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lotabob
Fully Grown Corn
United Kingdom
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 Posted - 17/03/2012 : 20:55:52
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If that was the reading you was getting on an analogue thermometer that only read ambient air temperature and not the surface temperature (cornssnakes mainly heat themselves through their belly so the surface temperature is the important reading which is why digital thermometers with a probe are far better) so the actual temperature of the surface would have been MUCH hotter. Its far safer for a corn snake to be cold than it is to be too hot so the heat being off is the lesser evil, just dont feed or handle while cold as they slow their body down into a hibernation state if cold enough.
As to what could have happened if exposed to prolonged extreme heat (in corns this is 30oC+), it could cause brain damage, digestive problems and death.
I would have thought though if your snake had reached an uncomfortable heat you would have noticed cooling behaviour such as sitting in the water bowl, as it goes it probably just sat away from the source of the heat and will be fine but its not worth that risk again so a thermostat just keeps that from happening. |
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