Hi all,

I recently had a post about entitled: *Room Temperature and Enclosure Temperature (What are the Limits for the Room?)

(I will be updating this thread but I have a time-frame I would like to keep for getting the snake if possible to do so without stressing it and my time constraints and priorities dictate that I do this first. I thought I would start a new thread with a different title in case this thread proves helpful to others and the title helps them find it.


I received a lot of help and am happy to report that I have a glass aquarium with the correct temperature range and humidity levels as measured by my Accurite, Herpstat 2 and my colleague's temp gun. I have noticed however that while I have a 92 degree hot spot and areas as low as 80 (no lower) they do not follow a linear progression.

What I mean is that the hotspot is in the middle of the right side of the 40 gallon breeder is 92 degrees. Next to the hot spot in front of the un-insulated front of the tank is around 83 and in the dead center of and rear of the tank is in the mid to high 80's while the corner furthest from the hot spot near the glass is 80.

I'm planning on getting a 2 and a half foot male or so and cluttering up the tank more than the two hides, branch and 12 feet of vines that it currently has. (It is also worth noting that the back sides and top are insulated and provide cover.


Given this what I am wondering is:

Do you think that such as snake will be able to thermal regulate in an enclosure like this?
Will it's size be a problem in terms of not getting overwhelmed by the size and then not finding the different temp zones and does the non-linear nature of the temp zones compound this?
Do you think I even need more clutter than I have?

I would post a picture but I don't have permission too and don't know how to get it....

Thanks in advance for any thoughts or references to other threads I may have overlooked.