the temp in my copper tank has been reaching 95-100 during the day and about 75-80 at night..IS THIS TO HOT FOR THE COPPER?? (there are shaded areas and hides under ground where i assume it is slightly cooler). please let me know asap so if it is i can change it immediatley..thanks
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is 95 degrees day time temp to hot for copperheads?
crotalusatrox42o
Aug 03, 2004 03:58 PM
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Greg Longhurst
Aug 03, 2004 04:55 PM
I would say that's a little too high. They are snakes from the temperate regions, not the sub tropics or tropics.
~~Greg~~
dangerousdave
Aug 03, 2004 10:21 PM
My experience with doing outdoor activities in areas with lots of pit vipers (Georgia, Florida and Tennessee) was that they weren't too active when it was really hot. The times that I did see copperheads that were out and active, it was late spring or early fall and temps were in the 80s. The also stayed out of direct sunlight, so 95 sounds really hot. I'd think that 70 at night and 85 during the day would be a much more natural environment for one.
The one time that I did see a lot of them out and sunning, it was only 65 degrees out, but it was under extenuating circumstances - their normal dens were flooded out by a river after a hurricane went inland. New River Gorge in WV seems to have a lot of them around.
