Please help!!

[dakski]

1. If he got in there, he should be able to get out. When he does - REMOVE that piece and anything he could potentially get stuck in.

You should have identical hides for hot and cool side if not more depending on the size of your enclosure. However, the simpler the better.

For example, https://www.reptilebasics.com/hide-boxes

Simple, easy to clean, and no way a snake can get stuck in something that doesn't have a bottom.

2. What kind of enclosure, what heating elements, etc.?

I believe I gave a lengthy response to your previous post about digital thermostats. Either the thermostat isn't very good, your heating elements are inadequate for your setup, the probes are placed poorly, you are tinkering too much, or you are not getting accurate temperature readings.

3. Are you checking your temps at the ground with an IR temp gun?

4. Bedding has nothing to do with temperature. Humidity can be greatly affected, but not temperature. You should be reading temps at the heating element. Your snake will burrow to get proper temps.

5. If your room is hot that just means your heating elements do not have to work as hard. You still need to provide a 87-90F hot spot for proper digestion. Cool side should be 78-80F. Ambient temps should be 80-84F.

Finally, in the previous post referenced above, I suggested not making adjustments if you had fed unless temps were not able to provide proper digestion. You've changed substrate, changed thermostats, etc.

You admitted being an anxious person. The best thing in that case is to keep things simple with as few variables as possible and not overthink or over tinker.

Simple setup with simple hides. Good thermostat. Simple substrate, like paper, ETC.

If he's new, he should be quarantined even if he's your only animal.

Paper substrate, basically left alone until 3 fully digested meals have been given. Ideally everything is dialed in before you get him and especially feed him.

I am not trying to be difficult here, but there are people on here with years of experience. LISTEN. READ. TAKE IN.

Not saying everyone on here speaks gospel, but this is a good site with many educated and caring users.

We want what's best for you and your snake.

Please let us know if you have more questions. However, try to space them out and make a list. Two paragraphs with many questions are hard to read/decipher.