Hey folks, a chance to pick your brains.
Ok so I've built myself a nice new rack for some of my other serpents and have gotten to thinking I may be alright keeping my BRB's in there for some time until they outgrow it, and get new 4x2x2's. It's set up for my KSB's though and the Herpestat is set so the "hot spot" area is at 93 degrees. I know BRB's ideally should be kept at around 85 (maybe 90 max but not longterm), but with this rack the cool end is around 72-75ish with enough space to easily escape heat, or to warm up if too cold.
My thoughts are that I may be fine with such a gradient that they'll always have plenty of space and opportunity to thermoregulate and avoid getting too hot for too long. While I hate to make assumptions, one would think that in nature they encounter some pretty warm temps at times and spots of more than 85 to heat up on before retreating to regulate. I understand we can't compare our enclosures to nature but I think the concept applies in this case.
Any thoughts?
The main reason I'm contemplating this is that the basement where the rack is located is a much more stable & constant temperature. Plus the rack having a proportional thermostat I'll have much greater control over the conditions, while now they're upstairs on heat tape on a dimmer that I check periodically.
So while I think I have the temps right where they are now, I know for a fact that there are times it gets a good bit warmer overall & have much less control overall with fluctuations. Plus I've become convinced that the temp gun may be too precise and harder to get a good reading by reading specific hot & colder spots when checking temps. It can vary several degrees over a few inches.
Sorry about the long post but wanted to include any info I could to help anyone wanting to offer advice.
Thanks in advance!
