Snakes that choose to bask above and below the recommended temperatures

[Dave Kelley]

Remember...caresheets are just a guide, not an absolute. Your animal is utilizing that heat because it is trying to reach it's preferred core body temperature, maybe aiding in digestion...in general trying to function regularly. So long as the snake has a place to retreat which maintains a cooler temperature, it shouldn't be a problem.

Just remember...the snake is trying to meet it's functions...there is no right or wrong temperature for them (ok...don't stick them in a freezer. ), they just need to able to properly regulate temps in their given environment.

[smy_749]

Originally Posted by Dave Kelley

Remember...caresheets are just a guide, not an absolute. Your animal is utilizing that heat because it is trying to reach it's preferred core body temperature, maybe aiding in digestion...in general trying to function regularly. So long as the snake has a place to retreat which maintains a cooler temperature, it shouldn't be a problem.

Just remember...the snake is trying to meet it's functions...there is no right or wrong temperature for them (ok...don't stick them in a freezer. ), they just need to able to properly regulate temps in their given environment.

I was just reading the other day about a diamond python breeder who puts his pythons in coolers and leaves them in the garage all winter at very cold temps...lol The other people posting didn't seem to like that technique

[Mikoh4792]

Originally Posted by smy_749

I was just reading the other day about a diamond python breeder who puts his pythons in coolers and leaves them in the garage all winter at very cold temps...lol The other people posting didn't seem to like that technique

LOL. Coolers, in the garage, in the Winter. Was he putting them in hibernation or something?

[smy_749]

Originally Posted by mikoh4792

LOL. Coolers, in the garage, in the Winter. Was he putting them in hibernation or something?

Diamonds need pretty low temps (I'm not the diamond expert, nor have I ever kept them so don't kill me if I say something wrong) in the winter months. Something like 50's or 60's I think, and are the most cold tolerant amongst the Morelia....or one of them. (I think the boelens and wamena/highlands Gtp's have night temps in the high 50's)

But yea, they need it colder than most need it in the cold months

[Dave Kelley]

Originally Posted by smy_749

Diamonds need pretty low temps (I'm not the diamond expert, nor have I ever kept them so don't kill me if I say something wrong) in the winter months. Something like 50's or 60's I think, and are the most cold tolerant amongst the Morelia....or one of them. (I think the boelens and wamena/highlands Gtp's have night temps in the high 50's)

But yea, they need it colder than most need it in the cold months

I talk to a very successful pure diamond breeder, and from what he has expressed to me, that old technique of brumating them is absurd. The ambient temp is what he allows to drop to the 50's/60's, but he allows them a warm basking site during the day.

Here's an online radio interview that he's done.
Josh Easter talks Diamonds 03/17 by Moreliapythonradio | Blog Talk Radio

[smy_749]

Originally Posted by Dave Kelley

I talk to a very successful pure diamond breeder, and from what he has expressed to me, that old technique of brumating them is absurd. The ambient temp is what he allows to drop to the 50's/60's, but he allows them a warm basking site during the day.

Here's an online radio interview that he's done.
Josh Easter talks Diamonds 03/17 by Moreliapythonradio | Blog Talk Radio

Yea I was going to write more, but I didn't want to screw it up further. I read a long article the other day on it, and how they basking temp doesn't get lowered, stays around 35c all year. Ambient temps drop, and number of hours the basking spot is available drops down until it reaches only an hour or 2. Since in the wild they don't technically 'brumate' and are active and basking on occasion.

[Mikoh4792]

Originally Posted by smy_749

Diamonds need pretty low temps (I'm not the diamond expert, nor have I ever kept them so don't kill me if I say something wrong) in the winter months. Something like 50's or 60's I think, and are the most cold tolerant amongst the Morelia....or one of them. (I think the boelens and wamena/highlands Gtp's have night temps in the high 50's)

But yea, they need it colder than most need it in the cold months

Yeah I've heard something like that. I don't know much about Australia but I always thought the whole continent was hot all year round.

[smy_749]

Originally Posted by mikoh4792

Yeah I've heard something like that. I don't know much about Australia but I always thought the whole continent was hot all year round.

Nope :P

Pretty sure it gets into the 50's or 60's in some areas in the winter, someone from oz can confirm that.