Frank, I temp gun lots of my outside stuff just to help me better understand what is REALLY going on in terms of their behaviours. After one night in the low 50's I temp gunned a basking Diamond in the hot afternoon sun and it was 96 degrees farenheit and remained in the sun the rest of the day. That is MUCH hotter than most snakes would choose but it clearly CHOSE to be that temp. I believe the sun is extremely IMPORTANT to these snakes. Another very important fact is that ALL my animals have choices something a lot of herpers do NOT take into consideration at all. Most snakes are kept a somewhat constant temp in inside cages which is problematical or can be......
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Tom Crutchfield
www.tomcrutchfield.com

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• WELL, I BELIEVE I HAVE SUCCEEDED - TOM_CRUTCHFIELD, Fri Apr 10 18:24:53 2009
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