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    Cold and hot side hide habits

    Hey this is kind of a random question but my bp seems to spend all her time in her cold side hide its so weird. I have identical hides (88-90) hot side and (77-79) cold side. Its so weird i thought so randomly that one may be bigger lol so i switched them (i know its dumb ). Nevertheless i have seen her night and day and she is always on the cold side. Any ideas?
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    88 to 90 degree ambient temp? Or 88 to 90 degrees at the substrate?
    It is okay to use pine bedding for snakes.
    It is okay to feed live food to snakes.

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    Re: Cold and hot side hide habits

    at substrate within hot hide
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    Re: Cold and hot side hide habits

    My snakes usually seem to prefer the cool side over the warm side except right after feeding. Once in awhile they switch it up so I check the wrong hide 1st but, it isn't all that often.

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    Re: Cold and hot side hide habits

    Quote Originally Posted by Raven01 View Post
    My snakes usually seem to prefer the cool side over the warm side except right after feeding. Once in awhile they switch it up so I check the wrong hide 1st but, it isn't all that often.
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    use to love the warm side and migrated t cold but yah as u said would go warm after feeding. And yet even after feeding these days she still returns to the cold side hide. its so weird i just don't get it
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    I only have one hide..they only use one hide and it's the warm hide..when they explore,they tend to hang on the cool side...

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    If it's recently perhaps its the season??? Every morning I check on mine they are up at the cool end as it gets later in the day they start moving towards the warm then back again overnight.

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    Re: Cold and hot side hide habits

    Quote Originally Posted by NYHC4LIFE8899 View Post
    I only have one hide..they only use one hide and it's the warm hide..when they explore,they tend to hang on the cool side...

    I know you dint have all the answers but could I experiment and do this with my baby bp? He NEVER NEVER uses the hot side (well as far as i know). Or you think it will stress him?

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    Re: Cold and hot side hide habits

    Quote Originally Posted by asupython View Post
    I know you dint have all the answers but could I experiment and do this with my baby bp? He NEVER NEVER uses the hot side (well as far as i know). Or you think it will stress him?
    If he never uses the hot side I would recheck the temp

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    Re: Cold and hot side hide habits

    Quote Originally Posted by Crazymonkee View Post
    If he never uses the hot side I would recheck the temp

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    Temps are great. 90-91 all the time. ambient 78-85 all time.

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