Overhead - ProRep Infrared Heat Projector (80w). Floor level - heat mats primarily for heating his large water dish. The IR heat projector keeps the top branches around 25c (77f) and the floor is about 21c (70f). I also have an Arcadia Pro T5 D3 UVB Kit 6% Forest and some plant lights.

@@u4ea70 Very good that you not overheating you BRB as many keepers do and they tend to forget that they are semi-arboal, so they like to climb, especially when they are young! I am thinking into getting a bigger container for my youngling, but I want to keep temps more between 23-29 celcius, as I have now in plastic box, but glass terrarium tend to not keep it's heat easily. That's great to hear that heating pads are still useful for glass arboal enclosure.

​@@KK-ev1hs Regarding heat retention in the glass viv, I had issues for some time before overhauling. BTW, I should mention I am in Scotland and even the ambient room temp during winter (like, now) can be hard to keep up and that obviously makes it harder. Since that video was made, I have added insulation to the sides of the viv. Specifically, I have added 5cm thick polystyrene insulation board to the back/sides, with some on the top as well (not easy with the lights, IR lamp etc). That makes a big difference. If you wish to do the same, I would recommend using double-sided carpet tape to fix it in place, it forms a very strong bond so I don't have to worry about it falling off. Regarding temps - yes, some people do overheat their BRBs. Many care guides suggest things such as a temp gradient of 27-30c. Some recommended basking spots of 30c+. This is completely wrong IMO. They clearly seek out cooler spots. It's unclear as to what the microclimate in the amazon would be but, while the ambient temp in the amazon is around 27-29c, they are very possibly spending a lot of time buried in microclimates. I've never been able to get data on the temp on amazon microclimates. However, from my own experience from keeping my BRB (Joseph), he will typically go down to around 21c in a hide when there are warmer hides available and all other things are equal. He comes out once the light is low (he is in my bedroom) to hunt at night. When he does that, he will choose to bask under the IR around about 24-25c when there are actually slightly warmer spots if he really wanted them (he doesn't). And 27-30c is a day time temp for the amazon, it drops a few ticks at night so a preferred temp of 24-25c makes sense to me. I had a good discussion here about BRB temps and water kzbin.infom18vvFoheCQ As for them being arboreal, I don't think there is any such thing as "semi-arboreal". I think that is like saying human beings as "semi like to go outside for a walk". We might not spend all our of time outside but it is a requirement, so branches/climbing area for just about all snakes I think is a requirement. Even BRB's close cousin the green anaconda will hunt in trees and bask in the amazon canopy. Some time last year, Joseph decided to excavate a hiding spot in a plant pot on his top branch. Once he did that, he didn't come down to floor level hardly ever and would spend the daylight hours buried in that plant pot. I eventually had to pack in the plant compost and put stones on top of the soil to stop him doing it as it was killing the plant. Another thing worth noting is that they LOVE birds - I regularly feed him quail chicks. Their stomach contents in the wild have been examined and it was mostly rodents and bats, with few birds. There are ground nesting bats in the amazon and I suspect the specimens they tested were ones found at ground level and there are possibly BRBs living high up in the trees that have not been examined which are taking a lot of birds. Here is a BRB smashing a quail chick after refusing rodents for a period of time kzbin.inforEgSK-iUGuk

A little over 2 years in that video. He was born in July 2020.

I am God but I will let that comment pass anyway.

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