Hi all
I have a question about my Olives temps. It's getting pretty cold where I am. My enclosure has heat cord on a slate tile running all day and night. During the day an additional reflector globe comes on above the tile.
This gives me surface temps on the tile of 25 - 30 degrees overnight ( depending on how cold it gets) and during the day the tile hits about 35 degrees.
My concern is that everywhere else in the enclosure is really cold. As low as 10 degrees overnight and maxing about 20 degrees through the day. The only warm thing in the enclosure is the surface of the tile.
So my question is, do ambient temps matter as long as the snake has a warm surface to make contact with? She seems active enough, doesn't spend all her time on the tile and still swims occasionally. She stopped eating about 6 weeks ago. I didn't have to worry about this issue it last year because she was still in a click clack, and all my other snakes have been colder weather snakes (diamonds, coastal) so I wanted to get some opinions on this. I can install a CHE if ambient temps need to be higher.
Thanks for your help.
I have a question about my Olives temps. It's getting pretty cold where I am. My enclosure has heat cord on a slate tile running all day and night. During the day an additional reflector globe comes on above the tile.
This gives me surface temps on the tile of 25 - 30 degrees overnight ( depending on how cold it gets) and during the day the tile hits about 35 degrees.
My concern is that everywhere else in the enclosure is really cold. As low as 10 degrees overnight and maxing about 20 degrees through the day. The only warm thing in the enclosure is the surface of the tile.
So my question is, do ambient temps matter as long as the snake has a warm surface to make contact with? She seems active enough, doesn't spend all her time on the tile and still swims occasionally. She stopped eating about 6 weeks ago. I didn't have to worry about this issue it last year because she was still in a click clack, and all my other snakes have been colder weather snakes (diamonds, coastal) so I wanted to get some opinions on this. I can install a CHE if ambient temps need to be higher.
Thanks for your help.
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