Heat & Temperment

[catawhat75]

I noticed yesterday that the majority of the snakes in two of my racks seemed to be at the front of their tubs and a bit on the bitey side. I checked the tubs/t-stat, made sure nothing was out of place and chalked it up to weather changes as I thought maybe it was due to a brief tstorm that came through. Same thing again today. I finally found the problem, my probe somehow got moved from its spot and it is 96 at the hot spot. Yikes, my poor babies. Now I know it has only been like that for two days as I just cleaned all tubs out and I just checked placement of the probe then as well, but I feel like a horrible snake mommy roasting my babies for two days. What I can't figure out is how the probe moved. It is in a set up tub, it does not have a snake in it, I use it just for testing. Guess I need to ask my daughter if she messed with it when she gets home. Anyway, in this long rant, what I want to know is...
Will they all be fine being in higher temps for two days and has anyone ever noticed more agressive behavior with higher temps?

[bearhart]

Can't say about aggression other than I've never been bit or hissed at by my snake.

I like to adjust the belly temp in the warm-side hide just high enough so my snake has to come out every now and then to cool down.

[juddb]

96 isnt so bad. But i foil tape my tstat probe to the flexwatt, and ive never had a problem. But i hope everything works out.

[qiksilver]

i don't know about aggressiveness but they'll probably wander much more than normal. i don't think 96 is terrible, after all how many people have we read about here that have their hot spot at something like 110. they know why they want and they'll use the temp range then need, so i don't think you'll find any problems from slightly jacked up temps for a few days

[Freakie_frog]

You can probably say the aggression was caused by being forced out of a secure area and they were not only uncomfortable but feeling exposed. Just my two cents.