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Hi Everyone,
The other day I purchased a 2yr old Diamond and she is beautiful, I was told to keep the temp in the centre of the cage no higher than 24-25 degrees, I know they have lower temps so I am just wondering what temps other herper's keep their Diamonds at as I don't want her/him ( not sexed ) to get DPS.

Kept in an enclosure 3x2x2 until it grows a little bigger, I only have a 75 heat lamp running on a thermostat set at 25 degrees and a UVA/B light on 12 hours a day, suggested by reputable reptile dealer.

Any advise will be welcome. Thanks in advance.
Pythonmania
 
everyone is asleep at this hour, come back tomorrow morning and you will get a few replies.

In the meantime just use the search feature up the top on diamonds and temperature, should be some answers there

good luck
 
Yeah, thanks for that ,think I'm off to bed as well and I'll check it out tomorrow.
GNight
 
32c under the basking light during the day, the rest as cool as room temp. No need for a 75w you'll find a 40w will still provide the right amount of heat with the thermostat. With Diamonds you don't need to heat at night. I have a timer set from morning to dusk. Don't forget to post a pic.
 
Thanks for the info tenacres1100, I will post pics of my pythons as soon as I buy a decent camera..:)
 
32c under the basking light during the day, the rest as cool as room temp. No need for a 75w you'll find a 40w will still provide the right amount of heat with the thermostat. With Diamonds you don't need to heat at night. I have a timer set from morning to dusk. Don't forget to post a pic.


I would have thought 32c would be too hot for a diamond. They prefer temps around 26c at warm end. I know they would endure warmer temps in the wild but there are plenty of places they can go to escape extremes of heat.
 
whilst actively looking for food at 28c, Diamonds seek out baskings spots of 32c up to 35c after eating,
this is from Rick Shine's Australian Snakes a Natural History

This is why the bigger the cage the better for Diamonds, one spot high at 32c the rest not heated
 
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