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ratsnakehaven
at Sun Oct 23 10:39:50 2005 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by ratsnakehaven ]
Sometimes an increase in moisture or humidity will help your snakes. It's pretty well known that most ratsnakes like humidity and frequent moist places. Maybe kingsnakes don't respond as well, but they seem to respond to moisture also. Sometimes I spray a little water on the aspen shavings to try to get a feeding reaction from my snakes. With babies I sometimes put them in a deli cup with some moisture on the bottom, sometimes a little layer of water, along with the meal. Gopher snakes are somewhat related to ratsnakes and may respond to moisture too, as well as being pretty cool-adapted. I've seen them in the morning as well as just before dark, and I assume they take meals in cool hours of the day.
Here's one I saw about 8:00 am last summer. It heats up fast in AZ in July 
TC

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