Questions / survey

[Droptine10]

Ok guys and gals, humor me a little more, if you
will....
What do you keep your balls at ?
1.warm end temp
2.hide or no hide
3. ambient temp

[snowgyre]

In order to answer those questions effectively, you'll also need to understand the setup.

For racks (Animal Plastics and Boaphile):
1. Belly heat 4" flexwatt controlled by thermostat, varies from ambient to ~90F basking temp.
2. No hide, unless problem feeder babies. If problem feeders, I put a paper bag in the tub.
3. Ambient temp varies from 83 in winter to 88 in summer, to save on power and since most of my ball pythons are off feed from November to March anyway.

[Droptine10]

Thanks for your imput !

[bcr229]

Mine are in 41-qt racks/tubs, belly heat at 92*F, room ambient is 75*F, maybe a degree or two higher in the rack.

Some don't have a hide at all and are plenty secure and keep eating, others get one. Size doesn't have much to do with it, I have an 800 gram male who is fine without and won't use it if I give him one, and a 2500 gram male who stuffs himself under one and rarely is seen.

[Droptine10]

It's wild how different they can be !!

[chrisis697]

1. Also 4" flexwatt belly heat with herpstat thermostat, 92° hot spot. Housed in 28qt tubs in a rack.
2. No hides, only empty toilet paper rolls for babies until they eat regularly.
3. Ambient also varies from 82-88.

[Droptine10]

697 , you have all young snakes,
How do you keep your ambient temp that high ??

[chrisis697]

No i have 48 subadults to adults & 30 babies to subs. My room is about 5x10' & insulated well. I have a eletric stand alone heater with didgital read out thermostat. I believe from walmart, keeps it toasty. Does make it kinda dry but i have a humidifie in room also.

[Droptine10]

Oh wow ,, you have a LOT of snakes, an individual room
would be nesasary.
I have 3 for now , probably going to stick with 3 :-)

[chrisis697]

Yeah its hard to keep ambient temp high if u have them in a bedroom or spare room. If u have an empy closet maybe try that. There lights & heat pads may keep ambient up higher.

[bcr229]

Yeah its hard to keep ambient temp high if u have them in a bedroom or spare room. If u have an empy closet maybe try that. There lights & heat pads may keep ambient up higher.
I have a small chest freezer for feeders that I keep in the room for ball pythons, BCI's, and retics. It helps keep the temperature higher in that room higher than in the rest of the house.

My BRB's and Dum's run a bit cooler so they're in a different room.

[Dbz4246]

I use a small separate building, a 14' by 30' building. I have a heater/ air conditioner and set it to what is needed and keep ambient temps at 80. I set my adult heat, with are underbelly heat, at 91 degrees, and my babies I set at 93 which are back heat. All my snakes are in open racks. I have about 50 Adult/sub adult, and the number of babies varies depending on what I breed.

[Droptine10]

That sounds like a nice set up Dbz !!!

[Dbz4246]

That sounds like a nice set up Dbz !!!

Thanks! The building is old, so it took some work to get it up and running for my snakes lol

[Reptile Frenzy]

Racks with 4" belly heat at 90-92 room temp is 84-86 on the offseason. The cool end of the tub stays room temp. No hides unless we have a real picky eater.