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Ok, I've just checked the temperatures in the vivarium....the hot side reads 78 and the cool side reads 69 degree's . This is with the heat mat plus the lamp also, and the central heating has been on for an hour too. when the heating is off the temperature of the vivarium drops a few degrees..same if I switch the heat lamp off. The vivarium is the type made of chipboard with sliding glass front doors. It's 25" long, 20" tall, and 12.5" wide. In the evening when we have our fire on the vivarium gets into the 80's but thats as hot as it gets and then its on the lower end so I think I need a higher wattage bulb.
The snake seems fine, he's coiled himself around the plastic plant in the cool corner. I've just phoned the snake shop where I bought him and the owner said to leave him a week before I feed him, and not to handle him for a week till he settles down in his new home.
I was just wondering.....the man who sold me the snake said that he wouldn't grow bigger than 7 foot, but I've since discovered that red tailed boa's can reach 14 feet........how likely is it that my little boa will get bigger than 7 feet because thats bigger than is practical for me really. I've read that you can stunt their growth so that they don't get too big....is this a case of feeding them less often, I need more info about this please because I'm still feeling like leaving him for days without food is going to starve him, and I feel so tempted to offer him a thawed mouse every other night like I've been doing with my corn snake and his pinkies... [img]modules/Forum/images/smiles/icon_rolleyes.gif[/img]
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