Hi Kc,

I do not artificially keep the room at 65F. In fact I do not have a AC unit at my house at all. I do have a space heater I turn on to keep the temps from getting too low in the winter, but that is not for my snakes, it is for other reptiles.

My heater is set to keep the house at 68F in the main part of the house, but my reptiles are in a walkout type daylight basement area and it is not directly linked to the house thermostat.

Right now my outside temps are 45F, and it is June 5th 4:30pm, I am running the heater in my house! Those of you down in FL and TX are hitting high 90's. This is a huge difference!

I think if I only tried to give a hot spot of 85F that would not be enough and I could have fertility issues as well.

Something to think about..... If I have a flood light shining onto a piece of plywood and the surface of that plywood is 125F, but the snake is sitting underneath that piece of plywood in the humid dark area and the temp there is only 100F what is the "hotspot" the snake is using?
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