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Bring the heat!

Sunblotch

Sunblotch

Sarah
Can anyone help me with my temperature problem? Yesterday the tank got down to 70. I have an uth turned on all the way, but my house is cooler with the weather i've had the past couple of days. How can i raise the temp in the tank if the uth is'nt doing it? Ps- the humidity is fine.

thanks! Sarah
 
Turn the central-heating on? Light the fire? Sorry for being sarky, I just couldn't think of anything else.
Is the temp likely to stay that cool for long? If not shouldn't be a problem, IMO.
 
Sarah,

I've been setting a viv up for some additions coming Tuesday and tested the uth. Oh full power and thru a peice of ceramic tile I'm getting temps in the high 90's. I would check to see if your uth is working.....power's off.....not plugged in.....etc.

That said, my other viv's have had heat turned off for about a month now and haven't gotten below 69 at night and hover between say 73 and 83 daytime. You may not need the heat turned on now at all, unless you've got air conditioning happening.
 
Could you post some details about your setup? How big, how big is the uth and how do you have it attached to your viv. Also are you measuring the air temp, or the temp on the substrate?

Something has got to be wrong if you are getting substrate temps of only 70 on the hot side. I live in NY, and the weather here is pretty much identical to yours. At this time of year, if anything, I used to have problems with the UTH side being "too hot" until I puchased a thermostat. Perhaps your heater is malfunctioning......
 
i live in a condo, and the association turns the heat off in the summer, i do not use ac in the room she is in. here are some details about her tank: i have a 15 gallon long tank with repti bark. the uth is on the outside bottom of one side with a hide on top of it. the water dish is on the other side, and there is a grape vine in the middle. The weather should be getting hotter in the next couple of days, but i just want to make sure she's comfy. how cold is too cold? ps- i also have a thermometer in the middle, should i get one for the uth side? thank you for all the input!
 
Hi there,


What type of thememoter do you have? A sticky type or does it have a probe on it? Are you read air temp or substrate temps??

It sounds like you might have a sticky type on the glass reading air temps. Get one with a probe (indoor/outdoor thememoter) and place the probe on top substrate above uth and the sticky on the cool side laying on the substrate too. Better yet get two with the probe!

Good luck :)
 
its not the sticker thermometer , but it does stick on the glass,, and is somewhat away from the substrate. i think i'll get one closer to the reptibark. thank you!
 
Yes Sunblotch, I first had a sticky type but change to one with a probe. I lay it on top of substate ,I hide the wire a little, to get accurate temps . It's much better now.

Good luck with it. :)
 
I'd be willing to be that the temps at substrate level over the UTH are much higher than 70 degrees. UTH's don't heat the air much because of their location, but if you touch the substrate you can definitely feel the warmth. I too think you need a more accurate thermometer, or if you use the suction type (I have also) you need to make sure the end of the thermometer is in the substrate.
 
Sarah,

the thermometers that stick on the glass measure the tempurature of the glass only. It is the tempurature of the surface of the repti-bark that you are interested in.

I had the same problem you are having when I first started. I used a stick on the glass type, I had it stuck on the glass on the hot side, and could not get it to go above 70 I then learned that that type of thermometer is USELESS. So I got 2 digital indoor/outdoor thermometers (they have em at walmart for less than 10 bucks) and put the temp probes at thge substrate level, one on hot side, and one on cold side. But the cold side thermometer is optional since that should be room temperature, but I like to glance at the viv and see the 2 temps. Anyway, guess what my temps were? a whopping 105 degrees on the hot side. even tho air temp was still 70.

Also Your snake should let you know if he is too hot or too cold. (mine does anyway) If he hangs out on the cold side all the time he is telling you that the hot side is too hot. and If he burrows under the substrate on the hotside he is looking for warmth, and it means he is to cold. So pay attention to where your snake spends most of his time.

As for your equipment, you will need a rheostat or thermostat to control the UTH along with a digital probe thermometer. Do a few searches here on this site for rheostat or thermostat to learn all about that stuff.

I have had my snake a month, and thanks to this board my husbandry skills have greatly improved, I couldnt have taken care of my snake without it. So read all you can.

Welcome to the board and good luck with your snake.
 
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