Rainer, during the time I have done this stuff, I live all over. Like you, I was a SoCal boy and did not have to do anything to breed snakes, except feed them. Then I moved to Az. Then while building zoos or working in them, I lived in Fla. New Orleans, Seattle, and other places in the country.

You bring up a point, that each part of the country has some drawbacks and some benefits.

Which by the way, is what has taught me so much.

I do not go by temps read from a thermometer. I go by how the animals react. In areas of cold, heat accordingly, in areas of humidity, vent accordingly. The biggest advantage here is heat, which is also the biggest disadvantage. Heat kills, cool doesn't. So I consider it a huge disadvantage. It is cheaper.

The best locality I have bred reptiles in was Seattle. As the basement was 55F year around. I could do anything at any time. I have total control.

In a nutshell, I have herped all over the world. In all places there are herps, the temps are both above and below what the herps use. How they utilize the environment to obtain needed temps is about species differences. The temps and humidity is always fairly consistent. In the field, every minute of every day, they pick temps and humidity, and they pick a range of temps and humidity. So If learned to provide that range, no matter where I live, the animals do great. The reason, I use them for what they do best, pick what they need. end pt.1

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