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pyromaniac
at Wed May 12 18:15:49 2010 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by pyromaniac ]
My cabin is heated with a wood stove. In the winter months the nighttime temperature can dip into the low forties on some nights. Hence the temps in the snake cages can drop that low. But all my snakes have a hot spot where they can go to digest their food. As long as they have that UTH hot spot in deep aspen covered by a terra cotta saucer and a cardboard soda flat over that to further hold the heat in that small area, they are fine. If they want to be cool they can move away from the UTH, if they want to warm up they like to coil up right on top of it in their cozy nest. With the longer spring days they are actually spending more time over their UTH's, as they are eating a lot more often, and need the heat for easy digestion. Over the winter they didn't eat nearly as much, and preferred the cooler parts of their habitats. No regurge so all is well. My conclusion is that as long as they have that consistently available hot spot they will do fine.
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RE: Overnight Low Temps - Defy the Myth - pyromaniac, Wed May 12 18:15:49 2010