Do you have natural light cycles? timed lights? Etc?

Natural light

What species are you referring to?

Pyromelana and Pituophis (Pacific gophers and bull snakes)

What is your temp gradient in the summer and winter?

Winter average of 65 F to 75 F high and 40 F to 50 F low.

Summer 70 to 100 F high and 55 F to 65 F low.

These are indoor temps. Outdoors is much more extreme especially this last winter. The snakes all have a hot spot of 75 to 85 F except during the winter, when I let them brumate in the mid 40's to 50's F. In the height of summer I turn all the heaters off. The heaters are mostly a spring and fall thing.

Anything else you might think is relevant?

They seem hardwired to brumate. In the late fall they generally stop eating. Sometimes the babies will eat through out the winter. Anybody that still wants to eat, they keep the heater on.

Do you know the original locality of the snakes?

Some of the pyros are Chiricahua local. Bulls are Stillwater/Kingsville. Gophers are Central California.
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Bob

Pyromaniac AKA Greatballzofire

Keeping cats allows man to cohabitate with tigers. Keeping reptiles allows man to cohabitate with dinosaurs.

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