping the warm side temperature up.

[bcr229]

Heat pads do little or nothing for ambient temperature, their purpose is to create a basking spot that your snake can lie on. They must be regulated by a thermostat or they will get hot enough to burn your snake.

A 10-gal tank is too small to provide much of a gradient. I would move the heat pad to the tank floor and regulate it with a thermostat so the glass over it reads 90-92*F as measured with a temp gun. Use the light to bump up the ambient to 80*F.

The tank screen top should be covered with foil to retain heat and humidity.

Once your snake outgrows the tank, which won't take long, get a proper PVC or melamine enclosure designed for a reptile.

[Godzilla78]

The tank is too small. BCR229 gave all good advice, I second all that.