Get yourself a thermostat for the UTH. This way you can regulate what temps the UTH is kicking out. The snake should be fine with a light as long as it doesnt create too much ambient temps.



The bad thing with lights is not only do they heat up the flooring and anything else under it, but they also increase the ambient temps of the enclosure. A UTH connected to a thermostat can be regulated as to not heat up too much and increase the ambient temps too high.

Brian





>>there was a reason i asked this. my uth is not working properly i was using just the uth and the hot side of the tank got up to 90 degrees, i unplugged it and let it sit to cool down, plugged it back up and the same thing happened. so i unplugged it again and put a light on the top of the enclosure, the tank is sitting at about 82 degrees. will he be ok until i can get another uth?
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RATS

1.0 Corn snake "Warpath" (KY locale)

0.0.1 Corn snake (KY locale)

1.0 Black rat snake "Havok" (KY locale)

1.1 Black rat snakes "Reaper and Mystique" (MO locale)

1.0 Albino Black rat snake "Malakai" (Dwight Good stock)

1.0 Everglades rat snake "Deadpool" (Dwight Good stock)

0.1 Greenish rat snake "Rogue" (Dwight Good stock)

1.0 Yellow rat snake "Wolverine" (Dwight Good stock)

1.0 Grey rat snake "Punisher" (White oak phase)(Dwight Good stock)



RACERS

1.0 Eastern Yellow Belly racer "Nightcrawler" (MO locale)



KINGS

1.1 California king snake "Bandit and Moonstar" (Coastal phase)

1.0 Prairie king snake "Bishop" (KY locale)

0.0.1 Prairie king snake (KY locale)

0.1 Black king snake "Domino" (KY locale)

1.0 Desert Kingsnake "Gambit"

0.1 Florida Kingsnake "Shard"



MILKS

0.0.1 Eastern/red Milk intergrade "Cable" (KY locale)

0.0.1 Eastern/Red Milk intergrade "Omega Red" (KY locale)

0.0.1 Eastern Milk snake (KY locale)



BULLS/GOPHERS/PINES

0.1 Sonoran Gopher "Husk"



Good luck and Happy Herping

Brian

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