Light as heat source - Page 3

GarterGuy · 04-10-2007, 08:40 AM

Burrowing is fine....they really like to do that. It's just staying burrowed that could be a sign of over heating. They go underground to get away from the heat.

RedSided · 04-10-2007, 08:51 AM

Thats ok then , no shes not doing that

, although she was intimidated by the light when I first tested it yesterday, She did a very long drawn out tongue flicker almost slow motion. I think that means snakes are angry or intimdated, read it somewhere.

adamanteus · 04-10-2007, 08:54 AM

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Originally Posted by RedSided

She did a very long drawn out tongue flicker almost slow motion. I think that means snakes are angry or intimdated.

That can be true, sometimes, but it can also indicate that they're just trying to pick up an elusive scent.....such as light!!!!

RedSided · 04-10-2007, 09:17 AM

haha yeh

, such inqusitive creatures.You gotta love em though.Ive changed her water 3 times today because she soiled it, talk about cheeky.

Cazador · 04-10-2007, 05:22 PM

That slow tongue flicker is very often done when snakes are too cold. I don't know if that might apply in this situation... only a thermometer would tell for sure.

Rick

adamanteus · 04-10-2007, 05:26 PM

Good point Rick....Do we all have a thermometer in every viv? I think we should!

RedSided · 04-12-2007, 04:15 AM

Of course, and its certainly not too cold.

crayguns · 05-09-2007, 08:41 PM

What I used in my boa constrictor's cage was a porch lamp. It had a glass globe. Desmond could feel heat. If it was too hot for him, he didn't climb upon it. I kept a 60 watt bulb in it. I painted it with motorcycle black expansion chamber paint on the inside of the globe (for night). For summers, I had it off. I also mounted an old kitchen incandesant ceiling fixture on the underside of the cage's floor.This worked quite well. I had bought a hot rock. It looked like brick with a electrical cord coming out. I kept a thermometer in the cage.

Stefan-A · 05-09-2007, 11:20 PM

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Originally Posted by adamanteus

Good point Rick....Do we all have a thermometer in every viv? I think we should!

I agree, but I don't have a thermometer in every viv. I have a perfectly reasonable

excuse for this: I monitor the temperature for a while before removing the thermometer. I just make sure that the basking spot is warm enough and the cool end of the terrarium is cool enough. I don't really need to monitor the temperatures except for the hottest weeks of the summer, when I'm forced to shut off the heat. One of the benefits(?) of living this far north, the conditions are fairly stable.

Thamnophis · 05-10-2007, 02:42 AM

I don't have thermometers in my terrariums.
I have one in the room where they stand.
I know the temperature in the terrariums is ok and as long as I do not change anything it stays allright.

04-10-2007, 08:40 AM	#21 (permalink)
GarterGuy Brother Snake Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Lancaster,PA Posts: 1,356 Country:	Re: Light as heat source Burrowing is fine....they really like to do that. It's just staying burrowed that could be a sign of over heating. They go underground to get away from the heat. __________________ *Roy* 1.1 T.s.pickeringi 0.1 T.s.concinnus 0.0.2 T.s.pallidulus

04-10-2007, 08:51 AM	#22 (permalink)
RedSided "First shed In Progress" Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 92 Country:	Re: Light as heat source Thats ok then , no shes not doing that , although she was intimidated by the light when I first tested it yesterday, She did a very long drawn out tongue flicker almost slow motion. I think that means snakes are angry or intimdated, read it somewhere. __________________ Does your water bowl look like a toilet, it does? Guess I will have to change it again

04-10-2007, 09:17 AM	#24 (permalink)
RedSided "First shed In Progress" Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 92 Country:	Re: Light as heat source haha yeh , such inqusitive creatures.You gotta love em though.Ive changed her water 3 times today because she soiled it, talk about cheeky. __________________ Does your water bowl look like a toilet, it does? Guess I will have to change it again

04-10-2007, 05:22 PM	#25 (permalink)
Cazador Moderator Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Alaska, USA Posts: 1,608 Country:	Re: Light as heat source That slow tongue flicker is very often done when snakes are too cold. I don't know if that might apply in this situation... only a thermometer would tell for sure. Rick

04-10-2007, 05:26 PM	#26 (permalink)
adamanteus Moderator Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Cheshire. (Near Manchester). Posts: 7,983 Country:	Re: Light as heat source Good point Rick....Do we all have a thermometer in every viv? I think we should! __________________ James.

04-12-2007, 04:15 AM	#27 (permalink)
RedSided "First shed In Progress" Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 92 Country:	Re: Light as heat source Of course, and its certainly not too cold. __________________ Does your water bowl look like a toilet, it does? Guess I will have to change it again

05-09-2007, 08:41 PM	#28 (permalink)
crayguns Hi, I'm New Here! Join Date: May 2007 Location: Ozarks Posts: 8 Country:	Re: Light as heat source What I used in my boa constrictor's cage was a porch lamp. It had a glass globe. Desmond could feel heat. If it was too hot for him, he didn't climb upon it. I kept a 60 watt bulb in it. I painted it with motorcycle black expansion chamber paint on the inside of the globe (for night). For summers, I had it off. I also mounted an old kitchen incandesant ceiling fixture on the underside of the cage's floor.This worked quite well. I had bought a hot rock. It looked like brick with a electrical cord coming out. I kept a thermometer in the cage.

05-10-2007, 02:42 AM	#30 (permalink)
Thamnophis Moderator Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Netherlands Posts: 1,313 Country:	Re: Light as heat source I don't have thermometers in my terrariums. I have one in the room where they stand. I know the temperature in the terrariums is ok and as long as I do not change anything it stays allright. __________________ Kousebandslangen.nl - Member of the EGSA It is always advisable to be a loser if you cannot become a winner. Frank Zappa

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