>> For TC, my wife just saw a fresh DOR diamondback next to our mailbox and a DOR longnose down the street. If you would have asked, I would have explained, large adults(breeders) are no longer moving around(normally), its mainly subadults and juvi's that move on the surface in winter. But abnormal happens, it happens because it can happen. The adults here are now gathering in pairs and small groups to spend the winter together. While the others are doing what they need to do. FR



FR, that's interesting since it was cool mid-70's today in Green Valley and a low of around 43*F. Of course it might be warmer in Tucson. Were they adults or other?



It makes sense that adults go down first, because it's the babies and juves that feed longer in our captives too. When I lived in CA I found young of the species all winter under surface objects, but they weren't very active.



Our snakes in n. MI have all gone under by early Oct. as I mentioned before. I'm sure there's hanky, panky going on down in the 55*F zone, but I have a question for ya. Why is it they always are breeding and getting knocked up at the same time every year in the spring? It's like clockwork because they lay their eggs at about the same few days each year and hatchings are at just about the same time. ASAMOF, almost all the babies born live and the babies from eggs are on the surface at about the same time every summer, around the second week of August. Now that I think about it, that's about the time I'm seeing babies in AZ, haha.



Thanks for the post...TC

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• To sum up the thread on northern vs. western deserts, - FR, Fri Nov 11 12:19:49 2005
• Thanks for the summary - Mark Banczak, Fri Nov 11 13:37:11 2005
• RE: To sum up the thread on northern vs. western deserts, - ratsnakehaven, Fri Nov 11 16:34:40 2005
• Dangit!! - ratsnakehaven, Fri Nov 11 16:53:43 2005
• RE: Dangit!! - Aaron, Sat Nov 12 10:52:05 2005
• RE:About mating and hatchlings...... - Hotshot, Fri Nov 11 18:21:46 2005
• RE:Hatching time is tied to food availability. - BobBull, Fri Nov 11 19:47:18 2005
• RE:Hatching time is tied to food availability. - Hotshot, Fri Nov 11 21:05:55 2005
• RE:Hatching time is tied to food availability....why? - ratsnakehaven, Fri Nov 11 21:41:27 2005
• One more little note... - ratsnakehaven, Fri Nov 11 21:58:45 2005
• RE:Hatching time is tied to food availability. - Aaron, Sat Nov 12 12:27:45 2005
• RE: To sum up the thread on northern vs. western deserts, - Phil Peak, Fri Nov 11 16:59:34 2005
• RE: To sum up the thread on northern vs. western deserts, - FR, Fri Nov 11 17:34:05 2005
• RE: To sum up the thread on northern vs. western deserts, - Phil Peak, Sat Nov 12 17:09:20 2005
• RE: To sum up the thread on northern vs. western deserts, - antelope, Fri Nov 11 23:27:07 2005
• For Todd, Phil, FR, etc.... - ratsnakehaven, Sat Nov 12 07:08:29 2005
• RE: For Todd, Phil, FR, etc.... - Phil Peak, Sat Nov 12 17:34:41 2005
• RE: To sum up the thread on northern vs. western deserts, - Phil Peak, Sat Nov 12 16:40:26 2005
• well said Phil. np - Switaki, Sat Nov 12 12:34:48 2005
• RE: To sum up the thread on northern vs. western deserts, - guero, Fri Nov 11 21:08:03 2005
• RE: To sum up the thread on northern vs. western deserts, - HKM, Fri Nov 11 23:24:25 2005
• RE: So stop driving down my street!!!!!!!!!! - FR, Sat Nov 12 18:51:47 2005
• post a picture of your quad! - Joe Forks, Sun Nov 13 09:41:51 2005
• RE: post a picture of your quad! - HKM, Sun Nov 13 13:47:46 2005
• Question... - ratsnakehaven, Sat Nov 12 21:03:14 2005
• RE: Why not? - FR, Sat Nov 12 23:34:05 2005
• More notes on winter activity...(long w/pix) - ratsnakehaven, Sun Nov 13 07:20:30 2005
• RE: Thank you Terry, that was wonderful - FR, Thu Nov 17 13:00:02 2005
• All the way to Michigan's U. P.....(more pix) - ratsnakehaven, Thu Nov 17 19:09:09 2005
• RE: a final thought - FR, Thu Nov 17 22:27:13 2005
• RE: a final thought - ratsnakehaven, Fri Nov 18 05:04:28 2005