Tub Setup Feedback Needed

[The Night King]

Nice basic set up. I just have a couple notes. Don't take your temperature readings on top of the substrate (paper towel). Take them on the bottom of the tub right above the UTH. You want to know the highest temp your snake has access to. If it's 90F on top of the paper towel, it's probably warmer underneath it. Also, be patient when assessing your temperature and humidity adjustments. It'll take days, not hours, to know how effective your adjustments are.

Great point - thank you for that. I did check the temperature under the paper and it was definitely much warmer so I adjust the thermostat and will continue to monitor closely..9

I also went ahead and covered up one row of holes with my heat tape to see if that affects humidity.

I picked up an oscillating ceramic heater and I use that for a little bit just to see how that affects the ambient temperature… Our house stays fairly cool even though it’s pretty warm outside year round here.

Here is a current pic with the heater.

I appreciate everyone’s input!

I did have a really nice set up with my AP cage about four years ago and I built a custom habitat inside to resemble a Gladiator pit. I’m going to do something similar with this AP cage but I think I’m gonna do an Alien (1979) movie theme but I have plenty of time to plan.




Here was my previous setup: