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    What's too hot for ambient temps?

    I don't have central AC, and am waiting on a new window unit so no AC at the moment. In the mean time of course a heat wave hits and I will have to be out of the house this weekend.

    Is there an upper limit to the ambient temps I should be worried about? It's 86 in my room right now. No overhead heating of any kind on the tank. I've turned off her cool side UTH since it's hitting 82 without it being on anyway. Hot side still showing at 90. Humidity's fine at 55%
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    Re: What's too hot for ambient temps?

    Quote Originally Posted by kimmu View Post
    I don't have central AC, and am waiting on a new window unit so no AC at the moment. In the mean time of course a heat wave hits and I will have to be out of the house this weekend.

    Is there an upper limit to the ambient temps I should be worried about? It's 86 in my room right now. No overhead heating of any kind on the tank. I've turned off her cool side UTH since it's hitting 82 without it being on anyway. Hot side still showing at 90. Humidity's fine at 55%

    I have very little experience with snakes, but I believe the ambient temp should be about 75F.

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    If the ambient is 85 or above, you can actually turn off the hot spot.

    I'm not sure about what is the highest ambient without a cold side that a BP can tolerate though, maybe someone would chime in? Personally I'd do 88 tops. There are ways to cool down a cage though, like freezing a wet towel and putting it on top of a screen top. You can look into it if needed?
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    Turn on a fan in the room just to get some air circulation.

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    Re: What's too hot for ambient temps?

    I don't ever let mine go higher than 82, especially if you have a hot spot already. 88 ambient temp would be way too hot - that's hot side temp and they need a place to cool down from that.

    Can't you buy a fan? And place a bucket of ice in front of it.

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