keep the room/closet warm for the ambient (if you can afford an 80*+ room) or a CHE/lamp. But if you use those, you'll need to watch and up the humidity. Heat lamps and CHEs dry the air terribly!


I have a tank that has heat cable that is 85 to 93 but my bedroom is usu. at 78-80* b/c of the six snakes in there. I'm not using lamps right now b/c of the humidity problems. I might go back to them, just so I can decrease the bedroom temp for ME when I have to sleep days.

My other tanks and tubs are all on either flexwatts, exo-terras or the ones made in Scotland (dangit! I can never remember the brand name! ) with thermostats/dimmers. The only one that has a lamp and a UTH is Oreo, the little Kenyan sand boa.