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Rtdunham
at Tue Sep 6 07:17:23 2005 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by Rtdunham ]
there are people here who are more expert with pyros than i am, but here're my opinions on your questions...
i keep my pyros in the low 50s during brumation, i think i hit around 51 this past winter, but 55 has sufficed in other winters.
yeah, 88 is way to hot for a pyro, i keep mine at about 79 (i'm in florida, cooling is the prob, so i keep the room at 79 and no heat tapes). Your range of 80-82 day and mid 70s night is probably fine, since i guess you can't get any lower than that day range anyway. if he eats well and is doing great that's the best sign your conditions are ok. as frank retes often says on the forum, the animals can best tell us how they're doing.
i'd turn the uth on when your room temps start dipping below maybe 78 during the day, try to keep a warm end of the tank at 79 and the cool end can go cooler. then observe day and night to see which side he's favoring, warm or cool, and adjust accordingly.
some pyros elect to stop feeding around this time of year and there's not much the owner can do to change their minds. if that happens then i'd brumate your animal even though breeding next year is not your objective, you just want to avoid significant weight loss that would occur during a winter without feeding at regular warmer temps. maybe yours will keep feeding.
if it doesn't, remember brumation is 3 things--lack of food, lower temps, and darkness . In addition to withholding food and loweirng my temps, i keep anight light on in the snake room but have the regular lights on a timer and they come on only for 1 hr / day. some people keep them in entire darkness. I think i could skip my 1 hour a day on (it's to let them find the water bowl) and just go with the dim night light.
good luck! pyros are great.
terry
>>The bottom pic of your pyro looks just like mine . Lol kidding I wish. What temp do you keep yours at come winter?
>> I didnt use any extra heat for my new pyro during summer infact used fans or put his tank in my room with ac when temps in his tank hit 88. It was a killer heat wave. He eats well and doing great.
>> The average day temp in room I keep him in now averages 80-82 during the day and mid 70s at night so still not using the UTH.
>> When do you suggest I turn it on when temp averages what?
>>The UTH is on one side of his 10 gallon tank .
>> He is still a baby so thats why only 10 gallon tank. He seemed not to like it to hot thats why still havent turned the heat pad on which is set to 90 with a temp control gadget.
>> Its a cobra heat pad and under one of his hide areas.
>> thanks
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RE: the joy of pyros - Rtdunham, Tue Sep 6 07:17:23 2005
