Okay, I've finally stepped into the 20th Century of snake keeping and purchased thermostats for the UTHs on our enclosures (I had been using a dimmer prior to that; Christmas gifts to the snakes!
). My question is regarding keeping belly heat spots at the proper temps. For my boa, for example, I always set my dimmer-controlled UTH to where I get about 90-92F surface temp (measured on the glass bottom w/ a digital temp gun). Now, with the thermostat probe taped directly to the underside of the UTH, I'm finding I'm having to set the upper limit temp considerably higher than my desired 90-92F surface temp to maintain that range (96+F). I knew some heat would obviously be dissipated through the 1/4" of glass bottom, but it just surprised me how much. Is there a better way to measure/maintain my belly temps?
Thanks in advance!
RR_20 (Mike)
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