Would this be too cold in my room for my herps?

[CoolioTiffany]

So in my room I have 4 of my snakes housed in their tanks in there, and my gecko is also housed in my room. At night, I keep the A/C on 80F at the lowest, but I usually keep it at 83F now. My sister puts it below 80F when I sleep, and today when I woke up (female BP's tank is next to my bed) the temps read 73F. I rushed over to the A/C meter (don't know what else to call it) and it was at 75F. I keep telling my sister she's going to eventually get my snakes sick and if she does she's paying for the vet bills even if she gets broke. Do you think after a while of having the A/C that low that it will eventually get my herps sick (RI)?

[Patrick Long]

You keep your room at 83?!?!?!?!?!

My god.....

[CoolioTiffany]

You keep your room at 83?!?!?!?!?!

My god.....

Lol, I've lived in AZ my whole life (where the temps get over 110F during the Summer). I'm used to the heat, and 83F is pretty much nothing to me. 80F seems cold to me lol!

[Foschi Exotic Serpents]

I keep my AC set at 75 or above and ive had no problems keeping the ambient temps in my tanks in the mid 80's with a warmer side near 90. Maybe try covering the tops of your tanks if they are open screen. Adding a humidity box on the warm side will bring up the temp a couple degrees as well as keeping the humidity at a good level. If you are not using a good under tank heater controlled by a thermometer herpstat of some kind, and some form of overhead heat, it will be very difficult to keep the temperature gradient at the right levels if they are in regular open top aquarium type tanks.

You can also try a ceramic heat emitter. The only problem with these is they get very hot depending on wattage and can only go into a metel lamp with a ceramic socket rated for high temps. The type you can only find at hardware stores (metal drop-lights) work best for these heat emmiting "bulbs". But these should always be plugged into a thermostat/temp control unit with the thermostat lowered into the tank near the bottom at the level the animal is at.

This is what i had to do while im waiting for my enclosed caging system to arrive from boaphile.

[CoolioTiffany]

I keep my AC set at 75 or above and ive had no problems keeping the ambient temps in my tanks in the mid 80's with a warmer side near 90. Maybe try covering the tops of your tanks if they are open screen. Adding a humidity box on the warm side will bring up the temp a couple degrees as well as keeping the humidity at a good level. If you are not using a good under tank heater controlled by a thermometer herpstat of some kind, and some form of overhead heat, it will be very difficult to keep the temperature gradient at the right levels if they are in regular open top aquarium type tanks.

You can also try a ceramic heat emitter. The only problem with these is they get very hot depending on wattage and can only go into a metel lamp with a ceramic socket rated for high temps. The type you can only find at hardware stores (metal drop-lights) work best for these heat emmiting "bulbs". But these should always be plugged into a thermostat/temp control unit with the thermostat lowered into the tank near the bottom at the level the animal is at.

This is what i had to do while im waiting for my enclosed caging system to arrive from boaphile.

Most of my snake tanks have the top covered with a plastic sheet, mainly the BPs though. And also I have a warm damp towel along with the plastic sheet on my female BP's enclosure since she's shedding. I also have a humid hide in there too, and I mist the cage once a day. I do not use my UTH because I do not have a thermostat or rheostat yet. I mainly use a heat lamp with a 75 watt infrared heat bulb. I raised the lamp so it doesn't get too hot, and it does stay between 91F-93F during the day. I'm getting a rheostat soon though.

[Foschi Exotic Serpents]

Most of my snake tanks have the top covered with a plastic sheet, mainly the BPs though. And also I have a warm damp towel along with the plastic sheet on my female BP's enclosure since she's shedding. I also have a humid hide in there too, and I mist the cage once a day. I do not use my UTH because I do not have a thermostat or rheostat yet. I mainly use a heat lamp with a 75 watt infrared heat bulb. I raised the lamp so it doesn't get too hot, and it does stay between 91F-93F during the day. I'm getting a rheostat soon though.

Hmmm... Heat rises.. If your only real source of heat is coming from the top that may be why the temp drops so much if the temp in your room drops. If you can stand the heat and you dont trust anyone else to NOT mess with the AC, then just close, or partially close the vent to your room and close your door.

[TheKingInYellow]

My snakes are in my basement, and the ambient is normally around 68. I measure temp in the tank, and I make sure to bring my ambients up in there.

No problems so far.

[ericson1777]

My snakes are in my basement, and the ambient is normally around 68. I measure temp in the tank, and I make sure to bring my ambients up in there.

No problems so far.

Same here our house is at about 69-72 and he has not had any problems. Just make sure the inside is at a good temperature.

[mainbutter]

i've kept reptiles in rooms as cold as 65F, with proper cage and cage heating it's not a big deal at all.

[ATLBalls]

these are animals that live in burrows after all.

I am fairly new at BPs, coming up on my first year of keeping, and at night I set my A/C thermostat to 76deg. Most of the time my BPs are on the cool side of the cage unless they just ate.

Figure it this way, they know when they are cold. If they are on the heat source 24/7 you probably have an issue.

I'd be more concerned about creating a humidity rise at night personally.