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Heating Suggestions
Hello everybody.
I'm somewhat inarticulate this morning so I apologize if this is a stupid question or if I'm bad at explaining. Anyways, I've recently gotten a 3 year old blotched kingsnake. Right now he's upstairs in a bedroom in his 55 gallon enclosure and all is well. Room temp is about 71-72 and I get him up to about 80 on the warm side when I turn his heat pad on.
But I'm going to be moving him downstairs where it's substantially cooler. I'm worried about it being too cool on the cool side and also that the heat pad isn't penetrating enough to keep the warm side at 80.
I was thinking of putting the larger pad inside the enclosure, fixed underneath thin tiles and also a smaller pad on the side of the glass. Does anybody have a set up like this? Also, I've read that these types of snakes, because they're native to Fla. and need humidity, are prone to dehydration. So I'm uncertain what, if any type of light, would work as a heat source.
Any suggestions for consistent, reliable heat in a relatively large enclosure for this type of snake is greatly appreciated. Thanks.
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