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pyromaniac
at Thu Oct 27 08:32:02 2011 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by pyromaniac ]
Last night my brumation area (the floor under my computer station and work desk in my bedroom) got into the low 50's Fahrenheit. Now I can place my pyros and pits in their 105 quart tubs for their winter brumation. Cover the tubs with quilts to keep the temperatures in the 50s and block out the light. Big tubs allow for deep aspen and more of a thermal gradient than little tubs. This has worked well for a few years now. I got sturdy babies with both my pyros and pits, cohabitated together successfully. For the few snakes that are still feeding, they are still in their tanks with a nice hot spot in deep aspen, covered with a box or saucer to hold the heat. I let them tell me when they are ready to brumate, not just throw every body into the brumation thing willy nilly. Am still a newbie at this snake keeping thing but my animals seem content so I am gaining confidence.
I also have to bring in all my fence lizard cages at night now as it is in the low 40's at night outdoors and dropping as winter approaches, and put them out in the green house during the day for light, as the lizards are active and feeding during the day.
I have only 32 snakes so maybe my methods would not be practical for those with really big collections.
A useful post:
forums.kingsnake.com/view.php?id=1950242,1950760
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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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RE: Cooling Question - pyromaniac, Thu Oct 27 08:32:02 2011