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Snake has gotten aggressive?

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Cronsnakes

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Alright so i can't open Pipers tank with out her just trying to kill me or sprint out of it and i just noticed shes sitting in her water bowl.
 
I agree with Chip. Aggression and soaking - high temps would be my first stop.
 
Where? Cool zone too? The whole cage won't be the same temp.
 
- Where are you measuring the temp?
- What are you using to measure the temp?
- What are you using as a heat source and how is it regulated?
- Is it actually 50 inside your home or do you have a heater on somewhere in the room? If so, is the tank near it?
 
Half the tank is 85 degrees
No heater in my room
Heat pad no thermostat yet
I'm using one of those Zilla humidity/heat gauges
And the gauge said 65 degrees when i left it on my bed for 30 minutes or so which is reasonable
 
Wow... not to lecture or anything here but ummm... Unregulated heat pad = BAD IDEA. And analog thermometers = INCREDIBLY UNRELIABLE. It may *seem* reasonable, but all you really just said was "I honestly have no idea what temperature it is, but it's probably waaaaaaaaay to frakkin hot for my snake!"
 
Like, you'd probably be better with plain "warm" room temperature or a small space heater by one end, than you would be with an unregulated heat pad. Those things get anywhere from 90F all the way up to 120F at full power... even the lower end of that gradient is too much.
 
Zilla 1000 watt... Has 3 outlets (only one temp probe) and can be found in most pet stores that sell reptiles or reptile supplies, or even cheaper on amazon. Just make sure its the 1000 watt version, as the 500 watt is only one outlet.
 
While I love Spyder Robotics and Vivarium Electronics, they're really overkill for the average owner. If you got the money, then definitely get one, make sure its a proportional model.
 
Nythain said:
Curious if there will be an update to this, if it turned out being a heat issue or something else.
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I've not been handling her as much and have been feeding her inside her tank, but i nutted up and took her out and she was back to her normal self. But i still have to work her up to the point where she wasn't head shy at all but it won't take more then a day or two to get her to let me touch her head.
 
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