Just curious why no hot spot from May thru October? Something to do with brumation? Also what do you maintain your ambient temperature at during this time?
Just an FYI - ball pythons do not brumate. :gj:
08-25-2014, 11:40 PM
albinos_rule
Well you can see I know nothing about breeding...LOL
I may try someday as I have several local friends who have bred successfully who will help me :gj:
08-25-2014, 11:51 PM
bcr229
In Georgia Deb can get away with that.
OTOH up here in balmy WV it's going down to below 60*F tonight. Nowhere in the house could maintain 86*F ambient without supplemental heat.
08-25-2014, 11:56 PM
albinos_rule
Yeah it all makes sense. Right now we our temps have been over 100 for the last week, and expected to be that way for another week :weirdface
Can't have my snakes that hot, so got to run the a/c :gj:
08-26-2014, 12:31 AM
Gemma
My cool side usually stays around 80 (give or take a few degrees). My warm side stays around 90 from a lamp & an UTH.
08-26-2014, 01:54 AM
alan12013
I'm not looking forward to brumation with my corns :/ I have been under the impression that 88 degrees is a good number for them. I'm in a similar boat as Deborah is actually. My reptile room sits at about 85 degrees durring the day time and about 79-80 at night. Since my ambients are so high I run under tank heaters on a piece of glass that goes onto a shelf and gets shared by the 2 tubs that are on that rack. The UTH will provide a consistant 89 sometimes upto 91 tops for belly heat in the back of my tubs while over half of the other tub will be a bit higer then my ambient room temp. I've tweeked it here and there but I'm starting to think that as long as they dont get cold mine will chose to be on the side with the best hide regardless of temperature. When winter gets here I'll just turn on my space heater for the room but I also have several 150W bulbs blasting for my Chameleons and they seem to radiate heat. My biggest concern is how I am going to provide a temperature drop to help induce breeding.
08-26-2014, 09:49 AM
Rickys_Reptiles
When I had a room full, I provided NO hot spot, and maintained the entire room at around 86 degrees.
Now that I only have 1, and it's in a room with different species I offer him a variant of 80-90 degrees.
08-26-2014, 11:03 AM
Sonny1318
Cool 83, warm 88, and hot spot 92.
08-26-2014, 11:25 AM
Daigga
82-85 on the warmer side, 72-75 on the cooler side, with a hot spot of around 90-92. Both of my girls are in tanks right now, but I plan on moving Chelsea to my rack once I finish it.
