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[Sunnieskys]

The profile pic tells me all I need to know about, if the owner cares what’s in the animals best interest or not.

Huh?

[omglolchrisss]

Huh?

I was thinking the same thing! lol

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[Smaugsmom]

My questions had nothing to do with his temps. Secondly a vet and a few professional breeders told me that. I love my snakes btw for those of u that don't think I do. U don't know me so don't u dare judge me period. Neither one of my snakes are sick, sluggish or have mites tyvm. They are well cared for and they eat once a week on the same day. They don't refuse feedings and if there was something wrong with them they wouldn't eat. So thanks for the judgements instead of the advice that I asked for and I am done here.

[omglolchrisss]

My questions had nothing to do with his temps. Secondly a vet and a few professional breeders told me that. I love my snakes btw for those of u that don't think I do. U don't know me so don't u dare judge me period. Neither one of my snakes are sick, sluggish or have mites tyvm. They are well cared for and they eat once a week on the same day. They don't refuse feedings and if there was something wrong with them they wouldn't eat. So thanks for the judgements instead of the advice that I asked for and I am done here.

Someone obviously doesn't like criticism when you ask questions people need to know details and the conditions. What you described were all wrong how dare you try to discredit and tell everyone on here that they are wrong all these people on here were trying to help you and you acted like a complete and utter child if you don't like opinions don't post on here because I guarantee you there will be opinions whether you ask or not especially when you are ignoring guidelines that are literally everywhere!!

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[Godzilla78]

"don't dare judge me"... ok then, so you are perfect and beyond any mistakes ever. No need for knowledge, because you already KNOW IT ALL.

[Sunnieskys]

Like I said......lol

and now...I'm judging! I wasn't before.

[MissterDog]

A thread about vets and their opinions on temp drops was made not too long ago. The general consensus was vets are not always a reliable source to base your husbandry on. Here is said thread if you'd like to give it a read.
https://ball-pythons.net/forums/show...he-recommended

It's always good to compare your sources and double check if what you're doing by is really fine, or if you've just been lucky so far and problems have not emerged YET. Especially if multiple people are telling you something is off.

You're probably long gone by now but what's the harm in checking instead of digging your heels down and crossing your arms saying you're fine and how dare we question you? Stop making this about you.

As a side note, any breeder can claim to be a professional. Frankly I trust breeders here on this forum with years of experience who share their knowledge, provide explanations and are willing to discuss why their methods and husbandry practices work and having healthy, thriving snakes to prove it.

I certainly trust that more than a simple "because it's like nature" statement.

Food for thought friend.

[Joci]

I completely agree with MissterDog and I also wanted to add one last point.

If you want to imitate nature (low night temps and all) then you should have no problems with using a CHE or other heat lamp. In the wild, the ground isn't warmed from below by an enormous heat mat. How is it warmed? By the sun.

The wild ball pythons aren't warmed early in the morning from below by some mysterious source, they're warmed from above by the biggest "CHE" in our solar system.

Sure, the sun heats the ground and then the snake can get belly heat, but the point is that the sun was the one to warm the soil, not some underground heating system.

Even if you ignore the fact that temp drops are unhealthy, I'm sure you can see why only using a UTH is not mimicking nature's heating system like you want to.