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Ok well half my cage is covered by a controled heating pad. Thisa brings the floor temps on the hot side from 90-92. the cool side is 80 and at night the whole cage drops to 78. The weird thing is that in the hide box on the hot side during the day its 97 now i figured this is because heat is trapped in there from rising off the floor. Now if i lower the heat pad it will bring the whole hot spot to about 86 and the hide to like 90 but thats too low witht the 86 so i dont no wut to do is it ok to ju8st leave as it is becuz the python spends time in there and seems to do fine with no sign of burns and i can safely touch the floor in there and its warm not hot?

I would leave it(86/90 hot side not 97) as long as the animal has a place to go were it is cooler(low 80s) and is not "trapped" in overly hot area IE tank is large enough to get fully away. I feel in the wild they have a larger range of temp then this to use
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Kevin
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"Learn from the mistakes of others. You can't live long enough to make them all yourself."-unknown

A ten gallon tank is pretty small to try to get a temp gradiant. Most of the people on this sight who are using a small enclosure for babies ie 10 gallon tank/tupperware are using a room that has a ambiant temp of mid 80s (myself 84). So people with small collections have to supply a tempreture gradiant(low to high all in the enclosure) if this is you I would suggest using a 20 long (or 29) with mutiple hides. My first blood (goliath a borneo)I kept in my bedroom in a 29 with a heat lamp On top. one side uncovered the other side was covered with plexiglass
I then had a tupperware with lid and hole in side filled with spagnum moss on cooler side(80ish), water dish in the middle and a upside down tupperware on the hot side(86-90). He would frequant all the hides and after a meal would somtimes bask on top of the hot hide. I never had any problems with him eating. All I had to do was adjust the bulb for seasonal changes in tempreture. Maybe you can draw some info from my old setup. Again remember that everybody on this forum will have a slightly differant set up based on the size and location of their collection. However we all supply the same final necessities of to our animals. I think you definatly need to research your animal as much as you can and then some. Healthy bloods are difficult not impossable you may have jumped into this a little early but it is up to you to now go above and beond you responsablity for your snake's sake
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Kevin
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"Learn from the mistakes of others. You can't live long enough to make them all yourself."-unknown

I have a heated room for my animals, and the thermostat is set on 84...my Bloods (and Surinam Red Tails) thrive, eat well, shed fine, etc...at this temperature. I believe it's certainly a big plus to have temperature gradation, but the highs you're talking about may not be as necessary as you suggest, unless you're in the process of breeding.
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You're very likely overwhelming that little snake, especially set up in a 10-gallon tank. Find a way to get your ambient temp around 82-ish degrees w/no hot spot & your littie blood will do much better. That is an extremely warm hot spot for such a small enclosure, and baby bloods (or babies of many species, for that matter) do not respond well to excess heat. 97 is bordering on dangerous - what if you hit a warm day & the whole room heats up? Then that snake is in real trouble w/no place to escape from the heat. Have you thought about using a thermostat to control the heat at all so you're not at risk of cooking your snake?

I know you went from "I want a blood" to "I have a blood" in a very short period of time, so you may want to continue to do some thorough husbandry research, for the sake of both you & your new responsibility.

Just my $.02

K

>>Ok well half my cage is covered by a controled heating pad. Thisa brings the floor temps on the hot side from 90-92. the cool side is 80 and at night the whole cage drops to 78. The weird thing is that in the hide box on the hot side during the day its 97 now i figured this is because heat is trapped in there from rising off the floor. Now if i lower the heat pad it will bring the whole hot spot to about 86 and the hide to like 90 but thats too low witht the 86 so i dont no wut to do is it ok to ju8st leave as it is becuz the python spends time in there and seems to do fine with no sign of burns and i can safely touch the floor in there and its warm not hot?
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