Lows too high?

[JC86]

I've got a question about temperature. I live in florida, and have always lived in Florida, thus I'm use to heat. My bedroom during the day stays around 80-82 degrees (yes that's with the AC running) and at night gets down to only 77 or 78. Now I'm really comfortable with this, but is it too warm for my snakes? Currently the daytime lows on the 'cool' side of the tanks are between 79-82 (depending on if it's raining or sunny outside). At night the lowest it gets is 76, but usually is around 78 degrees. Do my snakes (Corn, ball python, rainbow boa) need temps to get below the high seventies? Or since most of them are tropical snakes, it's ok for their temps to not drop into the mid/low 70s?


Thanks,
Scott
[addsig]

Nope that sounds fine to me. I keep my redtails and balls in that range also. The brb though..as long as you are providing a warmer side should be ok....BUT I actually keep them a lil bit higher for a low side myself. What exactly are your huigh side temps anyway?
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[JC86]

During the day the low side is in the low 80s, and high in the low nineties(on the basking spot). Altho in the morning it's usually in the high seventies. In a 10 gallon tank it's hard to keep a good gradient, and she always hides on the cool side of the tank. If the cool side gets too cool during the day I put on a spotlight for a little to heat up the aquarium.

I'm getting a 4 ft. Boaphile for her if my gamecube sells, heh.


Scott
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90's is too high IMHO opinion for a boa or a ball. You really need to find a way to lower that temp a bit for the snake.
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[billycat215]

yes i agree...keep thehot end of the tank between 86-88. they will usually stay on the cool side, except to help digest food, and thermoregulate. also if at all possible...get a larger tank like a 20 L or larger, and provide a hide on both sides of the tank.
[addsig]

Those temps sound a little too high for your corn snake. Since all I have are colubrids, I let the night drop right to 70 (room temp). Daytime highs rarely get over 80, maybe just a degree. And mine are all growing like weeds. Native snakes and tropical snakes are obviously going to require different temperatures.

When the temp in the basking spot hits 80, my corn bails for the cool side, even if he has a gut load of rodent. I think your corn would be better off if you could lower his temps some. With room temps like that, he certainly doesn't need any supplemental heat IMO.
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	Corn Snake The Corn Snake or Red Rat Snake (Elaphe guttata) is a species of Rat Snake.

	In My Opinon IMO = In My Opinion and IMHO = In My Honest Opinion

[JC86]

The BRB never hides on the warm side, until I got my digital thermometer I thought the warm side was at 85, but I found out differently a few days ago. I never thought I'd have this problem, but it seems as if my snakes are being kept too warm =P

I moved the hide around a little for my ball python, so during the day his warm hide (on the inside of it) is 85, and the cool is 78-79 (80-81 from 4:30pm until about 6...I'm on the west side). Since a) cool weather went away and b) I got a digital thermometer instead of one that lies to me, I've put the ball python's basking light away. Prolly won't need it until November/december now.

(Have I mentioned that I love this digital thermometer?=P It's got 3 screens...indoor, outdoor, and humidity. Then I can have a clock on it, and min/max for indoor and outdoor) I played around with my BRB's cage a little bit and discovered that the heating pad (it's a low wattage one too) is causing the high temperatures. So I unplugged that, and only use the heatlamp (sixty watt moonglow) in the morning to heat up the cage into the 80s (warm side 86-89, cool side around 80) then again for 20 minutes around 2 to heat it back up again to that, then let it cool down until the next morning. Doing things that way got me a night time low of around 76 degrees. That's about what my BP's cage gets down to. Is that too warm for night time temps?


Scott

P.S. I'm not too worried about the Corn. He's got places to hide all over his tank, and it's just the warm corner with the heating pad under it that warms up to the mid 80s, everything else is at room temperature, he seems to enjoy it fine. (he likes to sit on top of the warm hide)


Thanks for all the help! Any additional suggestions/corrections?


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	Ball Python The Ball Python (Python regius), also known as the Royal Python, is a ground dwelling snake native to the savannahs and rain forests in western Africa, predominatly the countries of Ghana, Togo, and Benin.

[XzyluM]

76 is fine for the night time temperatures. I also have a digital thermometer with a indoor/outdoor/humidity function. Works great.
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