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  • 04-08-2004, 01:18 PM
    dinger51
    When I handled my BP today, he felt cold. What is their core temp? I just want to know if he should feel that cold.
  • 04-08-2004, 01:20 PM
    JLC
    Snakes don't have a "core temp" like people or mammals do. They regulate their body temperature from their surroundings...which is why it's important to have a proper gradient set up for each snake. Different species have very different needs. Snakes often feel cold to the touch, especially if they've been hanging out on the cool side of their enclosure. If you have a long handling session, you'll notice that he gets warmer with the constant contact to your warm body.
  • 04-08-2004, 01:48 PM
    dinger51
    Thanks for the info.. As a begining snake owner, I just want to be careful and take care of my BP the best I can.
  • 04-08-2004, 01:58 PM
    Marla
    That's what we like to see. It's better to ask a question you think might be silly than to risk not having good information for taking care of your animals. We all need to learn what we can and asking is often the best way to do that. :)
  • 04-08-2004, 02:14 PM
    Smulkin
    Indeed - and also consider this: humans run a much higher and much more consistent body temperature so something that feels cold, cool or tepid to us is only relatively so. For example if you were going to let your snake soak in the tub and went to fill it up with water and adjusted the temperature so that it felt warm (not hot) to you it would likely still be too hot for the snake. To further compliacate things our silly human extremities (HANDS you pervs) can have pretty fluctuating temperatures as well, further skewing that relative sensation.

    Dangling participle

    (sorry I have a sort of typer's tourette's)
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