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    Re: Is my BP starting a shed?

    Quote Originally Posted by Nutriaitch View Post
    the pink may have been a lighting issue too.
    when I looked again it was one of those "ok, maybe it's a little pink-ish. then again maybe not. wait kinda. no not really"
    so maybe my LED lighting (light fixtures in ceiling, not lights in snakes enclosure) are throwing me off depending on angle.

    the floor is definitely not anywhere close to 90°. I don't have a way to check just the floor.
    but it's about 75° in the enclosure itself.
    my hand touching the cool and warm side does feel the difference, but the warm side damn sure ain't "hot" by any stretch. it's more along the lines of "not cold".
    Highly suggest you get an accurate digital thermometer (aka "temp gun"), your hands won't do it. Reason: we're roughly 98.6* so unless the snake's home is hotter than that, it feels cool to us- when it's actually WAY too hot for your snake! You NEED an accurate thermometer..."yesterday".

    And fyi, 75* ambient in the enclosure is too cool for a BP- when they're too cool, their immune system doesn't function well & they can get seriously sick with things they've already been exposed to. Temperatures are critical for successful snake keeping- it's your responsibility to get it right, since the snake is your prisoner & cannot seek out the conditions its body needs to digest & function properly. Snakes aren't like other pets- their bodies cannot make their own warmth to function- it's up to us to provide them.
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