Just a few questions

[Avsha531]

My little guy is in a 20 gallon tall tank and I use a 100 wat red bulb and leave it on all the time. The red light isn't offensive to their eyes like a white one would be . He still gets his 12 hour cycle from the windows and the light in the living room. I don't use a heat pad for him and my temps stay perfect. 97 on the hot side and 85 on the cool. There's controversy on heat pads if u don't have them on a thermostat. They could potentially cook ur snake and no one wants that!

If ur switching from bulb to pad I would make sure the pad is all the way heated up before u turn the bulb off. If not the temps could fluctuate a lot before it heats all the way up which could also cause ur little guy to stress. Just have to find out what works best with u and ur little noodle.

Hey, would just like to clarify here that ALL AND ANY heat sources should be on a thermostat no matter what. At the very very least there should be a dimmer, closely monitored for fluctuations.

97/85 is much too high. I also sincerely hope that 97 is a hotspot temp and not ambient.

The HOTSPOT underneath the heat source or on top of the glass if using a heat mat/uth (measured with a temp gun) should be 90-91 degrees. Ambient temps (measured with a digital thermometer, not an analog stick on) should not be higher than the mid 80s on the hot side and low 80s on the cool side. I keep mine at 83/80.

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