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Originally Posted by smigon
A UTH isn't necessary for the cool side, if the warm side isn't sitting at 85-87° consistently then I would blame a faulty UTH or one that is too small. What size is the viv, and what is the size of the UTH?
Even if the cool side dips dramatically, as long as the warm side is in the mid-upper 80s the snake will find his happy place.
And tight fitting hides are best. They like to feel something on their sides and back while they are in the hides. If a hide is a little large, a piece of crumpled up newspaper or paper towel in there with him will make him feel more secure.
Keep us posted, I am interested to see how this pans out.
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Viv is 27 gallon and I use the medium-sized Reptitherms.
It worries me, because when there's no heat, the temperature can get as low as the 50s within the viv, so that's why I have two UTHs. I had just changed them about a month or two ago to a larger size (it might have been you or someone else on another thread who recommended going up a size when I had to resort to a heat lamp to get temperatures up), but it looks like one of them is indeed faulty. No matter how high I set it to, the temperature wouldn't get above the low 70s. I just received its replacement in the mail today, however.
Last night she moved from the cool hide to the warm and this morning has relocated to the cool side. I switched out the warm hide for something smaller today to see if that changes things.