Whats misleading? I didn't say to keep the whole cage that hot just a small area. I'm keeping my pair individually in Vision 432 cages. The whole cage temp is always around 75, the hot spot is almost exactly 1 square foot at 90 and another square foot around 85. I give them plenty of options, if I had bigger cages I would probably give an even hotter hot spot.

As far as temps in Central America go I have researched temps in most of CA and SA and compiled a pretty good list of average temps. They happen to be on my other computer but if you search the archives I'm sure you could find them. Temps are in the average of 75-85 year round in most places. This is AMBIENT temps and has nothing to do with usable SURFACE temps. Go outside on a 75 degree day and temp gun a sunny spot, they can easily be 100 or more depending on the objects ability to absorb heat.

It is not fact that temps rarely exceed 80.PERIOD

http://www.infocostarica.com/weather/

Regarding my Cribos drinking because I'm keeping them too hot is BS. These snakes "Frequents marshes, swamps and riverbeds" (Costa Rican Natural History, University of Chicago press)sure this is probably because of abundance of food but why wouldn't a fast metabolism snake who hunts and eats frequently not also need to drink frequently?

All my snakes get huge thermo gradients and all of them use them. At any given time on any given day I can find my snakes in any of their hides using any of their given temp and humidity ranges.

What I wrote was in no way an actual care sheet on Drymarchon and not misleading at all. I was just trying to help the guy out, all I lacked was saying this is how I DO IT. No one else gave him any info.... And if next year I get a full clutch of healthy baby uni's I will right a caresheet based on how I did it.

Thanks,
Nate

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