I seem to be having a problem with heating. In summer temps were very well and no heat mats or cables were needed. Now as autumn is approaching there is a span of a couple of warm days and then all of a sudden a cold day.
I recently buit a +-2m high cage which is subdivided into 9 1m long cages. Im using a heat cable that previously got me temps of around 33 without a thermostat but this was when it was placed inside a cage. I am now using it on the 2m high cage running it up along the side and then down again on the centre of the cages. It is against hardboard but for some reason my temps get as low as 18 celcius. This has already led to 2 regurges in the past 2 weeks. should I place the heat cable closer together or should I add in a heater for the entire room in addition to the cable. If so what heater should I use to avoid a drop in ambient humidity? I think I read somehwere that an oil based heater is the way to go?
I understand a drop in temps is good especially for breeding king snakes and milks snakes but at the moment none of them are quite near breeding size and the corns do fine without cooling