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Originally Posted by oooDAXooo
Maybe a bit over the top not to cause arguments but what happens in the wild a lot of streams rivers ect are going to be around those temps
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I don't know about anyone else, but I quite enjoy good intellectual conversations like this, and I think it opens up opportunities for all of us to learn new things.
I suspect there are not very many times/places where wild corns would be drinking from streams that are at fridge temps. Their range is in the southeast US. South of course makes it fairly warm, and being in the east rather than the west means there aren't that many high, snow covered mountains for cold snow-melt runoff to be coming from. And the time of the year when it would be that cold is when they are in brumation.
However, I think your point in general is valid, even if not for corns in particular. It is just something that should be evaluated on a species by species basis, not assumed to be true for all species, because of course their natural habitats vary widely.
Also, as others have pointed out, I don't think your herps are likely drinking enough of the cold water in the time before it warms up to have a negative effect on them. It just seems an odd choice to me to give them chilled water, but not a harmful one.