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RE: Thanks Will...

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Posted by: WillStill at Fri Aug 12 16:15:27 2011   [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by WillStill ]  
   

Hi Jorge,

Yes, I think that an ambient room temp of the low 80s is too high. This is because I am dealing with it right now. My snakes are uncomfortable when the coolest that they can get is 82F. They pace and fidget. They choose to spend much of the year at much cooler base temps, all the while having the ability to get much warmer if they need to. I think that I mentioned before from 45F on a real cool night to 60-70F, which is average for the rest of the year. They eat tremendous meals (ex 50+ chicks in one sitting for a adult male Ga.) and digest just fine. They actually only use temps above the mid eighties for short periods, but they regularily use them. As an example, I just fed an 8ft jcp two large rats. The snake wanted and could have handled more, but I ran out. She sat under a light (95-100F) for several hours, then dropped away (low seventies) and then went back to the hot stuff. All of my snakes do the same thing. They need to spend moist of their life in cool and have the ability to select real hot for short intervals when they need it, at least that is what I'm seeing. I have some mods in mind for my building, so that next year a similar heat wave won't stress out my critters. Good topic.

Will

   

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