Heating at night?

[webcol]

All the talk about temperatures lately has got me thinking about 24 hour heating..
At the moment i have all my reptiles on 24 hour heating, but i am considering for the established eaters doing a trial with no night heating during summer.
What is everyones thoughts on this?
Who does anything similar?
Thanks

 

[Norm]

My thermostat packed it in and someone told me not to worry about replacing it. They said I could not heat at all this time of year or if I wanted just a couple hours through the day, which is what I`m doing. I have a 9 month old diamond and she seems to be going alright although I don`t think she`s quite as active as she was before the thermo stopped working. I`m thinking of going back to a thermostat to give a constant temp.

 

[webcol]

My thermostat packed it in and someone told me not to worry about replacing it. They said I could not heat at all this time of year or if I wanted just a couple hours through the day, which is what I`m doing. I have a 9 month old diamond and she seems to be going alright although I don`t think she`s quite as active as she was before the thermo stopped working. I`m thinking of going back to a thermostat to give a constant temp.

The diamond wouldnt mind the cooler temps anyway.
I am considering turning the heating of for 2 spotteds in click clacks ( As they can over heat easily).
An i was also considering for my bredli. But he has a nice cool end ( which he is currently in) so he can cool easy.

 

[Norm]

Thinking of running the heat on a timer with my UV so she only gets heat for that 3-4 hrs so she can bask (thats what I`m doing now) but controlling that heat with a thermostat so it doesn`t get too hot on these really hot days we`ve been getting. The rest of the time it will be ambient temp.

 

[beatlloydy]

The diamond wouldnt mind the cooler temps anyway.
I am considering turning the heating of for 2 spotteds in click clacks ( As they can over heat easily).
An i was also considering for my bredli. But he has a nice cool end ( which he is currently in) so he can cool easy.

This one has come up before...I took advice on a similar thread from some well known established breeders and I turn my heating/lights off at 22:30 and back on at 06:00. (I dont know about hatchlings but yearlings upwards should be o.k)

The only negative I see to this is dont go near them (snakes) until the temp is back up as they seem to be a little more cranky but once the temps are back up to normal they seem fine.

 

[Norm]

The story about diamonds in the latest Reptiles Australia has made me rethink how I heat mine.

 

[Lovemydragons]

I have timers turning heating/lights off at 8pm anyway, sun goes down, so I make the enclosures the same. Sun comes up again and so do my lights/heating at about 6.30-7am at the moment.

On any day I know it's going to be stinking hot I turn the snakes heating off all together, just to be safe. The beardies love it though, so I don't bother about them.

 

[pythonmum]

Click-clacks have lousy insulation, so I'd tend to give night heat. You really must have a thermostat with the probe right where the snake sits to control these. With my older snakes, I have Habistat Day/Night thermostats which drop the temperature, but only about 5 - 10 degrees. There are several very successful big breeders who do not use night heat, but I'm too worried about they getting really cold in winter. I feed during the winter, so keep temps reasonable at night.