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RE: Cali king basking/night lamp?

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Posted by: Bluerosy at Sat Feb 15 09:09:35 2014   [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by Bluerosy ]  
   

Lamps will dehydrate kingsnakes! Stay with bottom heat and get some way for the hot spot to get warmer!



What temp are we talking on one end? Have you trieed with a temp gun to get the hotspot temperature.



I keep all my colubrids in a cold room year round. By giving them choices (from hot to cold) they use all those temps when they want and need to.



Even in the summer I turn on all the air conditioning units in the snake room and let it get cold in there.



But don't use a heat lamp! It is a terrible to have a light or ceramic heating element in a 10 gallon aquarium. I think those reptile bulbs for snakes should be banned. Dries out the air and that is where snakes get hydrated. Not from drinking!
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