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I have a Helix thermostat so that I can get the warm end set at 92 degrees, but I can't get the cold end to get over 70 and much of the time it drops down to 68/69. I need to know a way to get the cool end to stay warmer. I need your help one more time, and thanks.
Jacob

In my large tubs, I dont even worry about it if the cold end drops below 70 degrees. I mean, how hot is the room the rack is in? I doubt its 55 degress or something really, really cold. The snake will gravitate to the area its comfortable in. As long as you have a warm side, I think you're fine.

Sometimes I have the cold side, much...much colder tha 70 degrees (in the winter anyway) and my cold side is regularly 68-75 in the summer.

I think people (not just you, but me and alot of others) get the impression that snakes will just curl up on the cold side and die, this hasnt been my experience at all. They know how to thermo-regulate on their own. I really believe people worry about this because the whole heat-rock situation where they will curl onto the heat-rock until they burn. However, I do not believe the snake would go up to a heat-rock that is blazing hot and curl around it. The mistake is when the rock is only warm, the snake curls up and then it slowly cooks. This is totally different from having the cold end at 68 degress. In my opinion.

~Alan

What's a goot way to keep the snake from curling up around the thermometer probe and the thermostat probe. I have it under the warm hide so I am having troubles.

I drill a hole in the back of the tub behind the hot side hide and then duct tape the probe to the tub wall.

Alan

I have the thermostat probe and the thermometer probe taped to the heatmat, that way its not in the way when moving tubs in and out, Its controls the basking area for the snake and then I control the temp of the room for the overall temp.
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turn you air conditioner down to about 75