blue/ red light question.

[Lankyrob]

Thats interesting willow, i have my bp hotspot at just below 91f, pretty much everywhere i have read/asked about bp temps have said 90-92 hot end............??

[DeesBalls]

as for the BP that is what i read on almost every care sheed i have seen... as for the corns, that was wrong, i was using a crappy dial thermometer and it said 90-92, used my digital with a probe and it was only around 86-88

[mykee]

"90-92 is too hot for a BP, "

All of ball pythons heats range from 80-82 cool, to 95 warm.

[Will0W783]

Basking yes, but I thought that seemed a bit too much for ambient temps.

[infernalis]

Originally Posted by LiL_Boa

BUT at night i shut shut them off and it drops down to around 69 or lower in my snake closet.... i want something i can leave on day and night and still maintain the good temps.

I just noticed this post and have the perfect solution.

If it is a closet or small room, simply get a small oil filled radiant space heater from a home supply store and place it in the closet, use a thermostat and bingo, the whole closet stays warm.

Because of the sheer number of snakes I have, it's far more ecinomical for me to maintain the room temperature rather than each cage.

about the only time it sucks is when I have chores to do in there.

I was cleaning out rat cages last night with nothing on but a pair of shorts, and I was sweating like a pig.

[Lankyrob]

Originally Posted by Will0W783

Basking yes, but I thought that seemed a bit too much for ambient temps.

the temps i quote when talking about "hot end" for my snakes is always the basking/hottest point and not the ambient temp.

When i check temps i check the Hottest point of the floor, the middle point of the viv at floor level and then the coldest point of the floor level (except arboreals where i measure the closest perch to the ceramic, and then the hottest floor and coldest floor points) I take the ambient temp to then be the average of the three figures.