Boaphile plastics 222d enclosure questions

[Gio]

IMO 77 cool side is fine. Usually I don't worry unless that drops to below 75. I find that even with all my temps dialed into the usual 90-80 split, my boas choose the cool side much more than the warm. This used to drive me insane years ago, until I spoke with some veteran boa breeders and they observed the same behavior.

I even got to the point where I had friends come over and take temp measurements with their equipment to make sure that my temp guns weren't off.

Josh, I agree for the most part, but the cage is not wide enough IMO to have that ambient temp at 77 for a BCC. Now if we were talking 8,' 6' or even 4' wide I'd say no worries as there would be some "in between" areas. I provide a night drop that low, but this situation is with a Hydrofarm stat, and the warm side is barley adequate with lower 80's on the hot side I think overall temps are low for a young BCC.

The Herpstat could regulate things much better. But for now, the choice between 77 and low 80 degrees seems narrow to me.

I guess the snake will be the judge, however once you go down the regure road with a BCC, it gets dicey.

[queenelvis82]

I just ordered a floor heat Matt From Jeff at Boaphile. He recommended that I use both heat sources to heat the enclosure. I do have an extra Hydrofarm thermastat that I plan on using for the floor heat. Would any of you recommend a different way of controlling the floor heat mat?

[JoshSloane]

Josh, I agree for the most part, but the cage is not wide enough IMO to have that ambient temp at 77 for a BCC. Now if we were talking 8,' 6' or even 4' wide I'd say no worries as there would be some "in between" areas. I provide a night drop that low, but this situation is with a Hydrofarm stat, and the warm side is barley adequate with lower 80's on the hot side I think overall temps are low for a young BCC.

The Herpstat could regulate things much better. But for now, the choice between 77 and low 80 degrees seems narrow to me.

I guess the snake will be the judge, however once you go down the regure road with a BCC, it gets dicey.

Gio, I keep forgetting that we are talking about a BCC here not a BCI. You are right, they do have more specific requirements than a typical common boa.

[queenelvis82]

Oops, never mind. I do plan on buying a herpstat. I plan on getting the herpstat 4 so I can use it with the floor mat and RHP for my Boa and to control the RHP for my Python. I also like all the options it comes with. Would you recommend this method?

[Gio]

oops, never mind. I do plan on buying a herpstat. I plan on getting the herpstat 4 so i can use it with the floor mat and rhp for my boa and to control the rhp for my python. I also like all the options it comes with. Would you recommend this method?

perfect!!!!

[queenelvis82]

Schweet! Thank you guys for all the help. My girl has been getting feisty lately and am hoping the stable husbandry will calm her down!