Its hot out here

[abyss_x3]

Okay my babyBP never comes out of his hide i left him alone for about five days to get him adjusted to his new home. I have a fake hollwed out tree as a hide as well as a artificial mouse hole and a plant for climbing. I have semi dried eco earth and to keep humiduty at like 65-75 but the weather here in good ol sunny Los Angeles has hit three digits and the lowest temp I could get the tank is 86 F. So anyways first few days the snake would go crawling around and lately he never comes out of the tree bark. I guess hes okay i fed him Saturday night and handled him today for the first time since the first day. So my questions are is it okay that he doesnt come out? He doest come out because of the heat? and am I missing anything from my setup? Oh by the way he has a pretty deep water dish.

[tigerlily]

It would be hard to really give you a good critique on your setup without pictures. If possible see if you can temporarily move the cage to bring the temps down. The humidity also does not need to be that high 50-60% is a good range to aim for. The humidity you have now would be great for shedding. As long as your hides are nice and snug on him, then you should be ok. I prefer identical hides.

You didn't say how you were measuring your temps and humidity. If you are doing so digitally, then you're set! (no dials or strips )

As for behavior, bps are shy nocturnal animals. Having said that I usually see mine out and about pretty often, unless they are in shed. One of my girls doesn't venture far from her hides, and another girl hardly ever uses them. So they can vary, as far as individual preference. Although when they go into shed you will notice a dramatic decrease in activity.

I hope that helped.

[abyss_x3]

Sure did. i figure he was exploring the first few days and he just doesnt care about coming out now he peeks his head out now but doesnt fully get out the hide and guess what it getting cooler now so i think it was the heat. I am using guage therm but they are pretty accurate because i have a "High Tech" guage that i stole from work and it give me about the same reading. The humidity is only that high because of the weather it only like 78F today but im sweating like a pig.

[rabernet]

The bulk of mine don't do a whole lot of exploring and are content to stay in their hides. It's a rare occassion for me to see mine out and exploring, and it's usually on the weekends (when I actually DO stay up late) when maybe 3 of the 14 will do a little moving around.