I incubated corn eggs this year at higher than "normal" temps than I had done in previous years. With abnormally long heat waves, my A/C unit in my herp room had a VERY hard time keeping temps below the mid-80s continuously. I suspect the temps crept into the higher 80s for periods during the day (87-89 degrees)and not much lower than 83-84 at night. I noticed the hatchlings this year (all were incubated in the herp room) were more aggressive than previous years. They were not apt to flee, and very ready to fight at the slightest aggitation. Very bold and defensive and struck repeatedly when I even just approached their containers at times. They also stayed ruffled up for quite awhile once aggravated and would continue to strike out at just movement in their vicinity after I had moved along to other containers. It appears from a "pet/handleability" standpoint, snakes are best incubated at lower temps and allowed access to cooler temps than just keeping an entire room at say 80 degrees.

Just my humble $0.02 worth LOL!!

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