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What temperatures are your thermal gradients?
How hot is your hot side?
How cool is the cool side?
Or do any of you guys/gals keep your snake room/area at one temp?
What temp?
Just curious...

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John Lassiter

"Poor planning and procrastination on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part....."

once again i use my base board heat,... and i dont have a perfect temp for spring/summer/fall... i just turn the heat off in the summer and keep the door closed so the a/c doesnt mess with the warmth... sometimes it does get warm so i turn on a fan.... but usually i can tell if its too hot or cold... i'm a warm body and like warm temps.. but i can tell once it starts getting into the mid-high 80s.... sorry.. i'm not as strict as some people... but i have at last count 138 snakes and they seem to be fine
~kin
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Corns, Creamsicles, A Black Rat, A pair of Leucistic Black Rat X Leucistic Texas Rat Intergrades, Thayeri, Cal Kings, A Jungle Corn, Ball Pythons, Leopard Geckos, Green Anoles, 2 Snapping Turtles, a White Cheeked Mud Turtle, an Eastern Box Turtle, a Bearded Dragon, an Adult Rescue Iguana, and A Baby Iguana

>>once again i use my base board heat,... and i dont have a perfect temp for spring/summer/fall... i just turn the heat off in the summer and keep the door closed so the a/c doesnt mess with the warmth... sometimes it does get warm so i turn on a fan.... but usually i can tell if its too hot or cold... i'm a warm body and like warm temps.. but i can tell once it starts getting into the mid-high 80s.... sorry.. i'm not as strict as some people... but i have at last count 138 snakes and they seem to be fine

I'm glad your snakes are thriving....
I had just about that many when I got out of it a few years back.
I live in South Texas....
And...If my A/C was turned off the snake room would hit 100F in pretty darn fast....A fan would not help......I LEARNED THAT THE HARD WAY.....

Thanks for the info....
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John Lassiter

"Poor planning and procrastination on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part....."

i guess i should have said i reside in the richmond, va area not too old and not too hot.... but sometimes a bit chilly
~kin
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~Sober Serpents~
www.freewebs.com/soberserpents
Corns, Creamsicles, A Black Rat, A pair of Leucistic Black Rat X Leucistic Texas Rat Intergrades, Thayeri, Cal Kings, A Jungle Corn, Ball Pythons, Leopard Geckos, Green Anoles, 2 Snapping Turtles, a White Cheeked Mud Turtle, an Eastern Box Turtle, a Bearded Dragon, an Adult Rescue Iguana, and A Baby Iguana

I keep them at room temp. I have found that the temp of about 80 to 82 mine thrive and eat better. When I used to keep them at 83-85 hot end they didn't do as well.

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Michelle
All things bright and beautiful,
All creatures great and small,
All things wise and wonderful:
The Lord God made them all.

WOW!!! Where did you get that one... it's AWESOME!!!!!!!!!
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Aubrey Ross

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Hi Michelle,

That is one beautiful aberrant thayeri! What did the parents look like?

Tom

Hi, the parents from Dan V. I will try and find some photo's of them and email then to you. this was the most abberant one they produced. Here is a more recent pic.

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Michelle
All things bright and beautiful,
All creatures great and small,
All things wise and wonderful:
The Lord God made them all.

Hi Aubrey,
Thanks, that one came from Loren P.
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Michelle
All things bright and beautiful,
All creatures great and small,
All things wise and wonderful:
The Lord God made them all.

I have found that my thayeri like it on the cool side. I have baseboard heat, but of course the heat rises, so it's cooler on the floor than at the top. I put my thayeri on the bottom shelf, that way the cool side is about 65, and if they choose to use the flexwatt tape, they can get up to about 90.
Jeff