 |
Back to Monitors Forum Forums Home Members Area
Monitors Forum
Coheed and cambria DRZRider Crocdoc Petboy15 DRZRider Mrcota Crocdoc Petboy15 Coheed and cambria Zach7655 Krusty KAP10CAVY |
| Member | Message | ||
|
Coheed and cambria View Profile |
Its too hot at night??
|
||
| 05/29/06 10:19pm |
|
||
|
DRZRider View Profile |
Message To: Coheed and cambria In reference to Message Id: 809959 Its too hot at night??
Cut on the air condition. Put a fan blowing into the vent if available, of the enclosure. Cut back on the wattage of the heat light. Mist the enclosure with cool water and cut the heat light off at night. Change enclosures. |
||
| 05/29/06 10:26pm |
|
||
|
Crocdoc View Profile |
Message To: DRZRider In reference to Message Id: 809970 Its too hot at night??
Lethal temperature for an adult monitor is around 44C, a bit less for a young monitor. 36C is the temperature they try to get their body to when digesting food and generally being active (that’s close to 97F). 90F is quite a comfortable temperature for them |
||
| 05/30/06 02:01am |
|
||
|
Petboy15 View Profile |
Message To: Crocdoc In reference to Message Id: 810229 Its too hot at night??
|
||
| 05/30/06 07:16am |
|
||
|
DRZRider View Profile |
Message To: Petboy15 In reference to Message Id: 810340 Its too hot at night??
|
||
| 05/30/06 08:08am |
|
||
|
Mrcota View Profile |
Message To: Coheed and cambria In reference to Message Id: 809959 Its too hot at night??
Unlike most people on this forum, I usually concentrate more on making sure my enclosures do not get too hot all of the year, rather than figuring how I can maintain higher temperatures. I do this primarily by placing all my heat producing lamps outside of the enclosures, turning the heat producing lamps off (on timers) during the hottest part of the day (12:00-15:00) and providing top-of-the enclosure ventilation. Heat producing lamps (basking lamps and mercury vapor lamps) are directed to basking spots, the focal point of the lamp heats the desired area, but because the lamp is outside, much of the heat it produces remains outside of the enclosure. Top-of-the-enclosure ventilation is not recommended in the US, because most of you have humidity issues to contend with (My high humidity reading for the reptile room yesterday was 86%- just from what outside exposure it receives). My back up plan if it is too hot is air conditioning. Although the reptile room does not have air conditioning installed, the living room next to it does and there are a couple of small windows to allow the cooler air to enter. Something to remember about air conditioning: air conditioning not only cools the temperature, but dries out the air also! Luckily, I have not approached terminal temperatures for my snakes. As crocdoc says, days or even a couple weeks of high temperatures will be OK. In my case a few months, but the methods I use should be discarded after temperatures start to cool, because when winter comes, you need to concentrate on keeping those temperatures higher. Cheers, Michael |
||
| 05/30/06 09:07am |
|
||
|
Crocdoc View Profile |
Message To: Mrcota In reference to Message Id: 810439 Its too hot at night??
As I said above, 32C is nothing for them (’cool’ end) and it only becomes an issue when the ’coolest’ part of the enclosure is above their preferred body temperature (around 36C or 98F) for very long periods. All of my heat producing lamps, such as basking lamps, UV lights and ceramic heaters, have thermostats set near the floor. These act as ’kill’ switches, turning off all heat sources when the temperature near the floor gets above a certain level. The way I see it, if it’s that hot near the floor, it’s baking anywhere else. Petboy15, in response to your question: Quote: if basking temps are supposed to be 130+, then whats wrong with nighttime temps being 95?
You need to learn the difference between basking temperatures and ambient temperatures. A basking temperature of 130F is okay for a monitor, because it can walk away when it is hot enough. If the cool part of the enclosure reached 130F it would die in a short while. |
||
| 05/30/06 09:25am |
|
||
|
Petboy15 View Profile |
Message To: Crocdoc In reference to Message Id: 810449 Its too hot at night??
|
||
| 05/30/06 03:40pm |
|
||
|
Coheed and cambria View Profile |
Message To: Petboy15 In reference to Message Id: 810865 Its too hot at night??
|
||
| 05/31/06 08:23am |
|
||
|
Zach7655 View Profile |
Message To: Coheed and cambria In reference to Message Id: 812016 Its too hot at night??
and i’ve been having the same problem so thinks 4 the information |
||
| 05/31/06 12:54pm |
|
||
|
Krusty View Profile |
Message To: Zach7655 In reference to Message Id: 812312 Its too hot at night??
|
||
| 05/31/06 10:35pm |
|
||
|
KAP10CAVY View Profile |
Message To: Krusty In reference to Message Id: 813203 Its too hot at night??
Scott |
||
| 06/01/06 01:19am |
|
