Quote Originally Posted by Coluber42 View Post
It sounds like your temperatures are fine. It doesn't have to be exact to the degree, as long as your snake has access to a range of temperatures and can choose where to go. As long as there are a few hides in different places, the snake can feel safe and secure at whatever temperature it needs at the moment. And it doesn't matter how you get there, there are lots of ways to do it. It sounds like you're fine for now. And for a young baby who's still new, it's probably better to leave things alone and let him/her adjust to the new environment without making constant changes if you don't need to.

That said, you might need to change things when the weather changes, depending on conditions in your house. If your house is colder, you will need more wattage in over form or another to get the temperature up, but you have plenty of time to think about that. A few things: a lamp that produces red light you can see is also visible to your snake, so it isn't actually dark if that's how you're heating the tank at night. A che makes no visible light, so that's better for night time use. If you use one, it should be on a thermostat. But I still, you're fine for now until the temperature in your house drops.

Radiant heat panels are also great, although a bit more expensive. If you do buy more heating equipment for winter, you might as well think about what you can use on whatever enclosure you get for when your baby outgrows the 20gal tank. It's worth it to spend money up front on heating equipment and a thermostat, even if it's expensive; it's still way cheaper than raising the thermostat in your whole house or running a space heater for the whole room.
For the red light, should I switch to something he can't see? I did read and hear that you could leave them on 24/7. However, I have seen him bump the roof of the terrarium towards the lamp. Is that normal, or is that something I should be concerned about? He's also done this a couple times in other areas of his terrarium
And 93 degrees is not too hot for him? I've heard snakes realizing it's too late before they've gotten burned or gotten too hot. Will he know when it's a little too hot for him?

Again, excuse me. He traumatizes sometimes by the things I read or the things he does sometimes. Silly thing has me stressed almost every day I tell you