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Question re: Air conditioning

Coty

Coty

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I currently have my tank set up in a room with an A/C unit in it. It is not a very large room (or a very large A/C), but I tend to have the A/C on for pretty much all day every day. This is only since I have had a snake in this room, as the regular air temperature ranges from 72-85 degrees here during the summer.
My question is this: Considering my Air Conditioner is on most of the day (set at 77-78), is my tank too cold? There is a heating pad and a thermostat set up, and that keeps the glass where the probes are stuck at 85-88 (for the most part). However, with the A/C cranking it makes the rest of the tank about 78 degrees. Considering that all the glass except for one little spot is effected by the AC, my snake has only one "obvious" choice to hang out that will be 80 + degrees (the other spot up on a piece of grape vine where he curls up to sleep near the top of my tank).
The reason I constantly run my A/C is to provide a "cool side" (72-75 would be best but 77-78 is the best I can do). However, I am concerned that what I have created is a whole tank that is 77-78 with a "warm spot" which is at the most 88 degrees on the glass, and maybe 80-83 on the toip of the substrate (or the hide on the warm side of the tank which is located right above the middle of my UTH).
I know that snakes have the potential to thermoregulate, but my concern is that my snake prefers the hide on the cool side (I would move it over to the warm side but it is kind of a big bulky 3 in 1 hide/shed box deal and I don't know that it would really transfer heat that well if it was on the warm side.
I didn't mean for this to be this long, but if anyone has faced similar issues and have insight I am all ears.:confused:
 
I actually have almost the exact same situation you do...73-75 on the cool side and 80-81 on top of the substrate/inside the hide on the warm side. He spends most of his time, except for after feeding, on the cool side. A/C unit in the room, to keep the entire room from being 85+ all summer.

I'm not sure if it's actually a temp situation, or if he just likes that side of the tank better. All the temp readings are right inside the hides, so I've been guessing he just has his preference.
 
I just turn all my heating off in the summer. The snakes get room temperature, no gradient. My room temperature ranges from maybe 78 in the wee hours of the morning to 84 in the late day. Their water bowls double as hides, and probably don't fluctuate quite as much as the air temperature. They all do fine.
 
That sounds like the best option. I don't think that it will get too cold this summer, which is really my biggest concern. I will see how my temperature high/lows are for a couple days w/ my thermometers. I don't think it gets much cooler here than NJ during the summer, and from what the literature says they can be found wild there.
 
that also happens to me i tend to keep something like a shelf in between the ac and the tank and also keep them in the oppisite side of the room
 
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