Temp sensor placement
Hi everyone.
Sorry to bother you with a fairly basic question.
I just collected little Fluffy this afternoon, and he’s busy settling into his new forever home now.
He’s a 2 year old Anerythristic Striped (het. Sunkissed) corn, and he weighs 132g. I didn’t measure him yet but I suppose he’s around a meter - I don’t want to handle him for a few days so he can settle in with minimal stress. I’ve been reading the site! I suppose that those details don’t really matter, I’m just excited. Obviously our first snake...
Anyway, he has a heat mat plugged in to a Lucky Reptile Thermo Control 2 thermostat. The sensor for the thermostat is on the glass inside the tank, directly over the heat pad.
So my question is, is the temperature going to be ok? I understand why the sensor should be at the very bottom of the tank (in case he burrows he won’t get burned), but the temp inside the warm hide, on top of the aspen is about 4 degrees cooler than it is at the glass. Is he clever enough to burrow?
What’s more, he’s settled, coiled up, in the hide at the colder end and now and I don’t want him to get too cold. He did a quick lap around his new home but he didn’t find the “door” on the warm side hide I think. Probably he’s settled in the first safe spot he finds, right? So he’ll shift by himself when he needs to?
Do I just have noob jitters, or should I change something for him?
Thanks!
Ben
BTW, I didn’t post a photo of him - I suppose posts with photos should only go in the Photo Gallery and this is a care question.
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