I am new to burms, so I follow textbook temps. He is low 90's on the hot, 80's on the cool. I'm having on hard time keeping the humidity up due to the location of the enclosure in my house and the fact that the A/c is running constantly here in FL even though it's only set on 78.



I moved my boa outside at the beginning of the summer. He stays in large wooden enclosure that is well-ventilated and my garage is well-ventilated. His temps are high 80's and has a much higher humidity. He seems to be prefer it out there and is much more active. Well, he's on the shy side anyway, but I see him in the morning taking a stretch.



I would gamble to say that you have a combination of heat and humidity working on your favor. I have a little female corn snake that will avoid any sort of additional heat and prefers to be kept at room temperature. As long as I provide her with enough humidity, she seems to function well. If I provide any heat, she coils in the coolest section of the cage or rubs her nose on the screen lid constantly. I think textbook standards are a great guide, but sometimes individual considerations must be taken into account as well. I would keep an eye on cool (relatively), damp conditions just to make sure that other health conditions do not develop.

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