>>Hi Terry
>>I was afraid for my animals at Hamm and do consider about being on the Autum show again. I sold NADA, nothing, nix there anyway, but I saw my animals troubled bye the heat......
>>My dione are preparing for the winter meaning they eat a lot much more than in the summer. As you know I "only" keep coldstanding species, and I prefer to have a long and cold hibernation. I actually almost newer loose any animals in hibernation ( I have more than 200 there for 5-7 months), and that gives me the brake to calm down and gain the strength for another year.
>>Starting the hobby as a child, I have kept reptiles for 39 years now. I actually believe that the hibernation time has allowed me to stay here and not quit like almost all my friends from back then.
>>It should be Autum here now but we still have 25*C during the daytime and many animas are active outside. Today I found a "marked" Natrix natrix natrix 2 years old comming back to the place of its first hibernation and place of hatching. This is one of the things I like to study. Noone ever made any investigation about snakes comming back to the place they hatched ( as far as I know) I find that interesting and absolutely something to look into.

>>Best wishes
>>Søe


Greetings again, Soe.

Sorry it was so hot at Hamm and you didn't sell any animals. We have the opposite problem here in Michigan, it is cold, and I go to a reptile show (NRBC-Tinley) in two weeks. I don't know if I'll sell any, but want to see the show anyway. It's about a six hour drive from my house to Chicago. You live in Denmark, correct?

I love the area I'm in and have enjoyed many years watching reptiles and amphibians on our mini-farm and in Northern Michigan, but I've been living and herping here for over fifty years and am getting ready to retire. I'll be moving someplace where it's much warmer (Arizona), so I'm starting to sell off my cold-tolerant species, and I'm getting a collection started of more warm-loving species, such as corns, GPR's, and kings. What Eurasian snakes I plan to take with me are the South Korean dione, bimaculatas, and situlas. I probably won't have any others left by next summer.

I enjoy your posts and info about how you keep your snakes. Those new dione are very nice. Keep us posted on those.

Best Regards....Terry

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