Quote Originally Posted by Midwest View Post
Try to stand back and post an overall picture of the tank from the front or from a further distance. How old/what size in the snake and what size is the enclosure? As others have already said you need a way to keep one side of the tank at 78-80 degrees and keep the other side at 88-90 degrees. Every heat source you have needs to have a thermostat on it. Make sure you understand the difference between a thermostat and thermometer. The ones you have hanging on each side of your tank are thermometers, they just give you an idea of what the temps are. Many of them are not real accurate. The thermostat is the important part of the setup because they keep you from cooking the snake. The easiest thing I found for my 20 gallon glass set up is 2 under the tank heaters and two thermostats. One side is set at 79 degrees and the other is set at 89 degrees. Once you get a thermostat you should trust them readout on them, that is why you need an IR temp gun. For example. The thermostat on my hot side has to stay set at and shows the temp at 94 degrees yet the glass surface is 89 degrees. The one on my cool side is set at and shows 79 degrees and the glass surface temp is exactly 79 degrees. Depending on what the ambient temps are in the room the snake is in you might need an additional heat source as well. The room mine is in requires a small CHE in the winter but nothing other than the UTH heat in the summer.
yes I know they are not exactly very accurate I put it against the heat mat above the glass to get an idea about the heat since if I put it against the glass it shows the degree against the glass and not the area surrounding it, but again thank you that was extremely helpful!
I ordered a temp gun from amazon so it should get here soon, and my snake is 5 months old, the enclosure is bigger than him by a few inches but I will check his exact size in a while as well as post more pictures of the enclosure.
he has a heat lamp that I turn on in the mornings and close at night.