Ok. Point taken. The temps will be decreased today since I bought a lower-temp uth this weekend. I was going to use it for my Keelback, but it's probably more important to use it for my BP's instead.
I do agree, that perhaps it was a bit too warm... I thought they'd be ok, since it takes a lot of work to get to the glass... its maybe 100 degrees on the hot side with the light on. Maybe I can buy a cooler light instead?
From what I know, they ate fine before winter struck, just like all of my herps. Some of my snakes still eat, some of them went in brumation as well as some of my turtles still eat and some don't. I really doubt that they are stressed out about eachother... they stopped eating after they both shed... and they show no other signs of stress (besides lack of eating, which could be conisdered a sign of stress)
My BP's aren't exactly babies... from what I had asked my BP breeder friend.. he said they are probably more around a year old.
My local petstore is more of a mom & pop sort of place, it's a small buisness that does really well. The manager down there goes to many cross-state reptile shows and is very knowlegible. That's who I had asked. Yes, and I agree.. stores like PetCo are very bad examples of how ANY reptile should be kept. I've heard horror stories about the big stores that make me question the morality of a lot of the workers there.
I get that I may not be raising my BP's to everybody's standards.... but the people I've talked to have those standards, and they've got many many many BP's and have a ton of knowledge that they've collected over years as well.
What's more of a concern to me right now is what to do with my Keelback, aka Indonesian Garter snake. I know enough about him to keep him happy... but I'd like to know more about him and I can't find anything detailed about his species.