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UTH needed?

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Audrey87

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I'm from a very hot country where normal outside degrees can hit about 30-40 degrees on a normal day.

Do i still need a UTH? The guy tt i bought the corn from told me tt if i sleep in an aircon room, i need the UTH.

I bought a UTH repti-therm.. and it heat the glass until it cracked!! thank god that i placed a 3 mats and a ceramic tile and one more mat over the UTH if not ill have cooked snake for supper. I'm using it with a reptile dimmer. I had set it onto the lowest.. but when i came home today, my corn was hiding in the corner as far as possible away from the UTH as possible. The temp on the hot side registered about 50 degrees( i think its about 110?) while the cool side about 32 degrees!! OMG

should i ditch the UTH altogether?

My corn is in a 1.5 feet by 1.5 feet fish tank. im worried tt my snake will get fried if this carries on.
 
I would think that if you live in a super hot area you would probably not need a UTH, unless like the guy said you use air conditioning. I'm bad at conversions, but I'd say you are looking for around 29 degrees on the warm end, and try to avoid over 31.

The reason the glass cracked with the UTH is because the UTH's unregulated can get VERY hot, 43-48+ degrees. When using a UTH you have to use a thermostat or rheostat with it which will control how hot it gets.
 
Well, you definitely don't need one during the day if that's the temps you are experiencing. What happens at night when your air conditioning is on? As long as it doesn't go below, say 75 or so, you might be fine without a UTH. Basically, you want a cool side of about 75 and a warm side of no more than 85 at all times. But if you can't maintain these at all times, then I don't see why 75 at night and 85 during the day wouldn't work, since hot days and cooler nights would be normal in the wild. I would also be sure to provide a water dish on the cooler side the snake can get right into so he can cool off if needed.
 
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