Hello all,
Okay, based on the information that was provided by all who responded to my last posting on optimum humidity levels for my BPs I am going to drop my humidity level DOWN from the 75% that I was maintaining to about a steady 55-60% - I now would like to know what you all feel is the optimum temp to maintain.Right now I try to simulate an African day by turning on my heat lamps at about 7:30 in the am and allowing the temp in the enclosures to peak at about 88-90 degrees on the hot end during mid-day then I begin a gradual cool down and finally turn off the lamps at about 5:30 pm and allow the temp to stabilize at about 84 degrees during the course of the nite.I have observed that my pythons spend the hot part of the day virtually motionless and quiet but as soon as it cools off and becomes dark they "wake up" and begin to prowl around - no doubt searching for prey as I as sure they would be doing in the wild.This is just my observation that I have made but it is indeed interesting to me.I am finding that the closer you simulate an animals natural enviroment the more they start behaving as they would in the wild.I am sure that most of you already have observed this or know about it but it is very interesting to me as a "newbie" to witness this kind of stuff.I look forward to your input on the heating aspects of this post...
EyeLashViper