hi mike...this would be an interesting topic and one that i as well as others could benefit from...my diamonds are just one year old...male and female from michael beach in or...nice snakes...there doing fine i have them in 28"deep x4'long x4'high cages with lots of branches,a basking site,hide spots,i even put curtains on the front of the cages for less distractions...so they can choose from about 85 to 90 on the branches that attach to the basking lights cover... to between 55to 60F on the bottom and lower branches...it's been a long time since i posted pic's on kingsnake ..i have to update my account and then i will post pic's....the way diamonds raise thier temps under uv is something..i know the whole uv topic is controversial but maybe diamonds could use some uv durring cooling times to help make calcium...anyway,...i'm reaching out to any diamond breeder i can to get info from and will be glad to pass it on...also uv kills mold so could mold in cooling times have something to do with diamonds getting respiratory illnesses??i haven't been keeping up with much reptile stuff for a few years car acident and got sick so diamonds seemed kind of easy to start out with again...we will see...billy

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