How hot is too hot.

[FAY]

I personally would bag them up, put them in the bath tub for the day.

 

[Pythons Rule]

wouldn't worry about the heat all that much seeing its from the NT and is bred to withstand the constant rising temps here in the NT like Aussie Python Lover stated we have a humid heat which is very different to your dry heat. infact high temps and high humidity is what olives are used to but there normally found nere swamps and rivers etc I wouldn't blame them. our temps do not drop below 33deg and it gets much higher then 40deg's we don't have winter and when we do its only around for 3 days. I would be worried about if she's getting anough humidity then heat, if you are still worried about this then just place a large water dish and you could put blocks of ice in it but it doen't really matter It will also increase in humidity which is good.

 

[dailyskin]

Off topic, sorry - but did you know that in the 1850s they used to bring ice in from CANADA?!? By boat!!!

"In the 1850s ice had to be imported to the colony of Victoria – from the frozen lakes of the U.S.A. and Canada!!!!! (there is a poster that advertises Lake Wenham Ice you might see around Sovereign Hill) The ice was literally cut from the frozen lake, packed in sawdust, etc and then shipped all the way to places such as Victoria. As a result, in hot weather a drink with ice cost considerably more than a drink without ice and, if it hadn’t melted, the ice would be re-used in other drinks!"

 

[mungus]

We had a hot saturday here and the temps went to 43 deg. on some of my enclosures, but inside the enclosures the temps never got above 33-34 deg.
The diamonds enclosures which are low on the concrete in summer, got to 28 deg.
My enclosures are always cooler than the air temp in summer.

 

[kitling]

We were misting up the enclosure yesterday, this morning and overnight and he has plenty of water, to help with the humidity. We mist up the cage regularly for the few days before he sheds as well.

I think I need to build some kind of misting device on a timer.

It is definately a dry heat here, not humid at all.

As for taking him to work, despite jokes about scaring the clients, I would keep him in a plastic tub, with heat mat (too much aircon at work) and a sheet over the tub, in the dark under my desk. Although I suspect all my work mates would want to see him at least.

Someone brought in a puppy dog last Friday, and the Friday before that we had a box of baby chickens, my boss has declared Friday = animal day

The 1950's ice story is awesome!

 

[Mudimans]

Just curious, to those that say over 35/38 degrees can cause damage-how long do they have to be subjected to these temps for the damage to occur? Are we talking minutes/hours/days?
Hasn't been too bad here. Bit like you Mungus, the enclosures are staying cooler than the outside temps which is lucky!

 

[Schlumpe]

Surly the Victoria must mean Victoria, Canada(British Columbia). An not Vic Australia.

 

[Schlumpe]

Sorry that was for dailyskin re: ICE

 

[crazylatinsteven]

I was going to ask the same question except i have a centralian. And the temperature is 42 degrees at the moment in his cage. I thought it would be ok as they can survive in NT where the heat gets to 50 degrees. So is it ok? I dont want to do the bottles of water as it wud make it humid and he dont like it like that.

 

[dailyskin]

Surly the Victoria must mean Victoria, Canada(British Columbia). An not Vic Australia.

Nope! That quote is from a friend who is an historian at Sovereign Hill

 

[moosenoose]

Off topic, sorry - but did you know that in the 1850s they used to bring ice in from CANADA?!? By boat!!!

"In the 1850s ice had to be imported to the colony of Victoria – from the frozen lakes of the U.S.A. and Canada!!!!! (there is a poster that advertises Lake Wenham Ice you might see around Sovereign Hill) The ice was literally cut from the frozen lake, packed in sawdust, etc and then shipped all the way to places such as Victoria. As a result, in hot weather a drink with ice cost considerably more than a drink without ice and, if it hadn’t melted, the ice would be re-used in other drinks!"

So I guess I should be estatic when McDonalds puts their 80% of ice in with my 20% Coke?

 

[crazylatinsteven]

Can someone plz answer me because its pretty important. Is 42 dgrees to hot for a central carpet(bredli) python????

 

[Sel]

Id be doing whatever i could to get the temp down, 42 is way too hot

 

[kitling]

When we got home, his enclosure was at 35.7 degrees, we put in a third large container of water and some frozen ice packs which brought the temp down to 31 degrees again, and fairly rapidly. We've also kept it nice and humid with regular misting. The cage was up to 33 degrees a couple of hours later as the ice melted, so we have to keep restocking the ice. It is 38 in our lounge room currently at 10pm.

That said he came out of the cage while we were fiddling with water and ice and didn't seem to want to go back in, despite it being cooler in his cage.

The ice trick seems effective, but needs to be watched and reloaded often.

Twist will be going to work with me tomorrow.

42 sounds way to hot given what other posters are saying.

By the way - does anyone have a source for this 37 degrees is too hot theory?

 

[seumas12345]

You don't want temps higher than 34 degrees!!! If you don't do something about the 42 degrees then you'll get the answer soon enough when you find the carcass of your snake when you get home from work!!

 

[staffsrule]

hey guys . Yep its been way too hot here in Adelaide. Lost my coastal Carpet python on Tuesday. Saddest thing to happen. Broke my heart !

 

[slither]

maybe get a fan or somthing just to cool her down while ure at work