Hides vs. Intelligence?

[Vudu_Meg]

If a BP has been bin raised with a singular hot side hide and no cold side hide at all... then placed in a new enclosure with 2 hides, one for hot and one for cold...do you think it has enough common sense or intelligence to thermoregulate and move from the cold side hide and go to the hot side hide to warm up?

[Rickys_Reptiles]

Yes, it has instincts.

If it wants to cool off it will go to the cool side. If there is a hide on the cool side, then it will use it.

[Vudu_Meg]

How long is an average amount of time for a snake to stay on a cool side? Ive yet to see mine manually move themselves from the cool side...

[Rickys_Reptiles]

All snakes differ, but remember that they often move around at night.... when you don't see them.

[PitOnTheProwl]

Whats your hot side temperature?

[Vudu_Meg]

Its a solid 91° I held her yesterday night, first time I really handled her properly...then put her back in...so she was probably cooled off simplyfrom that..but chose to go to the first hide she saw... which was on the cool side...hasnt came out since, its the smaller of the 2 hides in in the process of trying to get herca bigger one with not much luch atm...its hard in my area tk get thosd good black ones...the prev. Owner gave me the other black one and my herp. supplier wont be getting an order in for a while...

She looks pathethic in that cold side hide....

[Vudu_Meg]

[Vudu_Meg]

This is the nice one I have on the hot side...

[a.paulson]

She could just like how cozy the cold hide is. They like to be touching all sides of their hide.

[salt]

You could try switching her hides. Move the plastic one to the cool side and the clay one to the warm side and see what she does.