First BP, question on heating pad and ambient temp.

[Stewart_Reptiles]

The probe is inside the tank. The heating pad is under the tank. Just watching youtube this is how we saw it done. We ran with a heat lamp for a week or two but I kept seeing heat pads are better for ball pythons.

In my head, I'm weighing out as if the same thing were happening for a person. If I'm in a warehouse, the temp for me the floor could be significantly different than the temp at the ceiling, but hey, different species here.

Well sadly the is a lot of "expert" on youtube and a lot things we have to correct the probe should NEVER be inside the enclosure regarding of the type of enclosure it should be sandwich between the uth and the bottom of the tank so on the OUTSIDE. Once done you simply adjust your t-stat to whatever setting allows you to achieve optimal temperatures.

Now why is that? Well it simple probe placed inside can

Be dislodged

Be cooled down if the animal pees large amount and they will

Be cooled down if the water dish is tipped over which they will do too

All of which will result in a false reading, leading the t-stat to think the temps are not where they should be, which means there will be an increase in heat which can and will lead to thermal burns.

So what is a safe temp to set the thermostat to? Inside the tank, on the bottom under the aspen, it's set to 95. Just a plain glass aquarium is what he is in.

There is obviously no one fit all set up it depends on the enclosure thickness and type, UTH, T-stat etc you just want to play with it (preferably without the animal inside which is why we recommend to setup an enclosure prior to acquiring an animal) so you achieve a stable desired temps anywhere between 88 and 90