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Ah, those crazy temps!

hana

hana

I put the 'pygmy' in ban.
Alrighty so here's the thing; I wanted to get all set up for my snake a month or so before it arrived, so I aranged the viv the way I wanted with a hide on each end, a water dish, a really neato rock with a hole in the middle that could be used as another hide, a vine for climbing, and naturaly a heat mat. The mat is on the underside of the tank, and on the inside I have 4 layers of papertowl taped down to prevent the snake from getting right on top of it. And over the towl is an inch thick layer of aspen. Oh, and the mat is pluged into a rehostat (spelling?) which this afternoon was set at about 40%. Well, even though it was set that low the temp on the thermometer still red about 110. I've just now turned it down to about 20% and will check it in a few hours to see what has happened. Now, what I need to know is if turning it that far down doesn't work what do I do? If I turn it all the way down will it still be on? Should I add more aspen? I'm a little befuddled as to what to do.
Oh, and the air temp durning the day stays about 80-82 and at night it drops to mid 70s.

Hana
 
If the air temp is 80-82 you don't need any external heat and the snake will be fine.
 
I would concur from my own experience. Once summer hits here (being Long Island, NY), I unplug all external heat sources.
 
really? even though at night it goes down to mid 70s? should I turn it off during the day and then a few hours before bed turn it on real low?

Hana
 
If you're worried, you can hook the UTH to a timer so that it only goes on at night and then shuts off during the day.
 
Cooling down at night is just part of the natural day/night cycle. One of the best things about corns as pets is they don't have really strict needs/requirements as some other herp species do.
 
hana said:
really? even though at night it goes down to mid 70s? should I turn it off during the day and then a few hours before bed turn it on real low?

Hana
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I've known people who have not used any external heat sources, and just kept corns in a room with a temp of mid-seventies. Others have kept them in a room heated to 80 degrees. But look at it this way, how hot do you think it is over night in nature where they live? I don't think any hotter than 75. So I don't think 75 is too cool at any time, let alone during the night when temps are naturally cooler.
 
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