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RE: Baird's Gurging

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Posted by: monklet at Sat Dec 10 11:47:55 2011  [ Report Abuse ] [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by monklet ]  
   

Hah, no problem answering Randy. You're trying to help me out ...thanks.



But, one would expect that after reading and/or contributing this forum everyday for the last 3 or 4 years, I would have a clue about basic hubandry



My experience is that my colubridae seem to prefer the mid to lower ends even while digesting. In fact it surprises me that they rarely move to the warm end. As when/if they are out in the room, in between meal/digestion cycles, they typically prefer the coolest areas in the high 60s to low 70s. But those inclined to be active seem to kick in to gear at about 74F.



One thing I've found is that temp guns, thermocouple probes, bi-metal gauges and mercury thermometers show different temps. I've had two different temp guns, a cheap one and a decent ProExotics PE2. Those both read highest of all instruments but the PE2 is closest to mercury at about 2F.



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