hmmmmmmmm nope, In nature they PICK the temps they need and when they need them.

In captivity, they are mostly told what they are suppose to use and they use THAT to the best of their ability.

Hmmmmmmmm "ability" the snakes have ability.

To me this is SOOOOOOOO simple, in fact, it may be way to simple for your intelligent complicated mind. If you cool them, they stop feeding, if you want them to feed, you warm them up. Then you stop because its written that a middle temp is ok. So you keep them in averages. Average winter temp, average summer temp. The problem is, snakes do not use averages, they create them by picking from many different temps to suit their needs.

Oh well, again, this must be to simple for you. You can test it you know. We not only record this in nature, but we test it in captivity.

There is one small key to this working right. you must understand, they start with a base temp thats cool(60F to 70F is good) then pick hotter temps if needed and secure. Ok, that may be a little complicated, naw its simple, even I can understand this. Cheers

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