Can you buy in?

[Black Hills Reptiles]

Lizards require different things. The way I'm wording it is exactly what he is stating from black mambas to prarie rattle snakes he has not found a snake yet that absolutely needs humidity and absolutely needs to be anywhere out of the range of 78-82 degrees. The podcast is long but he goes in to why more. If I typed it all out it would have to be relesed in a book haha

[jclaiborne]

Lizards require different things. The way I'm wording it is exactly what he is stating from black mambas to prarie rattle snakes he has not found a snake yet that absolutely needs humidity and absolutely needs to be anywhere out of the range of 78-82 degrees. The podcast is long but he goes in to why more. If I typed it all out it would have to be relesed in a book haha

Ok again as I can't listen to it right now, and going on what you just typed I do not buy into any blanket statement that covers a large range of species like that. That would be like saying well a siberian husky and chihuahua are both dogs, so they will both thrive in a constant XX degree environment.

[PitOnTheProwl]

Falls into liability.
Do as I say, not as I do because what works in my house might not in your and then you will look for someone to blame.

[Black Hills Reptiles]

Ok again as I can't listen to it right now, and going on what you just typed I do not buy into any blanket statement that covers a large range of species like that. That would be like saying well a siberian husky and chihuahua are both dogs, so they will both thrive in a constant XX degree environment.

All dogs no matter what breed have a core body temp of 101-102.5 the thing that he is stating is every snake no matter how you keep them they keep there core body temp at 80~ they in they wild are trying to avoid temps of higher than 90 and avoid humidity that's what he says. I'm not saying do this I just like opinions and what other people think

[jclaiborne]

All dogs no matter what breed have a core body temp of 101-102.5 the thing that he is stating is every snake no matter how you keep them they keep there core body temp at 80~ they in they wild are trying to avoid temps of higher than 90 and avoid humidity that's what he says. I'm not saying do this I just like opinions and what other people think

And I am giving you my opinion, all dogs do maintain a core body temp, but a husky can survive and thrive in the snow where a chihuahua will not, even though they have the same core body temp. A BP is generally said to need a hot spot (if being utilized) in the low 90s, whereas Anteresia are commonly provided with a hot spot of 100+ degrees, each species comes from a different environment. I could understand saying " all GTPs can be kept like this" or "all xx species...", but again it is my opinion that a blanket statement can't be made to cover every species of snake across the board. You have to remember just because an animal (any animal, even humans) are alive and eating does not mean they are thriving.

[Jhill001]

Last week I listened to a podcast with Terry the curator of reptiles at reptile gardens. He keeps his snakes different than any care sheet and I just want everybody's opinion on this.

He says. First off take the ambient temperature keep that. Drop the hot spot completely and forget about the word humidity. Snakes don't need to thermoregulate in captivity because we as keepers can make there core body temp perfect (80 degrees). Mind you this is how he keeps GTPS breeds them and perfect sheds every time. Any thoughts????????

Just an added question, why is your user name Black Hills Reptiles, isn't that the same company as the guy who is doing this podcast? I mean are you referencing back onto yourself asking for thoughts? If so you coulda just said that.

[Black Hills Reptiles]

No Terry owns black hills pythons.. I haven't quite decided if I am sticking with this or not because of that reason. I have never ment Terry just listen to a lot of stuff he does and he always blows my mind

[Jhill001]

No Terry owns black hills pythons.. I haven't quite decided if I am sticking with this or not because of that reason. I have never ment Terry just listen to a lot of stuff he does and he always blows my mind

It's no biggy, I was just asking.

[Jhill001]

No Terry owns black hills pythons.. I haven't quite decided if I am sticking with this or not because of that reason. I have never ment Terry just listen to a lot of stuff he does and he always blows my mind

I'm listening to this podcast now. Trying to figure out where the fluff ends. This thing is long.

[Black Hills Reptiles]

Oh yeah it's long but it's really good