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    95 F degress???

    Hello,
    I was setting up and testing my tub for ball python. I was measuring the temperature, then I was wondering what temperature my hand would be. I used temperature gun and it measured 95 degrees, which is a high end temperature for ball python. Is this why when I touch the hot spot for ball python, I feel like it is not hot enough? it says it is at like 90 degrees but I barely feel any heat on the hot spot lol. Maybe my hands are too warm.

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    Yes, warm to you is HOT to a snake because we have a high body temperature.
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    95F is pretty darn hot. I give my BP a hot spot of 86-88F like all my other snakes and she pops between hides during the day and at night, she wrecks her cage lol.
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    Re: 95 F degress???

    Quote Originally Posted by Sauzo View Post
    95F is pretty darn hot. I give my BP a hot spot of 86-88F like all my other snakes and she pops between hides during the day and at night, she wrecks her cage lol.
    Oh yea, I don't know why, my hand measures 95 degrees lol. I have hard time measuring correct temperature of the hot spot because hot spot under hide box and hot spot not under hide box has 2~3 degrees difference. I guess I have to adjust to make hide box hot spot around 90 right? That means the other part of hot spot will be around 86~88. The hide is pretty much keeping the heat in
    Last edited by gusanr14; 01-31-2018 at 03:29 AM.

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    Re: 95 F degress???

    Quote Originally Posted by KMG View Post
    Yes, warm to you is HOT to a snake because we have a high body temperature.
    So even if I don't feel even a warmth on the hot spot, as long as temp gun shows, I should trust with that right?

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    86 - 90 will be fine for your snake.

    Yes, trust the temp gun. You won't feel 90 because your body is naturally warmer than that

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    Re: 95 F degress???

    Quote Originally Posted by gusanr14 View Post
    So even if I don't feel even a warmth on the hot spot, as long as temp gun shows, I should trust with that right?
    We are warm blooded and reptiles are cold blooded.

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    Re: 95 F degress???

    Aren't we set at 98.4F


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    Yes, our warm hands being 95 is normal... Our body temperature is 98.6 F ...

    Which is why we use temp guns to measure temps for our snakes, because anything warm to them feels like nothing to us, unless our hands are cold.




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