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Obstrep
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 Temp question

OK I have burmese pythons but someone is giving me a redtailed columbian boa, something I have never had to keep. So as usual on a new species doing my research and all that good stuff. one problem!Every care sheet on here posts different temps for the hot and cool side. Thats not much of a help. Can you guys tell me what you keep your set ups at? would be a great deal of help.
08/12/08  11:20am

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Barker
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   Message To: Obstrep   In reference to Message Id: 1828213


 Temp question

We keep ours at low 90’s on the hot side and low 80’s on the cool side with about 50% humidity.

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08/12/08  12:54pm

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   Message To: Obstrep   In reference to Message Id: 1828213


 Temp question

Dont let humidity go below 50%. I keep mine around 60%. otherwise you will have some shedding problems
09/09/08  02:21pm

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Amer Marie
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   Message To: MatthewF   In reference to Message Id: 1855405


 Temp question

i have a six foot red tail i keep 2 150 watt bulbs with an under tank heating pad on the hot side the cool side just has his water bowl... it stay right about 90 in the middle and around 93-95 on the hot side and around 85-88 on the cold side i keep his humidity at around 50-60% he loves to eat his rat and then go sit on his hot side!!!!! scale my heat to a 100 gal ter.... if you have a smaller tank DO NOTput that amount of bulb wattage!!!!!!!!!!
09/11/08  08:01pm

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   Message To: Amer Marie   In reference to Message Id: 1857154


 Temp question

Those temps are WAY too high. These are boas that live in the new world tropics covered by the shade of the rainforest canopy. 90f on the hot side is fine, but you need a cool end in the low to mid 70s.

As far as humidity. 50% is great. It is a common misconception that bad sheds come from too low of humidity. Bad sheds often come from poor hydration internally. Making sure the water bowls are cleaned and disinfected regularly can help this significantly.

With pregnant females I do recommend increasing temps up to 5 degrees as they will use it for developing the babies. But please provide sufficient cool end temps for her to thermoregulate.



10/07/08  03:57pm


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