Why does my BP prefer the cold side of his Vivarium?

[Dano94]

Hi guys,

Haze always tends to sit in the hide on the cold side of his viv. I rarely see him on the hot side. He may occasionally go over there and sit in the hot hide or sit on top of it. But 95% of the time he is always in his hide on the cold side of the tank.
Any ideas why?


The temperature heated by the heat mat has a hide and the heat is around 30-32 Degrees Celsius (Sorry, I'm British).
The cold side has a hide and is about 27-28 Degrees Celsius.
Humidity is between 40-55%.

[kitedemon]

I am guessing you have a small Royal? Under 600gm? Often little ones don't like the heat much I would drop the hot spot to closer to 30-31ºC . Also there is quite a lot of variation in inexpensive thermometers do you have something to check it against?

Some can be off by as much as 2ºC and still be considered perfect by the manufacturer.

[Sirensong26]

Hi guys,

Haze always tends to sit in the hide on the cold side of his viv. I rarely see him on the hot side. He may occasionally go over there and sit in the hot hide or sit on top of it. But 95% of the time he is always in his hide on the cold side of the tank.
Any ideas why?


The temperature heated by the heat mat has a hide and the heat is around 30-32 Degrees Celsius (Sorry, I'm British).
The cold side has a hide and is about 27-28 Degrees Celsius.
Humidity is between 40-55%.

I don't have an answer for your question, as I don't know enough about BP's yet....

but as a Canadian....NEVER apologize for using Celsius!!!!

[Dano94]

I am guessing you have a small Royal? Under 600gm? Often little ones don't like the heat much I would drop the hot spot to closer to 30-31ºC . Also there is quite a lot of variation in inexpensive thermometers do you have something to check it against?

Some can be off by as much as 2ºC and still be considered perfect by the manufacturer.

It's a really accurate thermometer, but you're right, there is no harm in testing with another one to make sure.

Thanks for the feedback.

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I don't have an answer for your question, as I don't know enough about BP's yet....

but as a Canadian....NEVER apologize for using Celsius!!!!

Hahaha! I never knew you guys use the Metric system up there?

Go Canada!

[Sirensong26]

It's a really accurate thermometer, but you're right, there is no harm in testing with another one to make sure.

Thanks for the feedback.

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Hahaha! I never knew you guys use the Metric system up there?

Go Canada!

Oh, basically everywhere uses Metric over imperial. The biggest holdout is the US, and the only other two countries that use imperial are Liberia and Myanmar.

[Dano94]

Oh, basically everywhere uses Metric over imperial. The biggest holdout is the US, and the only other two countries that use imperial are Liberia and Myanmar.

The more you know!!

Interesting fact there.

[Smitty33]

Hi guys,

Haze always tends to sit in the hide on the cold side of his viv. I rarely see him on the hot side. He may occasionally go over there and sit in the hot hide or sit on top of it. But 95% of the time he is always in his hide on the cold side of the tank.
Any ideas why?


The temperature heated by the heat mat has a hide and the heat is around 30-32 Degrees Celsius (Sorry, I'm British).
The cold side has a hide and is about 27-28 Degrees Celsius.
Humidity is between 40-55%.

My young BP is doing the same thing. In my case anyway I contribute it to him just liking that hide better. The hide on my cool side he just barely fits it,he really has to squeeze in it. I think he just likes the security of the very tight fitting hide.

[200xth]

Oh, basically everywhere uses Metric over imperial. The biggest holdout is the US, and the only other two countries that use imperial are Liberia and Myanmar.

Hey, 40 years ago we started switching to metric.

We got our soda changed over. I guess we got bored after that.

[Dano94]

Hey, 40 years ago we started switching to metric.

We got our soda changed over. I guess we got bored after that.

What do you mean you had your soda changed over? haha

[200xth]

What do you mean you had your soda changed over? haha

We have soda in 1 liter and 2 liter bottles now. Have for 40+ years.