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My new temps - still little drop @ night.

Tigergenesis Nov 06, 2003 08:47 AM

Day temps (w/c): 91/82
Night temps : 89/80

Originally my warm side temps were 95 day and 93 night. I was worried 95 was too hot for the warm side. I use a UTH stuck directly on the bottom of the tank. There is plenty of air flow as the tank bottom does not rest on anything (the stand is open). I us lizard liner for substrate. The UTH is set on a Rheostat on the absolute lowest setting w/o turning off. . At someone's suggestion I put some paper towels under the substrate and the temp has now lowered to 91 day and 89 night. Is this okay now?

I'm also wondering if it's a problem that I don't have a larger drop in temperature at night?

Any help/advice would be greatly appreciated!

Thank you in advance.

Replies (1)

jeff favelle Nov 06, 2003 10:26 AM

I'm also wondering if it's a problem that I don't have a larger drop in temperature at night?

Seeing as a night time drop in temperature is NOT a requirement for Ball Pythons, I'd say you are doing more than all right.

But temperature is 1/10 of the keeping of Ball Pythons, and while its the most overlooked part of husbandry, its the easiest. So getting temperatures should be done BEFORE you get your snake, because its just that easy to do.
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