New BP- too tame/docile??

If you'd like a little more challenge, you could always rub some rat on your hands before you hold him. :rofl:

I've got some that are lazy as can be and are happy to just lie in your hands. At the other end of that spectrum are the ones that try and eat my face every time I open the tub.

Hi,

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Originally Posted by Alexandra V

Uhhhhm with a UTH and a lamp it should be a lot higher than 80 degrees. What are you measuring your temperatures with?

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And where?


dr del

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Originally Posted by dr del

Hi,



And where?


dr del

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I have a total of three thermometers and a hygrometer in the tank. A strip thermometer and a regular round one on the warm side (one on the side, on the bottom part of the tank, and one placed on the back, in the center-they dont match either) my hygrometer in the center and another round thermometer on the cool side

honestly I dont know how accurate these thermometers are though. He has a tree hide on the warm side...I figured if he gets too cold...he either climbs up and gets closer to the lamp or buries himself in the hide for the warmth of the undertank. While he has done both-- he is almost always on the warm side just laying out on the substrate whether the lamp is on or off.

I think the multiple thermometers in my corns tank are similar

Hi,

Generally they have the reputation of being very innacurate - I normally advise throwing them at the person who sold them to you as their finest use. :rolleyes:

I never found a use for the strip ones aside from aquariums at all - they aren't even aerodynamic enough for the above recommendation. :(

Another problem is people tend to put them half way up the tank wall where the snake will never be.

I would recommend you pick up a digital thermometer with a probe - the acurite digital weatherstation from walmart ( $12 ) reads temp and humidity at the base station and temp at the end of the probe.

The probe allows you to measure the temps where the snake will actually be spending its time - inside the hides.


dr del