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HerpHandler
at Tue Dec 2 12:01:42 2003 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by HerpHandler ]
I dont know if anybody mentioned this (forgive me if I missed it) but in my 25 years of snake keeping I have learned that a snake will ALWAYS choose security over comfort. for example When i was 8 years old and had my first cornsnake i noticed on a cold night, that my snake was in its hidebox on the cold side of the cage. I thought this was weird because i had a heat source on the other side. This room was very cold (mom left the window open) around 58-60deg this was way too cold for this snake but because there was no hide box on the hot spot it wouldnt go there. so my dad being the inventive one took his baseball cap off and put it on the hot spot and dragged me out of the room. 15 min later we went back in and sure enough the snake was in the hat on the hot spot. since that day i have had many observations of this behavour.
The same to be true with a hide on the hot side, and none on the cooler side. A pet shop near me proved this by putting a box over a hot rock. the poor snake in this cage had horrible burns because it would not leave the security of the hidebox.
Just my observations, and 2 cents.
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One more thought - HerpHandler, Tue Dec 2 12:01:42 2003