brumation ???

[Albert Clark]

Well, 78F can be considered a night time drop temperature for ball pythons so I would think that it could also apply to carpet pythons and retics. However if your daytime temps remain between 82F - 90F you are good. 78F will be the high point for cooling for those that even do use it to condition their animals. Real brumation is sustained cooling with temps down to 50F -55F for 2 to 3 months and is that low for colubrids and not pythons..