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Heating Overkill?? HELP WANTED, immediantly!

Corn Snakies

Corn Snakies

Corn Snakie
Alright, so I got my okeetee corn snake and now.. That I have a Digital Thermometer and a heating pad... The Thermometer only read around 64-68 degrees farenheit. But, where does the probe to taking in the temp. go again? I remember reading about it, and just then now lost where that thread went. I believe reading it said just above the ground substance, which is where it is now. So, i'm using a 55 Watt bulb on the warm side and it reads close to 75 degrees now. I waited about half an hour for the temp. to go up on the screen, but tiz slowly rising now.. this might be a crazy idea with a heating pad AND a light. Overkill or not? Could it just be the Thermometer be reading wrong? Or should I have the probe somewhere else? Thanks! :D
 
If you are using a heating pad I would make sure you know what the temp is right up against the glass so that you know the snake won't get burnt if it burrows.

As far as overkill: maybe. If the heating pad is doing its job without the light then I wouldn't use it. If it gets really cold at night then a light might be helpful to keep it from getting too cold. But I would also make sure that if you are using a light that you know how hot the top of the substrate is as well as the temp against the glass.
 
I'm not real clear on what you're asking, but I'll take a stab at it.

You've got a heat mat and a lamp, right? You want to get the warmest temp reading possible, so with a UTH, you'd want to put the probe under the substrate. With a lamp, you'd want it on the surface because that's where the temp would be highest. With both, I'm not sure, it'll just take some experimentation. Bottom line: Get find the hottest temp and go from there because you don't want your corn to be burned.

It will take more than half an hour to get the UTH warmed up to its working temp too, so that might be why it's not reading right.
 
TrpnBils said:
You want to get the warmest temp reading possible, so with a UTH, you'd want to put the probe under the substrate. With a lamp, you'd want it on the surface because that's where the temp would be highest. Bottom line: Get find the hottest temp and go from there because you don't want your corn to be burned.
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:D Thanks soo much for your help!!!! So far I got the temp. reading probe just on the glass touching the heating pad, and its reading 79.5. This was a big difference as far as temperature goes! Its just really cold in here, might have to use that light some. Thanks!!
 
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