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mckenzieriverrep
at Tue May 11 23:16:22 2010 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by mckenzieriverrep ]
I have some Mountain kings and they are doing great with night temps into the high 50's/low 60's. I warm them up in the morning and turn the heat off at night. They digest all their food and are breeding like animals. lol
I think that a cool cycle is crucial to their health, and is not a stressful procedure. I find that they actually prefer a schedule of warm and cold. I'm basing this off of results, from the years that I kept them with a constant hot spots. They were just not as active when I kept them warm all of the time. This may sound counter intuitive, but I believe that they are able to rebuild and rest at night.
I do the same for my Kimberly rock monitors. No basking spots at night, just a single ceramic heater to warm the enclosure to about 75-80.
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