Regular Bulb vs Red Bulb

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Originally Posted by snakesRkewl

70?
Why are you not providing them a higher ambient temp, pretty sure you help lots of noobies with their temps, why aren't yours in line with normal temps that you tell others they need?

Right or wrong, their is a range of temps that we know is sufficient, 70?

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I have other reptiles in the same room that require lower ambient temps and will not tolerate an ambient temp higher then 80*.

Also I live there too and would not like to die of heat every day.

As I said I have had NO issues at all. No sickness, no fasts, no deaths, no nothing.

So if the snakes are perfectly healthy then why is it suddenly not acceptable?

To be fair, the temp in the rack is probably closer to 75* but the average temperature in the room is in the low 70's.

All I said was ambient is more important, and it is.

A snake will do fine with good ambient temps and no belly heat, try keeping a snake healthy with just belly heat in cold ambient.

*75 is not cold* :P

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Originally Posted by snakesRkewl

All I said was ambient is more important, and it is.

A snake will do fine with good ambient temps and no belly heat, try keeping a snake healthy with just belly heat in cold ambient.

*75 is not cold* :P

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Isn't belly heat important for digestion though? I ask because my ambient air is always 80* whereas my hot side under substrate is 93*. I'd think being that the ball spends 99% of its time on the substrate and in its hide that the belly heat would be more important that ambient (obviously as long as the ambient isnt really low). Just my thoughts.

They digest without belly heat, just slower.

Yes belly heat is important, I use it on all my snakes(balls).

Keeping them in the correct ambient temp is more important than having on spot in the tank that keeps them warm.

I prefer to give them a cool end of 78-80 and a warm end ambient of 87ish and a hot spot of 90-92, then there is no debate :P

I still think a hot spot is more important.

Just think about it; snakes are more likely to acquire heat through direct contact. Warm air is NOWHERE near as good a vector for heat absorption as direct contact with an UTH.
I can very easily sit in a 100 degree room when I'm cold, but if I were to sit in a 100 degree bathtub, I'll get warmer, faster.