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temp discussion

Quigs

Quigs

"Got R Did"
You know I've been wondering about this due to some recent posts. I, myself advise people to use a temp gradiant in their enclosures. I practice the same methods. Warm side and cool side.

However, for the sake of discussion...I know one local breeder here that has rooms full of racks. As I'm sure some of the big breeders here. And the room is keep at a certain temperture.

So my question is this...

Rich, Kathy, probably others as well that I'm less familiar with. Do you heat entire rooms or use flexwatt or some other temp gradant? Now if you heat an entire room...what does the temp stay like? There would be no gradiant!


Just food for thought,

Quigs
 
Well, I heat entire rooms and the average temp will hover around 81 to 82 degrees. But it depends. Top shelves on a rack are warmer than the bottom shelves. Without air circulation, this can be a 10 degree difference, maybe more. So if I have a snake that seems uncomfortable, a big difference can be made just by putting it on a shelf at a different elevation.

But they are just like people. Some will like it cooler or hotter than another. Just watch them and they will let you know what they want. Generally, a snake that spends a lot of time in the water dish is telling you it doesn't like the air temperature.

Same thing with babies. If you have a regurging problem, move the snake to a different elevation. That may make all the difference right there.
 
I would prefer a gradient, but it is just much more cost effective to heat or cool an entire room if you have it full of LOTS of corns. And it seems to work fine most of the time.

The temp flucuates somewhat, but usually stays around 82 - 84 or so. Usually in the summer, it will get a few degrees warmer for a couple of hours, but then go down to 78 or 80 at night. In the winter, it never gets more than 84F in the room, although it may drop into the mid 70s at night, once in a while even slightly cooler. Just before and after feeding (once per week for each room), I crank up the heat a little more in the winter. As Rich said, some areas of the room are warmer or cooler, so individual cages can be moved as needed. Down here in South Florida, I only need a small electric heater, so the side nearest the heater is slightly warmer than the other side. Corns are not all that fussy if they are healthy. So you just have to notice what your animals are doing and how they are reacting to your conditions. Then you change the environment accordingly, to the best of your ability.
 
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