shedding and temp

Hmm, that's strange. Tuff seemed offended by the advice, maybe that's why....you got me :?

We've had that happen once before. I'd really like to see the ability for users to edit their own posts restricted to within 5 or 10 minutes of when the post was actually made. Doing this kills some of the educational value for lurkers and n00bs.

I agree. I've edited some of mine, but it's usually right after I send and for a typo, not to change the content.

Hopefully she comes back this forum helps lots of people from beginners to experts. Some people can't take criticism but the point is that we are not criticizing anyone. They ask a question and get upset when we answer. I dont get it.

IOf anyone other than the first person that responded to my post, had READ it. I was not asking for advice on how to heat my tank. I asked, do you think the fact that my lightbulb for nighttime was not working correctly caused my bp not to shed. It was not HOW do I heat my tank. I know how to heat my tank, I know the proper temperatures. I asked if the fact the heat was lowered do to a faulty bulb could have caused him not to shed. I also stated that I had to leave the daylight bulb on temperarily until I got another night time bulb this weekend.
Instead I got answers telling me that I need to raise my temperatures, which I stated in my post that the bulb caused incorrect temps and I had already raised the temps, and that I should not leave my daylightbulb on 24 hours. I had also stated that I needed to leave the daylight bulb on 24 hours because the nighttime bulb did not work and I was going to get one this weekend.
So, my anger is that no one other than first poster even attempted answering my post, they spat out some basic answer. If you are going to help people read what they post or don't answer. Now I have wasted my time asking a question here that I had to repost elsewhere to get an actual answer to my question, instead of a basic husbandry answer. I am also wasting my time, for the last time by letting you guys know that it was not your critism that angered me, it was the fact you critisized me about something that I had no control over and still did not get an answer to my question.

By the way, I changed my post due to the fact if no ones reading them why leave them here.

We dont intend to critisize anyone. Sometimes forums tend to go off in a completely different direction. But if you would have left your posts someone else could have come along and answered your quetions. From what i see people are telling you their personal experiences with their own critters. If only you could have left your posts my reply would have been to go get a heating pad and turn out the light. None of us here would ever do any thing to offend anyone. You can look at all of the posts in the past and all you will find is people giving advice. I even ask for advice. No one knows everything so its up to you to read the replies and take the appropriate action. We would never give anyone bad advice this is immoral and could ultimately injure or make your snake sick. So from what i see all the people here gave thier knowledge. Elevatethis made his post and you got impatient with everyone. If you would have waited some answers would have come along.

Tuffy, you are welcome to ask for input here just as the rest of us are (and do), but you should do so with the understanding that we're really here more for the reptiles than the keepers. What I mean by that is that if someone came in here and said, "I got a hatchling ball python in a 55 gallon tank and I need to know the best way to heat it," he's most likely going to get at least 3 or 4 responses suggesting he put the snake in a smaller enclosure to avoid stressing it.

This is analogous to what happened here. You asked about what you percieved the problem to be, but a few experienced keepers realized that the real problem was something different from what you thought it was. This is because we are concerned for your animal and want to help you provide it with an optimal environment, not because we're not reading your question or because we're trying to tick you off.

Having a display of temper and removing the content of your posts doesn't help you, your snake, or anyone who comes along and reads this thread. What you could have done instead was post something along the lines of, "I didn't realize how stressful that was to my snake. I am fixing it right away. I'd still like to know, though, whether the lower temperature in his tank might have affected his shed," or something along those lines, and would likely have gotten clear responses to that issue. You may not have noticed yet, but we as a community place a high value on helping other reptile keepers even if one of us ends up looking a bit green in the process. Usually our members stick around, learn some stuff, and help others, and it would be great if you did that, too.

Once again I will type that I KNEW THAT I NEEDED TO GET DIFFERNET HEATING SUPPLY, THAT THE ONE I HAD WAS FAULTY!!!! I knew that the temps were wrong and how to fix them my question was could it have caused him to not shed with his temps being wrong for two days? And even after posting why I was angry I still got the same answer to a question I was not asking.
Nevermind, I do not know why I came back here to read your responses. I won't be so stpid this time.

Fine, if you don't want input, then by all means don't ask questions here. That works for everybody.

The answer to your question is no, except that lower temps can lead to lower humidity, and THAT can negatively impact shedding, but I doubt that is what happened here. And the problem referred to by myself and other responders wasn't your temperatures or even the fact that you were using a (humidity-killing) light bulb to provide heat, but that you were causing stress with 24 hour visible light.