I have a 8 foot cage made by boa master( awesome cages), I have installed a radiant heat panel. Should I have the probe from the thermostat on the cool end or the hot end? what temp should the thermostat be set on, thanks for your help, have never used a thermostat or heatpanel befor, her cage seems to get very hot, any info would be awesome. Jason
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temp. question
jojay327
Jul 03, 2006 11:13 PM
Replies (2)
ballpythons18
Jul 04, 2006 04:02 PM
Well you will always want to know how hot it is, I never used any type of heat panel either. I use over head heat lamps and use those thermometers from petco that u get a in a double hygrometer and temp pack. But I want to soon get digi thermometers for all my snakes
carmelmonster
Jul 11, 2006 10:07 PM
Do not let the air temperature get over 96 degrees (they will literally cook). I set up my cages with three heat areas ranging from Cool 84 -85 degrees and heat tape areas (from underneath) to 95 degrees, for a healthy well adjusted Burmese Python.
If they are newly relocated or get sick, then adjust the heat so that they stay near 94 degrees until they adapt or get well, then slowly go back to the former.
The next most important factor is humidity. Keep it at 60 – 70 percent. This is close to their norm and many bacteria forms do not survive in this range.
The third factor is sunlight. Use a UVA/B lamp on a timer set to simulate your daylight cycle. Most will tell you that it is not necessary for your snake, which is true. The real importance of UV light is that it kills bacteria.
