What's my snake doing

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Originally Posted by Archimedes

Something as seemingly irrelevant as the temps outside can effect your enclosure's temp levels. I've been battling with my own levels since the weather's been fluctuating between 80 and 40. (Miserable for me, frustrating for my husbandry...)


Sent from my cool hide

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Dude,same here,the weather changing is messing with me and my temps...that's why I said I uped the temp today,because the weather been all over the pace lately..60 one day,80 the next47 this morning yesterday morning 60... I'm dreading the winter bro....well I just fed him a FT large mouse and he took or and is n the process of eating it now.

Now that I think of it,the last 3-4 days I been handling him a lot more. Which has me taking the screen of constantly. I usually handle him a couple times a week,last few days I been way too much. So I'm sure that can be messing with the temps..he's eating now and I won't open his cage til next feeding which will be Saturday...

The problem was the temp in the hide...due to the cold weather,I had to up temps in his hide and I decreased the air temp back to round 85 from a recently 90..now I have to make sure I do my best to keep humidity up. Got some sphagnum moss,watt rag on top,might need more moss though..but good thing is,he is back n his hide,I'm glad

You fed him Sunday night, and then again Tuesday night? That's a pretty tight schedule right there.

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Originally Posted by Tunechi

You fed him Sunday night, and then again Tuesday night? That's a pretty tight schedule right there.

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I feed every four to 5 days.. I fed him Sunday what I had left in FTs...which was one small FT mouse,which was nothing to him and he pooped on Monday,so I picked up a bunch of large FT mice and gave it to him Tuesday.. I'll feed him again sat night or Sunday night

Your air temp should be 78-80, NOT 85. This is to warm and most likely creating a surface temp that is way above what is desired. Having your air temp so high is also killing your humidity.

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Originally Posted by KMG

Your air temp should be 78-80, NOT 85. This is to warm and most likely creating a surface temp that is way above what is desired. Having your air temp so high is also killing your humidity.

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Ok,THnx

RI can be caused by a few things. Having your temps at the correct level is not going to cause this and 78-80 is correct. Some keepers even get a bit lower with no problem but they are also providing the perfect hotspot. If you get your air temp near 80 and your hotspot at 88-90 your ball should thrive.

The moist important thing is keeping it constant. This is greatly effected by changing temps in the room the snake is in. The room needs to stay the same to help you keep the cage temps steady. If the cold weather is making that room yoyo in its temp you may look at getting a small heater for that room to keep the temps from doing. I use a oil filled heater in my snake room year round. It makes my keeping much easier.