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| aracanid |
Posted - 06/01/2011 : 18:00:34
Hey guys. I recently returned home to find that my pythons enclosure was dark, i.e. the electric had turned off all day whilst I was at school. The problem is that its been a very, very cold winter here, and so my house has been a bit cold. When I got home, i noticed he was in the cold side despite his heat source being off and when I picked him up he didn't move at all at first, then slowly curled up into a ball (something he never does with me). I immediately tried to heat him up, and I still am keeping him nice and toasty. Is there anything you guys could say that might help, or any problems which may arise from this? |
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| n/a |
Posted - 13/01/2011 : 21:51:04
quote:
Originally posted by Welly
It does get cold in the wild
True enough, but our pet snakes have been brought up with 26 cold end 30/32 warm end and ever and ever amen, pampered little gits! |
| Welly |
Posted - 13/01/2011 : 21:39:04
It does get cold in the wild |
| aracanid |
Posted - 13/01/2011 : 18:35:53
Thanks guys :) Yeah, I raised the temperature gradually for him, and have since installed a heat mat as well because of how cold its been recently. He ate once he warmed up, so I think the little fella is fine :) Thanks for the concern :) |
| Royalbob |
Posted - 06/01/2011 : 22:02:23
As bats said |
| hodgie |
Posted - 06/01/2011 : 21:10:12
This happened to my rack system two weeks ago (off for over 15 hr`s), luckily royals are quite hardy, turn the heating back on and yours should be fine. By the way all of mine have since eaten which is as good a sign as any. |
| n/a |
Posted - 06/01/2011 : 18:19:30
Oh no, what a horrible shock!
Yes, he will be torpid, drowsy because his body will have closed down in the colder temps.
I'm not an expert on this, but as far as I understand you need to raise his temps gradually.
All the best, and hopefully there will be someone along soon who is more experienced. |
