How do i

[feedersbreeders]

I have a Male Ball Python he is about 1400 grams and is in a 40gallon glass breeder how do i get the temp up my house is cold i have a 150 watt light on him a 75 watt light and a night heating light and the cage was only 68 last night with a heat pad under it. any ideas? junk the cage and get a tote?

[joshdhensley]

If you keep him in the glass (which isn't the best) put a box over the heat pad and poke holes in the bottom of the box. Cut an opening in the side large enough for him to get through. That will make a nice heat chamber for him. By the way, this thread should go in the Ball Python Disscusion Forum, not the for sale/wanted. :o

[mxrider42]

I use an under tank heater and place a towel on the screen lid. Are you measeuring temps on the subrstrate or on the side of the tank?

[feedersbreeders]

i have a digital temp thing in the middle of the cage ?

[Cat_72]

You should be measuring the "hot spot" temp on the floor of the cage, directly over the heat source, as well as the ambient air temps. I don't know how, unless your house is 40 degrees, it could possibly be only 68 degrees in a 40G tank (even just measuring the air temps) with 3 bulbs and a under tank heater?? Are you certain your "digital temp thing" is correct? What kind of "heat pad" are you using?

[feedersbreeders]

all better he is staying at 93 during the day and 80 during the night