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12-18-08, 10:47 AM
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Re: is a UV light necessary?
my room keeps an ambient air temperature of anywhere from 78-84 depending on the time of day and/or time of the year(season). also certain snakes may experience the upper or lower end of the ambient temperature depending on the height that the enclosure is located within the room.
all my snakes including hatchlings to adults, experience these ambient temps.
my hatchlings have a basking area of 90-91 and my adults have a basking area of 88-90 for the reasons above.
hope this makes sense.
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12-18-08, 02:49 PM
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Re: is a UV light necessary?
It does make sense but you didn't answer the part when I asked if you've ever noticed a growth rate difference when offering a higher hot spot. I'm not trying to argue about hot spots here. I just really want to know.
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12-18-08, 05:11 PM
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Re: is a UV light necessary?
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I'm not trying to argue about hot spots here. I just really want to know.
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I want to know, too!
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12-18-08, 05:25 PM
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Re: is a UV light necessary?
Always been a huge debate about the proper basking temps for ball pythons. On the one hand, if your temps are too low, food items will take too long to digest and rot inside the ball python causing issues and possible death.
On the other hand, too high of temps, and eaten food will cook inside the ball python causing possible impaction and death.
88-95 seems to be ideal for none of the above crap to happen. Is this debate finally over?
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12-18-08, 07:28 PM
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Re: is a UV light necessary?
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Is this debate finally over?
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Well, if it is, I'm sure we'll find something else to debate! We seem to be pretty good at it!
I'm really getting addicted to this website . . .
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12-18-08, 09:59 PM
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Re: is a UV light necessary?
If you were only here during this sites heyday (2000-2003) your head would have spun.
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12-18-08, 10:40 PM
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Re: is a UV light necessary?
You guys decide on acceptable BP conditions yet or what? LOL I thought I'd also point out that seeings how mnay BP keepers use rack systems anyway the temps in say the top slots Vs the bottom ones are not all "bang on" anyway & there is temp differences based on location. Reguardless 88-95 F for hotside temps is pretty much universal worldwide despite what the Barkers have published. If one is to error I'd rather have it slightly warm than too cool myself. The snakes can always venture towards the cooler side afterall  Seeings how we are citing literature as already suggested PU a basic BP manual & read it. It will include all the info required plus much more. As for the Barker book some Pythons do not fair well at higher temps but 95F for a BP is just fine. Mark
edit - FYI folks AUSSIE PYTHONS RULE!!! Anyway 
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12-19-08, 07:24 PM
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Re: is a UV light necessary?
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FYI folks AUSSIE PYTHONS RULE!!! Anyway |
Get me some Aussie Olives and I'll agree Oh yah, how are your blackhead's doing? Those are some prizes I wouldn't mind either.
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12-20-08, 10:50 AM
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Re: is a UV light necessary?
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If you were only here during this sites heyday (2000-2003) your head would have spun.
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Wow. You mean it was even MORE active?? I can't imagine . . . must've been nearly impossible to keep up with everything.
I kinda like the looks of the Diamond Python, and the Womas are pretty . . . But don't a lot of the Aussie pythons tend to be snappy?
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12-20-08, 12:04 PM
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Re: is a UV light necessary?
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"Wow. You mean it was even MORE active?? I can't imagine . . . must've been nearly impossible to keep up with everything"
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This site, compared to the other forum I post on (the one that all the members from here left to when this one crapped out) is dead. I've never seen so few posters on a forum that is still active. Guess I've been spoiled...
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12-20-08, 12:43 PM
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Re: is a UV light necessary?
Everyone here seems to post fairly regularily though.
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12-20-08, 12:55 PM
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Re: is a UV light necessary?
It's because we are the only posters to keep this place alive! There's a lot of "guests" who frequent this site though. I believe it's just the "old" members coming around to check things out.
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12-21-08, 10:55 AM
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Re: is a UV light necessary?
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It's because we are the only posters to keep this place alive!
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I wonder why. There do seem to be a lot of forums out there, but so far I've found only two I really like & feel are credible, and the other one had its own problems . . .
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12-21-08, 08:57 PM
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Re: is a UV light necessary?
It seems everyone has a forum on their website now. There weren't so many when this place was "popping".
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12-22-08, 11:20 AM
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Re: is a UV light necessary?
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It seems everyone has a forum on their website now.
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yeah, sorta . . some of them seem pretty silly. Of course, if someone came into this forum for the first time on this thread earlier, it probably would have seemed kinda silly . . .
I really like this forum. I've learned a lot here, thanks to all of you!
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