My Royal male is in a 3ft viv and it has two hides one at each end It is heated by a ceramic bulb and the temp at the hot end is 32.5 with the probe just above substrate and few inches below bottom of bulb Question is my Royal is nearly always in the cooler hide, I'd say 90% of the time he is in there
Is that normal or an indication that the viv is set too high
cheers for the replys I will do a pic after I have put kids to bed, the thermometer is a digi one
the temp has always remained constant on the thermometer and the pulse stat hasn;t been changed yet he has started stayin cool end over last 4 weeks or so that i have noticed anyway
Drazen spends almost all his time at the warm end, I think he pefers the type of cave at that end as he's in there almost all the time. I'm lucky if I see him out!
I'll be picking up an identical one just out of interest to stick at the cool end. Tried holding my ground but snakey gets what snakey wants (within reason).
Hot everytime for mine. Only seen him in cool hide twice in past 7 months. Once when thermostat probed get raised up off substrate and RUB floor at hot end was 42 degrees (sensible snake), and the second time was when he had knocked over the hide at hot end. He likes it cosy.
Does your Royal prefer hot or cooler end?
Posted - 16/01/2010 : 10:18:18
