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Simple because cooler parts of the days basking surfaces can still be well over 100F They will not use them if it does not serve a purpose. Hence why I keep my snakes cooler than my lizards but still provide the temps they would run into during their activity. Burmese pythons, african rocks can be found during the day as can retics, even on hot days just usually never sitting on a stone like a monitor would. Again this is why my monitor's surface temps are 30-50F higher than my snakes because their behavior suggest they need that heat, as with snakes their behavior (the ones I keep and research) show them to be nocturnal and avoid severely hotspots like 130F but they will use hot spots in the low 100'sF

Since I do not know anything about king or corn snakes or even rattlesnakes I can only comment on the animals I research. I can tell you when the sun goes down and the rattlesnakes all go onto the blacktop at night, I bet that blacktop is over 95F or 100F Morti if you have a temp gun, check on what surfaces you find these animals.

Gus well said, Well said. I think if you can provide these cooler and hotters in the same cage the snake will thermo regulate like it is supposed to. Keeping it just in the middle does not give the snake an option. I have noticed when a snake has a huge meal or does not feel well it will seek out hotter spots most likely to act as a fever or speed up digestion. The winter idea is a great idea Gus but I am not sure I can do that easily. I do have spots in the cages in the mid 70's during winter time, just because that is how my cages are set up.