Hi guys,
Johnny here. I have some questions for you professionals out there . I'm a bit confused on heating plastic tubs and snake rooms (ball pythons). I read and watched online (snakebytes tv) that some keepers do not provide a heat source (flexwatt, heat pad, etc) for some of their snake tubs but instead warm their whole snake room to the desired and acceptable temps for optimum breeding/feeding. I understand that all snakes need a temp gradient however it was just surprising. It seems as though Brian from BHB only has an ambient temp of 80-84 in his corn snake room/facility and no heat source. Maybe I'm interpreting this wrong and would love for someone to help clear it up. This may be a stupid question so please forgive me, but does anyone do something similar to this? That is, heat their snake room up to the optimum temps for their snake using absolutely no other heat source other than the ambient temps in the snake room? I ask this also because in the summer I plan on turning off the heat source (flexwatt) for my ball pythons and allow the natural heat from the room to help with digestion. In the summer time, it gets about 87-90F (day time temps) and about 75F-80F at night in my basement/snake room. I wanted to save a little money and hopefully not have to turn on the AC in the summer time . I tried using the search function but couldn't come up with anything Thanks to everyone in advance and any help is deeply appreciated.
-Johnny