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I have a questions regarding my setup and tempature,

I have a boa constrictor thats 7-1/2 feet long, about 5 years old. I live in Southern CA - San Diego North County,

I recently moved my snake to the garage, and its still somewhat "cold" here. I house him in a large vision cage that is about 4' wide and approx 2..5feet deep.

Since I'm moving him in the garage - I've have 2 lights on him - 150 watt during the day and a 100 watt during the night. I also have a heat strip underneath.

Should this be enough? Say the air temperature gets to 65 degrees or 70 degrees, but he still has the heat strip - is this ok? I just put in a 150 wall bulb yesterday, so I don't know what the air temp is with that yet, but if its not suitable, then I'll need to rethink where I need to place him,

Thanks for your replys,

Ca. Which I am sure you know is coastal. We had a hard time reaching the higher ambient temperatures that we currently are able to reach back here in AZ. It made me uncomfortable, and we had to use alternative heating just for our snake room. If you are coastal, you may want to rethink keeping him in the garage. If you are inland, it may even get to hot here in a month or so......just my $.02
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Yeah, I'm curious to how hot it will get in the garage in the summer,

We are inland, and I know it gets plenty hot on some days - What would be a tolerable air temp during the day? 90 degrees?

That definately sounds too chilly. Air temp really should be in the 80's.

You should probably insulate the outside of the cage with cork or styrofoam, and have a space heater next to it.
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Yeah - i don't know that I want to do that though,

Where's your thermometer? Guessing only leads to more guessing. Take your measurements (hot spot, hot side, cool side, and nights) and compare to whichever caresheet or literature you trust.