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At what temperature can a snake get burned?
Like the title says, I'm just curious of how hot the hotspot has to be in order for the snake to receive a burn. Anybody know?
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Over time anything over 95 will cause the snake harm (too hot for the internal organs, the belly might turn pink as well. To actually get a burn though the temps would have to be even higher, though I don't know the exact number.
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I have been told that prolonged exposure to 100+ degrees can turn their brain to mush essentially and cause your animal to have neurological issues. I would say at least 110 to actually get a thermal burn, but there are other bad consequences even at that heat.
I know people report them from unregulated heat pads, which usually get up to 140 or so I think.
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Yup, anything over 95ish can cause internal damage. It would obviously need to be much hotter to cause a visual burn (ie blisters and such). Like MrLang said, it doesn't really take much over 100 for even a short period of time to cause neurological damage. I know this first hand, unfortunately. I had a cheap thermostat (hydrofarm) fail about a year or so ago in one of our QT tubs. It didn't even get that hot, high 90's, low 100's. It literally fried our poor carpet's brain. She couldn't control herself. Imagine the worst case of IBD you've ever seen. I ended up having to put her down.
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