Living In A Hot Climate... How To Regulate Tank Temps?

Hey all,

quick question. last summer i moved to an area of the country where summer temps are routinely over 100+ degrees and it is a very, very dry heat. my 2 year old BP George had no issues last summer with eating but for the past two months once temps got warm again has not taken his food once... he will sniff it, but quickly lose interest.

Any tips on what i can do to remedy this situation?

Thanks!

What are the temperatures you keep him at? There are a bunch of us on here that live in the desert that can help answer any questions you might have.

wow completely forgot- his hot side is at about 98* cool side is whatever the temp in my apt is which can get a bit warm since I do not run the AC unless I absolutely have to...

98 is too warm (over 95 is not good). While it won't burn them at this temperature, it will lead to other health problems.

What are you using to get temps up that high right now? Are you using anything to regulate your heating device?

yes i have a thermostat (hydrofarm) hooked up to my heating pad and will lower the temp when i get home. as i mentioned ive had my boy George for 2 years... have never had any issues until these past few months

What is your ambient temps? (not the hot side)

How warm is the rest of the house (ambient)?

it gets to over 100 during the day in my apt.... as i mentioned i try not to run the ac when i am not there but now that i am thinking about it on super hot days i should to keep my man comfortable

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by mkniefel

it gets to over 100 during the day in my apt.... as i mentioned i try not to run the ac when i am not there but now that i am thinking about it on super hot days i should to keep my man comfortable

---

More importantly, you should turn that ac on to keep him alive and healthy. It's irresponsible pet ownership not to.

fair enough. thanks for the advice and hopefully that does the trick

What you can do is turn off the hot side (which is useless anyway since it is lower then your ambient temp) and set your ac to 86 keeping your BP without a hot spot.

+1 about the A/C. or if an A/C makes the room too cold, maybe an evaporative cooler will suffice in lowering ambient temps to just about perfect.

my past summer also had some days when temps spiked above 100F, i had to move everybody into a small room (including the rats) so that ambient temps can be controlled more effciently. it was the so warm that the egg incubator's cooling element almost had no rest and the heating element did not turn on at all.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by mkniefel

it gets to over 100 during the day in my apt.... as i mentioned i try not to run the ac when i am not there but now that i am thinking about it on super hot days i should to keep my man comfortable

---

My question is... how are YOU NOT DEAD... when i sit in snake room for 1-2 hours at 78-81 degree's i feel like im going to die.

haha with my work schedule i am rarely home during the day and at nights it cools off a bit.. i prefer to be on the warm side.

thank you all for the tips!