Newcomer looking to jump into the scene.

[CircleOfSnakes]

I usually use 2 sheets of newspaper, you might try that. Also, is the UTH on a thermostat? If so, what have you set the thermostat temps to?

I haven't found that adding more ventilation holes reduces the heat. If you'll go back earlier in the thread and look closely at the pictures I posted, you'll see two rows of holes along the upper half of the tub.

However, you could try a smaller water bowl, or move it more to the cool side.

I took it down to two sheets of paper. The UTH isn't on a thermostat, I forgot to grab a dimmer yesterday, was meaning to get one today. Also, I went back up the the place, and asked them about it (and looked at prices on the snakes), and the guy I talked to said that the ambient air being 76-80 degrees should be alright, being as it'll be significantly warmer under the hide over the UTH (he also said that the humidity being between 60 and 70 percent was alright, but I'm doing what I can to take it down). I added some more holes and moved the water bowl to the cooler side, and I'm keeping the room warm. Yesterday I had the temperature in the tub at 80, and it dropped slightly at night, so I've covered up the vent in my room to keep out the air conditioner, so hopefully I can keep it at 80. I was thinking though, can they be a little cooler at night? Being as they're nocturnal, and naturally in the wild it gets a bit chillier at night?