The Kaiju thread - CB17 female Pearl Burmese Python

[CALM Pythons]

Both of my books and a few people online have said a night drop is ok for all burms.

I decided to have a day temp of 35C going down to 31C at night so she can experience cooler temps but also digest. The cold side sits around 24C regardless.

A Conversion from Celsius to Fahrenheit on my phone says 35 Celsius is 95 Fahrenheit.. Thats to hot. The max is 91. There are all kinds of thing people say online, I can only Speak from the 2 burms Ive owned, A 24 yr old normal and a 21 yr old Albino this year.. I get my info from their Breeders who have 40+ years in business alone .
31C is 75F.. My lowest temp is 76 and thats only when its very cold at night here in NY, like Negative -10, otherwise my nighttime temp is 78 at night and 80 day on Coolside.
You can try what works best for you.. But I strongly suggest keeping your Hottest Temp 32/33C ( 91/91.5F) because of proven neurological problems from being too warm. A Burm will survive a cold temp much easier than a Hot temp.


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[Valyrian]

A Conversion from Celsius to Fahrenheit on my phone says 35 Celsius is 95 Fahrenheit.. Thats to hot. The max is 91. There are all kinds of thing people say online, I can only Speak from the 2 burms Ive owned, A 24 yr old normal and a 21 yr old Albino this year.. I get my info from their Breeders who have 40+ years in business alone .
31C is 75F.. My lowest temp is 76 and thats only when its very cold at night here in NY, like Negative -10, otherwise my nighttime temp is 78 at night and 80 day on Coolside.
You can try what works best for you.. But I strongly suggest keeping your Hottest Temp 32/33C ( 91/91.5F) because of proven neurological problems from being too warm. A Burm will survive a cold temp much easier than a Hot temp.


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I can see where you're coming from but those temps are directly over the basking area with the cold side going down to 24C at all times. So she can choose where she wants to be, giving her more options for thermal-regulation.

Bob Clark says here that even a basking area over 100F is perfectly acceptable as long as the snake can retreat to a cooler area if it chooses and he's been keeping burms for over 30 years. Even bred the first albinos in the hobby:

http://www.reptilesmagazine.com/Care...urmese-Python/

[CALM Pythons]

I can see where you're coming from but those temps are directly over the basking area with the cold side going down to 24C at all times. So she can choose where she wants to be, giving her more options for thermal-regulation.

Bob Clark says here that even a basking area over 100F is perfectly acceptable as long as the snake can retreat to a cooler area if it chooses and he's been keeping burms for over 30 years. Even bred the first albinos in the hobby:

http://www.reptilesmagazine.com/Care...urmese-Python/

Bob is who my Albino came from. I txt him sometimes when I have questions etc.. Notice in the first paragraph he says Burms prefer temps in the Mid 80's.. The last part about 100F is if you need that to keep your cool side ambient.. The reason I suggest lowering it to 91F is because young Burms use hides and we keep a Hide on the Hot Side and one on the Cool side.. A Burm Hatchling will choose to stay in the Hide even if the Temp is a bit to high for security over a hide that might be to cool. Once that Burm is grown you wont be using a Hide. At that point the burm will lay at either side or even the middle to get a comfortable temp. As for now Im just giving you the best info I know for a young one that uses 2 hides, a Hot or a Cold


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[Valyrian]

Ah yeah I guess if there's only two hides that makes sense. But I've got two hides on either side plus a half cork log in the middle so she can move up and down the thermal gradient whilst under cover.

I just checked and the hottest area is hitting 33C. I think if I had the whole enclosure at 33C that would be a problem but 24 to 33C should be fine (75.2 - 91.4F).

[CALM Pythons]

Ah yeah I guess if there's only two hides that makes sense. But I've got two hides on either side plus a half cork log in the middle so she can move up and down the thermal gradient whilst under cover.

I just checked and the hottest area is hitting 33C. I think if I had the whole enclosure at 33C that would be a problem but 24 to 33C should be fine (75.2 - 91.4F).

Yeah that is perfect gradient.. Its the 95F that Im not comfortable with.


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