I wanted to hear from all of the others opinion I have a sumatran blood and he is maybe almost a year old and every time I look at him in the cage he is always hiding in the cool side hide box which is always 75 degrees and I have the hot spot at the low 90s humidity always ranges from 55 to 70. if you want to know more about the cage set up he is in a 106qt. tupperwave with 2 pots on each side of the cage one on the hot side and one on the cool side with a water bowl big enough for him to sumerge in and a bowl with moss in it. is it normal for the bloods to stay on the cool side for all the time or just during the day? and plus I have had him for a week and I have never seen a snake stay on the cool side so much thanks for your time
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tegu21
Jul 09, 2004 08:22 PM
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googo151
Jul 10, 2004 08:04 AM
Hey,
Sounds to me like your hot spot is too hot, and he's seeking the cooler sheltered hide. I would drop the hot spot temperature to 85-88 fahreheit, and no hotter than that. That would be the ideal temp. Ambient temperature should be between 75-80 degrees.
What are you using to heat the hot spot and do you have it set up with a thermostat or some other temperature controller?
In the summer months when the temperatures reach into the high eighties and nineties, I shut off heat and or keep temperatures on the modestly cooler side for them and find that all of my bloods and short-tails do well, with only an ambient temperature of 80-85 degrees and no hot spot. Winter time is another matter.
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