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05-Jul-08, 01:26 PM
|  | Subscriber | Join Date: Jul-07 Location: Jindalee brizzy Age/Gender: 14  | | | She is always in the cool end
hi guys my 6/7 month old coastal is allways in the cool end hide she used to love the warm end and when i pick her up she is usually cold any ideas why she is doing this?
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05-Jul-08, 01:31 PM
|  | Sarcastic Snake Subscriber | Join Date: Jan-07 Location: Sydney Gender: | | | | Pete - What temperature is your warm end? She may not be getting as warm as she would like...
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05-Jul-08, 05:08 PM
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it varies between 29-32
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05-Jul-08, 05:30 PM
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help guys
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05-Jul-08, 05:35 PM
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Originally Posted by pete12  it varies between 29-32 | Is this the whole cage or just the cool end?.
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05-Jul-08, 05:38 PM
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the hot end varies between 29-32 and cool varies between 27-24
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05-Jul-08, 05:49 PM
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Are there hides at both ends? 
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05-Jul-08, 06:08 PM
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maybe its a question of food sizes and regularity, After a feed she should head to the hot end, and after it digests may go to the cooler end to slow the process untill another feed.
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05-Jul-08, 06:09 PM
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yes hides at both ends
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05-Jul-08, 06:16 PM
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Originally Posted by pete12 the hot end varies between 29-32 and cool varies between 27-24 | That sounds ok to me,the snake will choose what temp it wants.
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05-Jul-08, 06:17 PM
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ok.........
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05-Jul-08, 06:24 PM
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Originally Posted by dodgie That sounds ok to me,the snake will choose what temp it wants. | Agreed. All my snakes move to one end or the other when they feel like it.
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05-Jul-08, 07:41 PM
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24-27 in the cool end is not that cold.
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05-Jul-08, 07:59 PM
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Originally Posted by GARTHNFAY 24-27 in the cool end is not that cold. | Agreed. I try to keep the cool end as cool as possible. After all a reptile's not going to stay at the cool end if it gets too cool.
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