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    Re: Very cold

    Quote Originally Posted by Dawn. View Post
    The warm side is around 34 degrees and the cool side is 21 degrees Celsius and it's pretty hard to keep the cool side from getting too cold because I live in a pretty cold climate and the radiator doesn't work in my room
    I'd say it's because the warm side is a little too HOT (you want the warm side not over 31*-32* C) & the cool side is a bit TOO cool (you want it above 23*-24* C).

    So if that requires a second heat source -ON A THERMOSTAT-please! -then that's what you need to do to keep him healthy "in a cold climate". BPs aren't the most practical snakes to keep in a cold house, but if you work at getting it right, you can be successful.

    As far as him FEELING cold to you when you pick him up, that's a whole other thing that won't really change. Because snakes ALWAYS "feel" cold to us, since our bodies function at 37* C- and that makes it hard to judge just by "feel", so always use an accurate method of measuring the temperatures too. (I'm assuming you already do.)
    Last edited by Bogertophis; 09-19-2021 at 10:44 AM.
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