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markg
at Wed Feb 1 12:01:29 2012 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by markg ]
The temps to avoid are the low-mid 70's - that is where snakes are warm enough for possible infections to set in but cold enough where they can't fight them off. In the wild, you do not see snakes with body temps in the low-mid 70s for very long. They are either warming up above that or cooling down below that. They are just passing thru.
Temps that range from 50-65 are generally safe. I live in So Cal as well, and evening temps on the floor in any room will easily be in the 50s, even if day temps get higher. North-facing rooms will be the coolest the longest, and hard floor is cooler than carpet. Even placing some tile down and setting a sweater box on it will generally work well. Air temps do not mean much if the cage floor gets down into the 50s. Snakes are on their bellies, so floor temp is more of what they experience.
The fridge and Ranco or Johnson thermostat is a great way to get the desired temp range. You can get there without that as well but it takes more monitoring, and it means use the floor, not a shelf.
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RE: Temps to avoid - markg, Wed Feb 1 12:01:29 2012