Ball python feels luke warm?

Just cleaned his cage yesterday and found him on top of his cool side hide, just picked him up and he feels luke warm, usually he is quite cool to the touch is it possible my thermometers are off?

My temps are 91 inside his hot side hide and 81 on the cool side.

IR gun says he is 84 and I am 83 (hands)

What are you using to measure the temps?

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Coral Life digital

http://www.amazon.com/Coralife-05032-00232-Digital-Thermometer/dp/B0002DI4TO

Every time I temp gun my snakes they are 84-86 degrees. If the snake is still measuring in that range then you're probably just perceiving the temp differently since it's winter.

Maybe your hands are just cold? Lol

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Originally Posted by Mike41793

Maybe your hands are just cold? Lol

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x2. Cold and warmth are subjective. When you're cold, you think the 80 degree object is warm. When you're hot, you think the 80 degree object is cold.

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Coral Life digital

http://www.amazon.com/Coralife-05032-00232-Digital-Thermometer/dp/B0002DI4TO

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Worse most inacurate thermometer i have ever used.

Even though he was on the cool side, he may have just moved over there, hence still feeling warm. And ditto on temperature being relative. Since it's winter now, something will seem warmer than it would feel in the summer. Like, 78 degrees in my house during winter is nice and toasty and warm, yet in the summer 78 degrees is ugh, hot!

I use Accurite thermometers inside the cages, and whenever I've moved them around, tested them, etc. they always seem pretty accurate.

Whenever I pull mine off the hot side they always feel lukewarm. Its how they should be.

i use the same thermometer but didnt pay 8 dollars for it. is it really that bad?

This is my fav type of thermometer they are cheap enough (8$ whoa that is crazy high I pay about 1-2$) to own a number and check multiple units against each other. The ones that are off can be rejected. The rated accuracy is +/-2ºF better than the rating for accurites so many recommend, (+/- 2ºC about 4ºF). The worst thermometer I have ever owned were accurites. There is no such thing as accurate and cheap. There is accurate and expensive and cheap and suspect. Accurate thermometers are hardly cheap actually the best at the lowest cost I have come across is the herpstats they are cheap compared to most and have acceptable accuracy. I suspect cool hands and snake hanging out on the warmth.

i wouldn't worry too much. It must have been on the warm side before and moved. Being coldblooded its not like they can heat up without that ambient heat.