Quote Originally Posted by Daybreaker View Post
^ Hmmm, I'd keep an eye on her and take her into the vet asap if you see her getting worse/being odd.

I would have RHPs and belly heat/flexwatt in vivs if the room was kept colder, but I've had no problem with just belly heat in a viv (snake room kept at 80). Doesn't make sense to me why a snake couldn't thermoregulate themselves/digest properly with belly heat if they have an appropriate hot and cold side?

If the room is colder I would do both, but I've had no problems with digestion/thermoregulation/RIs with any of my boas in both vivs and tubs with only belly heat.
I have no idea why the person was so adamant about non-belly heat.

All my snakes eat their supper and then slither over to their hot spots for the rest of the night, at least.

On very cold days, they'll hang out there too but mostly [especially the Boas] they tend to stay on the cooler side.

Maybe mine are just weird.

I tried upping the Boas' temps to 91-92 and they flat out booked.

Wouldn't lay on the warm side at all.

They seem to like it around 88 or so.

On the custom condos, there's a 'dual floor' setup where the bottom floor has the heat cable and another floor is over top of that.

It's pretty good for making a nice, gradual heat gradient.

I'm hoping this will be the spring that my upstairs spare room gets made into a dedicated snake room.

Right now, everybody's in a room that's situated between normal living spaces [sort of like a big foyer] and temps can fluctuate depending on the weather.

I have so many IR guns it's not funny.

All I do is check/recheck them all day.

I'd start clearing out space myself right now if not for the bitter cold and the yard being so mushy from all the rain.

Can't get the trailer back there to haul away all the junk.

If we get a really hard freeze, I just may try to get as much done as I can by myself.


Right now I'm 'steaming' the Hypo to up her humidity which is really low due to electric heat.

The only vet within driving distance who will see snakes doesn't know much about them.

I think he'd stroke out if I asked him to open their mouth and swab them.

So far, he's only seen one of my Beeps and that freaked him out.

I fear a large Boa would blow his mind.

Is there any way I can swab her mouth and take the sample for him to culture?

It would definitely make it easier on him.