Quote Originally Posted by craigafrechette View Post
DISCLAIMER: The people who have been responding have more experience than I do, much more. But I was wondering, with an ambient room temp and ambient enclosure temps of 83-84, do you really need the hot spots? I've heard of people using only ambient room temps in their snake rooms, and I believe 83-84 is in that "ideal" range.

I could be mistaken, I'm only going on things I've read and not personal experience, so I guess I'm asking as well as making a potential suggestion.

Thanks...
I am on 84 to 88 ambient only and it works for me so in theory you are correct. If the OP boosts to 84 the hot spot is no longer needed. I was just really curious about the the drop temp suggestion since it goes counter to how I have always thought. I suspect there is possible truth in what Albert said. Immature thermo regulation. And maybe some truth in the same vein with spider as Deborah suggested where their thermoregulation is possibly quirky. Something for me to think about since I will have quite a few spiders hatching next month.