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Cooling the Viv

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BBirdP

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During the summers like now, my room where the viv is at is typically around the 80 degrees mark which for the reason I unplug the under cage heater. However I'm not sure how to get the other side cooler. He has a shaded/cave like hide and I occasionally mist, but will this be enough to fulfill a cool end?

As for the winter my room bounces from 65 at nights (possible cooler) to 75. I usually have the heating pad in at that point, but is the cool end *too* cool or is this reasonable in the sense that they would typically be use to cooler temperatures at night?
 
Its fine. During the summer, my house stays around 78-80 and I turn off the heat. They do just fine at those temps w/o a "cooler" side.
 
Excuse the hijacking, but I'm a bit concerned about the same situation in my apartment. I didn't have a thermometer last year but I wouldn't be surprised if my apartment gets up to 100F later in the summer.
 
Bram said:
Excuse the hijacking, but I'm a bit concerned about the same situation in my apartment. I didn't have a thermometer last year but I wouldn't be surprised if my apartment gets up to 100F later in the summer.
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Your apartment gets to be a 100?!? That's not healthy for your snakes, or probably even you. Get a thermometer and know for sure. If its really that hot, then that could be very dangerous for your snakes.
 
Maybe that estimate is a little bit high. Like I said, I didn't have a thermometer last year. It hasn't gotten hot yet this year. I was hoping for suggestions.
 
Firstly, i wouldnt worry about turning off an UTH as providing its hooked up to a thermostat, then it will turn itself should it get too warm anyway. Secondly if the ambient room temperature it getting too high, i would suggest investing in a air conditioning unit :)
 
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