azzawatson
New Member
Hi guys,
I've had little Arnie here since January and have just moved him into this larger tank I built. I know it's big but he has always been such an easy snake and great feeder, never bitten us or anything so I figured he'd be alright.
He still seems to be happy but I'm concerned about the heat. His old plastic storage box had just a heat mat and a couple hides, though it did get a lot of condensation from time to time which I've heard is bad.
My question is, I was told to buy him the light pictured and run it during daylight hours. This gets the tank to about 30 degree's but when i turn it off at night, it drops to 20 degree's. Is that too cold? The small heat mat is in there too but he seems to like the high hide at the opposite end of the tank to the heat source. He's always in there. He does get out and about, there is usually a big branch in the tank which I took out cuz he keeps getting behind the fake wall I made.
I just want to make sure he has enough heat at night. The glass will lose a lot of heat and I don't want respiratory problems down the track.
Thoughts?
(turns out I can't add images so use your imagination!)
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I've had little Arnie here since January and have just moved him into this larger tank I built. I know it's big but he has always been such an easy snake and great feeder, never bitten us or anything so I figured he'd be alright.
He still seems to be happy but I'm concerned about the heat. His old plastic storage box had just a heat mat and a couple hides, though it did get a lot of condensation from time to time which I've heard is bad.
My question is, I was told to buy him the light pictured and run it during daylight hours. This gets the tank to about 30 degree's but when i turn it off at night, it drops to 20 degree's. Is that too cold? The small heat mat is in there too but he seems to like the high hide at the opposite end of the tank to the heat source. He's always in there. He does get out and about, there is usually a big branch in the tank which I took out cuz he keeps getting behind the fake wall I made.
I just want to make sure he has enough heat at night. The glass will lose a lot of heat and I don't want respiratory problems down the track.
Thoughts?
(turns out I can't add images so use your imagination!)
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