Hey Terry, thanks for the nice response - I just saw this!

Your semi-brumation sounds a lot like what I did with my green rats last year - and they did well with it. Good thoughts on humidity affecting brumating snakes. I keep the window open slightly at night, and closed during the day - during cooling. Yes, it is typically very humid here, even during the winter - but humidity also usually drops a great deal during cold fronts. Temps in the snake room during the winter are extremely variable - with highs in the 70's and lows down into the low 50's during really cold spells.

I keep the green rats' tubs as dry as possible, but with a moist / humid hide, year round. I occasionally mist the beauties' and bimacs' cages during the active season, as our central a/c dries the air in the house considerably - and I have noticed sloughing problems in the taenis if the humidity is below 60 - 70%. I also keep moist hides in the taenis cages - and I will probably keep these moist during the winter, but discontinue misting to coincide with the winter dry season.

I am mystified over my experience with the bimacs - especially after being very successful with the taenis, diones, and green rats. I am planning on doing a couple things differently with the bimacs this year. I will probably post something about it after I get my plans underway.
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-Toby Brock
Southwestern Center for Herpetological Research

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