different retic food

[Ballchris]

Originally Posted by millertime89

For the T8 I would just use a 1ft x 2ft strip of heat tape from reptile basics, same with the 8x4x4 if it's made of plastic (should be from AP). Use the heat tape to provide a hot spot and the RHP for ambient heat. However you may not need the RHP. For my vision 632 the heat tape was enough to keep the ambient temps high enough in the rest of the cage.

Your temps are still too high.

Thanks millertime I got the temps down 90 on hot side and 78to 82 on the cool side I covered his tank on three sides, and fed him hes now is a much much happier boy no more fast movements no jerky movements, back to the calm retic that i got a month ago thank you all for everything.

[millertime89]

Sounds good. As I've said elsewhere, most tropical snakes like to thermoregulate to have an internal body temp of 80-82F so if they can't get cooler than that then they might stress out. This is based on observations and measurements taken by the curator of reptiles at the Reptile Gardens and on discussions I've had with him.

Typically they start to get antsy and push when they're hungry though.

[Ballchris]

Originally Posted by millertime89

Sounds good. As I've said elsewhere, most tropical snakes like to thermoregulate to have an internal body temp of 80-82F so if they can't get cooler than that then they might stress out. This is based on observations and measurements taken by the curator of reptiles at the Reptile Gardens and on discussions I've had with him.

Typically they start to get antsy and push when they're hungry though.

I keep my home at 70 to 73 year round tell me about how to set up the flexwatt heat tape and the heat panel Im going with pro heat they are great talked with the owner today such a great guy.do i put the heat panel on the cool side in the middle or the hot with the flexwatt? do i put the flex what on the bottom of the t8 or inside of the enclosure? and the t8 and 8x4x4 are both coming from AP. the 8x4x4 is a custom build by them. im gonna move the retic in the large cage in the fall and move the ball python in the t8 in after I clean and disinfect the t8.

[millertime89]

I've never used a heat panel so I'm not the one to ask. For my 632 I put two, 1ft x 3ft strips of heat tape side by side on one end, under the cage. So for an 8x4x4 I would put two 1ft x 4 ft strips on one end of the cage. Then set the t-stat to control it to the desired temps. Since the cage is so big I would move them inward 6-12 inches. So you would have something like this:
cage edge - 6" - 2 1 ft strips of heat tape - rest of cage - cage edge

(If that makes sense). That should be enough to keep the ambient in the rest of the cage in the upper 70s, but you'll have to play around with it yourself.