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What temp should it be on a wooden viv

Martyn

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Ok at the mo I have one heat matt in each viv and there fine the no not to go right on the mat coz it's abit to hot but they curl up on the edge and there fine but I hurd they are ment to be in 80f or something ???? Can anyone help
 
The hottest surface the snake can touch should be around 85-88 max. The top end of the safe range is 90 degrees. If the mats are hotter (which they probably will be), then you need a thermostat to control them and keep the temp down to safe levels.

If the vivs are set up the same and the mats are the same size, you could run both mats from one stat.
 
I have a thermostat so I will do that but my viv is cold it's about 15c so not very warm but what temp is the viv ment to be not the bottom but the air in the viv does it mater ??
 
The air temp in the viv doesn't matter, because the snake isn't up there. You need to be measuring the temp where the snake is, which is on the floor.

Corns can cope with lower temps better than temps that are too high. If you get the temp right on the warm side of the tank at floor level, then you'll be sorted.
 
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