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Reversed photoperiod

jpccusa

jpccusa

Happy with this new hobby
If I were to keep a corn, its viv would be in a garage, where is dark all the time, except when the door is open.
Could I keep a snake on a reverse photoperiod (dark during our day, light during our night) in order to synchronize our different lifestyles? :p
Would the snake "freak out" when all of a sudden its night becomes day?
 
You probably didn't get a reply because it really doesn't matter when you handle the snake. Handle the corn whenever you want (minus right after eating, of course). Worst case scenario is that it won't feed if the place is COMPLETELY dark all of the time. Put in a night light on a timer, and you should be fine. Set the timer to have it on 14 hours continuously (any 14 hours), and it is LIKELY that you'll be fine. If the snake stops eating and everything else is fine, suspect the odd light"dark cycle and correct it. TEMPS are a MUCH bigger concern to me seeing that you want to keep it in a garage (unless it is climate controlled!).
 
Let me clarify that the snake will have artificial lighting, independently of it running with the sun or opposite to it (reverse photoperiod). So, per your response, any 14 hours of the 24 will do. Thanks!

As far as the temperature, the garage is not controlled, but its all think concrete (walls and floor) with the house on top of it. Temperatures during the day rarely reach more than 85 degrees inside.

With that said, a new question arose... If I do the reverse photoperiod, does it matter that the snake's nights are warm?
 
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