frustrated.

[cyndi0502]

okay, so i have the zoomed UTH for a 10-20 gallon.

i have a 10 gallon cage, and when i first got the UTH i didn't have a thermometer, and on the surface (i have repticarpet) it felt WAY too hot for me.

so, i put some paper towels down and it felt a lot better. just yesterday, i got a digital thermometer with a probe and layed the probe down on the warm side. it read about 76 degrees, so i took out all the papertowels under the carpet and now the temperature reads a perfect 90.1 degrees.

but it still feels WAY too hot to me? i'm afraid they will burn themselves?

and i don't have money for a thermostat or a dimmer right now...but if it read 90.1 it's okay, right?

because i read a lot about people's UTH's getting too hot but mine seems to be the perfect temp, even if it feels too hot.

 

[RepBex]

90 is the correct temp it will be fine aslong as they cannot get direct contact with the UTH

maybe your just sensitive to heat

 

[fallen_angel]

If it is 90 degrees though, it shouldn't feel too too hot, but it will feel warm. Maybe you could try a different thermometer to see if it reads the same thing?