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48 degrees too cold?????

brtrude

brtrude

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Hey guys,
over the last day or two the temp under my stairs wer my snakes are brumating has dropped to 48 degrees. is this temp too cold for my snakes to constantly be in for brumation. I have thought about moving them into the room next to my bedroom, we have turned the heating off in there and its at 60 degrees at the min.
what should i do??

thanks
 
Just got out Don Soderberg's book... On page 65 it says, "Maintain a temperature range of 45-65° F (7-18° C). The target temperature is in the low 50's F (11° C), but very brief periods down to mid 30's F (-1° C) are usually safe."

Hope this helps!!!
 
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The_Thunderer said:
Just got out Don Soderberg's book... On page 65 it says, "Maintain a temperature range of 45-65 degrees F (7-18 degrees C). The target temperature is in the low 50's F (11 degrees C), but very low temps down to mid 30's F (-1 degree C) are usually safe."

Hope this helps!!!

Oh, because I can't find out how to put the "degree" sign in, I just wrote in "degree/s" instead. Not a "direct" quote, but as close as I can get here... LOL.
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Huh. I just looked at Kathy's book and it said the same thing. (I coulda swore it said 55-65...). Oh well! Guess I learn something new every day!
 
thanks for the replyes guys.
im still not too sure what to do though. 48 degrees may be safe for the snakes but over another so many months will they still be ok at that kind of temp?
 
brtrude said:
thanks for the replyes guys.
im still not too sure what to do though. 48 degrees may be safe for the snakes but over another so many months will they still be ok at that kind of temp?
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This is just my opinion on this, but I'd say you're gonna want 'em a little bit warmer than 48. Just my opinion...
 
i recentl received 2 corn snakes as a gift. my tank is sitting constantly at 23 degrees is that an appropriate temp for corsn they are about a year and a half old
 
Drewby07 said:
to type the "°" mark you hold down the alt key and type 0176 (zero one seven six). It works for most commonly used system fonts.
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:-offtopic SORRY! But WOW!! 40 years old and STILL learning! Thanks!

° It works!!! KEWL! Do you know where I can learn more of this???
 
k, well i think il move them into the spare room and just put a blanket over them to keep them in the dark. I would feel a lot better with them at 60-62 degrees than 48.
 
brtrude said:
Hey guys,
over the last day or two the temp under my stairs wer my snakes are brumating has dropped to 48 degrees. is this temp too cold for my snakes to constantly be in for brumation. I have thought about moving them into the room next to my bedroom, we have turned the heating off in there and its at 60 degrees at the min.
what should i do??

thanks
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I would not really worry about it if it is only 48° F. Especially if that is only a low. If that is more of a constant temp, then the dips might be even lower, but like I said if the dip is 48° than no problem, honestly, I wish I could cool that low.

Corns are much more resilient in nature than we give them credit for. Over much of their range it gets well below freezing, I know that it would be warmer underground, but how much warmer would it actually be?

I am not going to try it with any of my animals any time soon but, I would be willing to bet that a corn could go a week, if not two, at 30° F with no adverse affects.



Drewby07 said:
to type the "°" mark you hold down the alt key and type 0176 (zero one seven six). It works for most commonly used system fonts.
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Thanks, I like that one.
 
mike17l said:
I would not really worry about it if it is only 48° F. Especially if that is only a low. If that is more of a constant temp, then the dips might be even lower, but like I said if the dip is 48° than no problem, honestly, I wish I could cool that low.

Corns are much more resilient in nature than we give them credit for. Over much of their range it gets well below freezing, I know that it would be warmer underground, but how much warmer would it actually be?

I am not going to try it with any of my animals any time soon but, I would be willing to bet that a corn could go a week, if not two, at 30° F with no adverse affects.





Thanks, I like that one.
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thanks for the reply.
well i have got one of my propper digi thermometers in the other room now and its like 63 degrees.
i think 48 degrees under my stairs may be at that temp for a while because its been so cold lately. il leave them there for now and check what the temp is tonight at about half 1 to 2 oklock. If its even colder in there at night il think about moving them but for now i think il leave them for a while.
like you said, in the wold it would probably get even colder then 48 degrees. they would be outside afterall.
 
brtrude said:
thanks for the reply.
well i have got one of my propper digi thermometers in the other room now and its like 63 degrees.
i think 48 degrees under my stairs may be at that temp for a while because its been so cold lately. il leave them there for now and check what the temp is tonight at about half 1 to 2 oklock. If its even colder in there at night il think about moving them but for now i think il leave them for a while.
like you said, in the wold it would probably get even colder then 48 degrees. they would be outside afterall.
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Go get a cheap min/max thermometer, there like $10 - American - at most any of the "box stores". That will tell you exactly how low it gets.
 
my thermometer has a min max button on it, so that will tell me how low it gets without having to buy one. :)
 
I would consider 60 degrees as the high point (the warmest you want them to get) and low to mid 50's is more ideal. The point of brumation is to chill them enough that they will not be active, if it is too warm they can begin to lose condition. I think I'd feel safer at low 50's than mid - 40's but I would personally be more worried about temps getting above 60 than below 50. I would not brumate the entire time in the 40's but I think a few days of it wouldn't hurt.
 
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