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bataco

bataco

Daniel
this week, there was a so cold in my house, and I just checked my boy today and he is like all dull, when I put him upside down, he stays like that for like 10 seconds and his movements are slooooow, is this normal? =S I'm goimg to feed him right now to see if there's a feeding problem
 
bataco said:
this week, there was a so cold in my house, and I just checked my boy today and he is like all dull, when I put him upside down, he stays like that for like 10 seconds and his movements are slooooow, is this normal? =S I'm goimg to feed him right now to see if there's a feeding problem
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Wait, why on EARTH would you feed a cold, slow moving snake? your just begging for him to regurge and cause a world of problems down the road,

first step, get your snake up to the temperature it should be
second step, monitor the snake for a few days while the temperature is up, make sure his actions go back to normal..


only then, if he returns to normal should you feed him..... :sobstory:
 
Do you have a UTH? How about a thermometer? What are the temps in your snakes enclosure? These are the most important things you should be monitoring as a snake owner...
 
measley, actually I am monitoring it, the side of my uth is 81° an the other part is 65 because of the cold... the weird thing is that he is in the cold zone
 
Ok, you need to get those temps up. I'm sure the experts will come in soon with some other ideas...
But I had a similar problem in my 29 gallon tank. The warm side was 85 but the cool side was about 65-68 so what I did was just get a ceramic heat lamp and suspended that above the cage near the middle of the tank (If it's directly on the screen top, it will get too hot). This bumped up the heat on the warm side and made the cool side a little more stable.
However, I only used this method for about a week before moving my snakes to a different room that was more insulated and didn't have as many windows/breezes. Now, in the new room, my snakes all have perfect temperatures.

The easiest and cheapest fix for you, if possible, would probably be to just move your snakes to another room...
 
he's more active now... but he never refused to eat before... when I got him (9 months ago) I had the same temp problems but he always ate perfect, I don't want to take him out of my room :(
 
bataco said:
he's more active now... but he never refused to eat before... when I got him (9 months ago) I had the same temp problems but he always ate perfect, I don't want to take him out of my room :(
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There cold blooded, a snake thats cold isn't about to put its body under stress trying to digest a meal, quit trying to feed it and correct your husbandry issues before trying again, its as simple as that..
 
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