Contradictions everywhere...Help please

Gday,
I have done research all over the web and in books and anywhere else i can reseach. What i want to know is the optimum temp/cage/light/type of heating and humidity for a carpet python hatchling. I have been told alot of different things but i really just want one tried and tested way to keep my carpet happy. At the moment it is in a tupperware type container with one quarter of the tub on a heat mat and inside the container i have a small hide for it and also a water bowl. The only heat im using is the heat mat. The snake in question is about 40-50cm in length and has a healthy appetite. Should i change anything or just keep things the way they are?

Cheers, Alan.

[Simon_Archibald]

Temps should be around 34 degrees as far as I reckon. This seemed perfect for my Coastal, Murray, Jungle pythons

Simon Archibald

thanks Simon.

Any other words of advice from others?

Cheers, Alan.

[peterescue]

Thats at the hottest point.
Peter

[Artie]

For the moment you should be ok, as long as you keep an eye on the hot end, if your hide is on top of it.
You don’t want that to get any higher than 34 and cook your snake, I personally would like it a little lower.
The best would be a thermostat with a probe, to control it.
Also if the tub is not big enough for 2 hides, one on either end, (hot and cold), shift the one you have half on, half off to give her the opportunity to choose where she wants to hide.
Also a little stick for climbing, if you can fit it, I guess it all depends on how big that tub is.

[Simon_Archibald]

Originally Posted by peterescue

Thats at the hottest point.

...yes sorry Alan. Should have pointed out that this is how hot the heat mat should be. The rest of the enclosure should be cooler to allow thermoregulation.

Simon Archibald

[jimmy_the_kid]

i got my coastle at about 32 degrees

[instar]

Sounds ok to me, but with the hides, its probly better to have two than have one small hide half on half off the heatmat. might be worth a couple of dollars to find a bit bigger box the same kind, from cheap shop or go-lo etc etc. that way your heat man can still be under it at one end but you can add extra places to hide, and a small branch etc, just dont forget to drill vent holes. Im only assuming the container your using is maybe, the size of a lunchbox? if so you could go a little bigger since your only heating the floor anyway. hope that makes sense. cheers.

Yep, thanks instar, i think i will get a bigger home for it tonight and add a climbing branch and another hide too. And as for temp, anywhere from 31 to 34 degrees would be good then?
cheers again, Alan.

[sxereturn]

I run all my hatchlings in plastic, 4 litre tubs, airtight tubs. They get a milk bottle lid of water, and a toilet roll to hide in. I keep them on breeders choice, and put one corner on an 8watt heat pad. 4 enclosure to a pad...cheap, and it works. Jungles, Diamonds, Coastals and other pythons all thrive...

[Greebo]

It sounds like your set is fine and will be for a while yet.
No need to get a bigger container just yet.

[dobermanmick]

and put one corner on an 8watt heat pad. 4 enclosure to a pad...cheap, and it works. Jungles, Diamonds, Coastals and other pythons all thrive...

sxe do you need a thermostat for that if not what temp do they get up to ?

[Artie]

They get up to around the 40c and more, depending on thickness between the top and bottom.
You have to put some layers of cardboard, or some wood, or whatever in between to get the temp right.

[sxereturn]

Doberman - the pads I use are very low wattage (8 watt, as I said), so I don't use a thermostat...

I'll go and check the exact temp right now.

[dobermanmick]

Thanks artie