jaspy
Not so new Member
just wanna know if temp drops to anywhere between 16 -18 degrees will be an issue for my spotty
I can't say this is the same for macs, but my Darwin's and coastal are often seen chilling (literally) in the coldest part of their enclosure at night - averages 10c over night. They do however have residual heat from a heat tile in a hide should they need it
Thing with darwins is they would never be subjected to 10C nights and are not adapted to such lows.
With spotteds while those lower temps wont hurt, if you want them to keep feeding over winter low temps should be a bit higher.
I'm not saying its how they should be kept, just offering an observation.
My room gets to 16 - 17 at night and I've got a 15ish month old MD carpet python. There is a heated tile though. I'm hoping this is ok..? Especially considering they come from slightly cooler areas.
Is it a fair sized enclosure? Young snakes in big cages will often stress and try and find a secure part of the cage and not thermoregulate. You can have a perfect basking spot but if the snake is stressed it may not use it and stay holed up in a cold corner. It is much easier to avoid this in small tubs when housing young snakes.My first baby spotty got rti within a week of being in her new enclosure. Pet shop told me a 75 watt should be fine, it wasn't. She never climbed branch to get warmer either, but she was a sickly baby and died from other issues. I got a 100 watt and a thermometer when I got new spotty. My son did a " temperature map" of enclosure, including after house had cooled down overnight so we have a good idea of temp fluctuations. I have a radiant heater that I use to bring up temp of room, wool blanket around 3 sides and some of top of glass enclosure to keep it insulated. I usually close doors of room too to keep any heat in. So far so good, room temp rarely goes below 19. I'm in Adelaide hills so it gets pretty cold, but I will only need to be this careful for 3 months of year. Next year I may get a heat pad...if my power bill gets really ugly!
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