HEAT wave.. Cooling tips?
Dealing with a heatwave (up to 111 degrees out) in northern cal and my AC went out so the ambient temperature is going to be around 92-95 indoors for the next few days! What can I do to keep the temps down? I been putting ice packs on the top of the enclosures mesh lid, with a fan blowing across the top of it but not into the enclosure cause im not sure if that would cause health issues or something. ALso can I unplug the heating pad for now, even if he just ate yesterday? Is the ambient temperature good enough to digest food?
Re: HEAT wave.. Cooling tips?
Hi - as said above it's always recommended to use a thermostat with any heating device. They can malfunction and reach very high temperatures and you can end up with a burned or even dead animal.
If you use a thermostat the heat source will be able to regulate itself in a heat wave and turn itself off when necessary to remain a safe temperature. I really really do recommend getting one, it will put your mind at ease and be a lot less work since you won't have to change things for winter or summer as long as your probe is correctly placed. But yes you can just unplug it if you need to.
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Re: HEAT wave.. Cooling tips?
I'm in the Bay Area and don't have A/C. My heat lamp is on a theromstat, so it's not going on at all (I have it set to 86 in the center of the tank). Due to the heat, there is no real gradient, but his entire enclosure is in the high 80's. To be honest, i'm not too worried about it. The temps are hot for me, but for him, they are about right. Would be nice if the cooler side could be more cool, but high 80's all over isn't bad for a few days. The humidity is really high today cause it's actually lightly raining. High 70's at 9AM with rain, it's like I live in FL or something. Made his tank rocket up to 85% humidity. I have a small computer fan on one of his side vents that I manually turn on and off to help control humidity... I turned it on for a bit and got it down to about 60% and shut it off.
TBH, i'm more worried about my baby corn snake I got 4 days ago. Seems pretty hot for a tiny baby corn. But he seems to be doing OK. Even having him only 4 days i've been holding him for 5-10 minutes a couple times a day and offered him his first pinky this morning and he ate it. I think he's gonna be a very easy and docile guy already.