Figured I'd post this post here because I didn't get much of a response in the enclousre forum. One suggestion people made was the heat the entire room which unfortunatly for me is not possible. So here is the post, any and all help would be much appriciated.
Ok, I'm trying to prepare for the arrival of my 3 new ball pythons. So while I get the custom wood enclousre I have ready I'm going to be storeing them in rubbermaids. Also I want them to be a little bit older before they go in there as well. This is my first time using rubbermaids and I'm running into a few problems. Here is what my setup looks like....
Currently only one of the human heat pads are hooked up to a rheostat and turned on. So mabye things will change once all three are up and running. But anyway my problem is this, as you can see I have the human heat pad setup on one side and nothing under the other. I can get the Tempature high enough on the side with the heat pad, 90 - 95 for a hot side, but the cool side never seems to get over 80, it's allways around 71 - 75. The same tempature as my room. Without adding another heat pad is there something I can do to raise the temp on the cool side? Is there something wrong with my setup? Any suggestions would be greatly appriciated.
Just for a little background, I'm using a digital Thermometer/Hydrometer in the rubbermaid to check ambiant air temps, and I'm using a temp gun to check surface temps. The ambiant never goes over 72 - 75 either, the same temp the cool side is when I temp gun the cool side. The hot side is 90 - 95 on the hot side when I temp gun it.
Any suggestions would be greatly appriciated. I'll be picking these guys up at the reptile expo so I have some time, but I'd like to get this problem solved as soon as possible.
Also just to add, all 3 heat pads are now setup and it is in and around the 77 - 78 range which is a little better. Also right now I'm working on heating only, I'll add hides, water, and the rest of the stuff in the cages once I get temps stable.
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