Re: Rethinking belly heat
Some more info for the argument.
I have my snakes in my room, and I can't stand having the room at 80+ lol. I have always just kept my room at a steady 75 degrees. I also provide a 90 degree hotspot. I did however keep a KSB in a room that was around 72 degrees most of the time with no hot spot at all. This snake is and probably always will be my best eater in my collection. I keep her in my room now, but she was at my gf's house for the first year of her life. I wasn't aware what she was doing, and was floored when I found out she was being kept like this. But what puzzled me was how healthy she was, and how she managed to never miss a meal(and I mean NEVER). Never had a symptom of any kind of infection, nothing! I personally believe our animals are a lot more hardy then we may think. I think we spoil them with these perfect environments and some of the extents we go to maybe unnecessary. Would I keep my snakes in 72 degree environment? No! Obviously, this is too low and asking for issues. All I'm saying is that, our animals are not as sensitive as we may think. Like I said my ambient temps never go above 75, maybe 78. I've never had a problem with any of my animals. Granted I've only been doing this for around 4 years now, but its still a decent amount of time to not have an issue.
Re: Rethinking belly heat
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Mike Cavanaugh
Please note... I am not trying to argue with you by any means... I also am not trying to say the my way is right and your way is wrong.
How was the cold side getting too warm? What temperature did you have the hot side set at?
Most comercial rack systems I am familiar with are made for room temperatures of 77 - 82 degrees. Even if the room was at 82, the hot spot should have been throwing out so much heat that the cold side was too hot.
I am not arguing with you either and appreciate that we are discussing this ina civilized way. Bascally the heat at the back causes the front to be about 2 degrees over ambient. I guess given I am looking at taking away the hot spot and raising the ambient it might not havr mattered.
