Jorge, I just figured I would add that I have found over the years that ALL the species I keep including kingsnakes just do a lot better at processing their food and in general when they have a temp gradiant. Obviously some of the hardier kings such as florida kings and other species like central american milks can tolerate a constant temp with less problems than others like greybands, thayeri, asian ratsnakes or pituophis but their is no question in my experience that they all do much better when they have a temp range. I'm not able to provide as much of a temp range as I would like in some setups, depending on size of cage and type of setup, which I tweak differently depending on the species but it really does make a difference, even if it's only 10 degrees from one side to the other.

I find it the same with humidity. Some tolerate less range than others but all do better with a range. I admit that with hardier species I just use use little things like size of water bowl, type of substrate, or amount of circulation to effect the humidity level depending on what they seem to prefer or do better in. In some of the trickier species such as asian rats I use different substrates like cypress mulch, which is much easier to saturate one little corner of thoroughly and they can move to or away from the damp area depending on what they want. Moist hides work good too but I find them a pain in the arse to keep up with when you have many of them.

I know these are things you know but I'm just thinking out loud about what works for me when it relates to your question.






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