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Well it is 109 in Los Angeles today,,,,so i had to cool down the snakes,,,so i brought out the re-freezable ice packs (the hard plastic ones). Put one in each cage. And went back, Every snake was laying on it. It works well when my A/C cant keep the heat down,,as for me,,no ice,,,just bourbon,,,,

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Ball Python
Jungle Carpet Python 1.0
Eastern King 0.1
Mexican Black King
Great Basin Gopher
Hypo Brooks 1.0
White Sided Bull 1.0 (Envy)
Striped Pacific Gopher (Envy)
Axanthic Brooksi 0.1 (Mark Kenderdine)
Goini King 1.0 (Mark Kenderdine)
Northern Pine 1.0 (Nick Puder)
Arizona Mtn. King 1.0 (AAM Snakes)
1.0 Pastel Red Tail Boa

I love the smell of aspen shavings in the morning...lol

"To serve man..it's...it's a cookbook!"

That's insaine!
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King Snakes! Who can make a better mouse trap?
J Sierra

That's the main reason I have a window unit a/c in the snake room.....
Our heat index in South Texas was over 110 for 3 weeks straight this Summer........and many other times throughout the Summer it was well over 100....

109 is outrageously hot for Los Angeles........

Keep you and the animals cool......

BTW....Bourbon is for the winter.......Beir is for the Heat....LOL
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John Lassiter
Poor planning and procrastination on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part...
www.coastalbendcaptivebreeding.com

Up here in the Motherlode of the Sierras it was a very cool summer. Spring was ridiculously wet and cold. Now it is fall and hot. The explanation I heard for this is the El Nino that normally is off the coast of South America has moved out to sea. Why it has done this I don't know. Global Warming? Weird weather extremes are predicted in the future due to Global warming.

My snakes are fine but this has confused my toads, who had buried themselves to hibernate but now are soaking in their water bowl again.

"Well, THAT was sure a short winter!"
The ice packs are a thing I have used as well. Wrapped in a towel, for the snakes to lay on.
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Bob/Chris
Pyromaniac AKA Greatballzofire

Don't get me started on Global Warming, lol.
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King Snakes! Who can make a better mouse trap?
J Sierra

Down here in the South we don't think there's any such thing as Global Warming....
It froze 4 times in Corpus Christi last year......Never done that before.....
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John Lassiter
Poor planning and procrastination on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part...
www.coastalbendcaptivebreeding.com

The misconception with Global Warming is that everywhere it will just get hotter. But actually what is predicted to happen is extreme variables from the norm. So freezes in Corpus Christi and fall heat waves in LA are harbingers of more to come. Russia had a terrible heat wave this summer with major fires, the worst in recorded history. Then there was Pakistan, which had biblical flooding, worst in recorded history there.

I am wondering what will happen this winter in the Sierras. In 1951/52 it snowed 5 feet in my area. I was a little kid then and thought that was normal, and have been disappointed ever since. Good thing I still have my cross country skis! On the other hand, maybe I will just have to keep the swimming pool maintained for use...

These sort of events have got to be very hard on the wildlife!
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Bob/Chris
Pyromaniac AKA Greatballzofire

It's just a cycle....
When George Washington's brigade was at Valley Forge in 1777 it was the coldest EVER there.......Some say it was a "Little Ice Age...."

We've seen hotter temps here where I live and we've seen colder temps here where I live.......

The weather is cyclic.....No Global Warming going on......Just like Y2K and 2012......LOL
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John Lassiter
Poor planning and procrastination on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part...
www.coastalbendcaptivebreeding.com

I think there is more going on than the usual cycles, but then I don't have all the data needed to make an educated guess as to what is in the future. I do worry a lot more about getting hit by a meteor, though. We know they are out there! LOL!
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Bob/Chris
Pyromaniac AKA Greatballzofire

>>I think there is more going on than the usual cycles, but then I don't have all the data needed to make an educated guess as to what is in the future. I do worry a lot more about getting hit by a meteor, though. We know they are out there! LOL!

LOL...I hear those meteors always hit out in the middle of nowhere like the Sierras......J/K.....
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John Lassiter
Poor planning and procrastination on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part...
www.coastalbendcaptivebreeding.com

LOL...I hear those meteors always hit out in the middle of nowhere like the Sierras......J/K.....

The one that took out the dinosaurs 65 million years ago (pretty close to the Texas coast)heh heh!
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Bob/Chris
Pyromaniac AKA Greatballzofire

>>The one that took out the dinosaurs 65 million years ago (pretty close to the Texas coast)heh heh!

Yep....The Bay of Campeche......LOL
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John Lassiter
Poor planning and procrastination on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part...
www.coastalbendcaptivebreeding.com

>>Down here in the South we don't think there's any such thing as Global Warming....

Speak for yourself. I think we had a record for number of days over 90 this year. And I also think we had the hottest July on record...
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1.2 Peruvian rainbow boas (Amaru, Asiru, Kulipsa)
2.0 Brazilian rainbow boas (Arco, Olho)
1.3.1 Honduran milksnakes (Chicchan, Chanir, Chakar, Hari, Saksak)
1.0 Thayeri kingsnake (Coatl)
0.0.1 Mexican black kingsnake (Mora)
2.4.4 corns (Cetto, Tolosa, Uce, TBA)
1,000,000.1,000,000 other critters

>>>>Down here in the South we don't think there's any such thing as Global Warming....
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>>Speak for yourself. I think we had a record for number of days over 90 this year. And I also think we had the hottest July on record...

Had to have a record some time....
Records are made to be broke.....LOL

You think it will be hotter next year......
I think not........

And 90....LOL....that's a cold front for here.....
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John Lassiter
Poor planning and procrastination on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part...
www.coastalbendcaptivebreeding.com

>>And 90....LOL....that's a cold front for here.....

No no no, not 90 -- days OVER 90.

It may or may not be hotter here next year. As someone else already pointed out, global "warming" really means global *instability*. It isn't just heat, it's increased fluctuations.
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1.2 Peruvian rainbow boas (Amaru, Asiru, Kulipsa)
2.0 Brazilian rainbow boas (Arco, Olho)
1.3.1 Honduran milksnakes (Chicchan, Chanir, Chakar, Hari, Saksak)
1.0 Thayeri kingsnake (Coatl)
0.0.1 Mexican black kingsnake (Mora)
2.4.4 corns (Cetto, Tolosa, Uce, TBA)
1,000,000.1,000,000 other critters

>>>>And 90....LOL....that's a cold front for here.....
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>>No no no, not 90 -- days OVER 90.
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>>It may or may not be hotter here next year. As someone else already pointed out, global "warming" really means global *instability*. It isn't just heat, it's increased fluctuations.

My point is we have 300 days over 90 were I live every year.....

You must be from California, eh?
You and Al Gore got it all figured out......LOL
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John Lassiter
Poor planning and procrastination on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part...
www.coastalbendcaptivebreeding.com

>>My point is we have 300 days over 90 were I live every year.....

So what? It may be normal to have those temperatures where YOU live -- but it is NOT normal where I live.

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>>You must be from California, eh?

LOL! Nope. Tennessee, actually. Very close to where Al grew up. In fact, I am friends with a member of his extended family....LOL!
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1.2 Peruvian rainbow boas (Amaru, Asiru, Kulipsa)
2.0 Brazilian rainbow boas (Arco, Olho)
1.3.1 Honduran milksnakes (Chicchan, Chanir, Chakar, Hari, Saksak)
1.0 Thayeri kingsnake (Coatl)
0.0.1 Mexican black kingsnake (Mora)
2.4.4 corns (Cetto, Tolosa, Uce, TBA)
1,000,000.1,000,000 other critters

>>LOL! Nope. Tennessee, actually. Very close to where Al grew up. In fact, I am friends with a member of his extended family....LOL!

That explains ALOT!......LOL!
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John Lassiter
Poor planning and procrastination on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part...
www.coastalbendcaptivebreeding.com

I live in LA too and heard it was 113, breaking the all time record. I've been away from home for a few days and hope the snakes are fine when I return.
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yep...my A/C doesn't cool to the snake area as well,,that is why o just bought a Freedom Breeder rack so I can wheel it to the cooler area. But the ice packs help. It even cools the area around. I bought enough so i can constantly recycle them....
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Ball Python
Jungle Carpet Python 1.0
Eastern King 0.1
Mexican Black King
Great Basin Gopher
Hypo Brooks 1.0
White Sided Bull 1.0 (Envy)
Striped Pacific Gopher (Envy)
Axanthic Brooksi 0.1 (Mark Kenderdine)
Goini King 1.0 (Mark Kenderdine)
Northern Pine 1.0 (Nick Puder)
Arizona Mtn. King 1.0 (AAM Snakes)
1.0 Pastel Red Tail Boa

I love the smell of aspen shavings in the morning...lol

"To serve man..it's...it's a cookbook!"

Sort of off topic, but this is my summer mouse tent in the shade. My mice breed all summer even during heat waves. I was going to bring them all back into the old RV they have for the winter a few weeks ago when it got cold, but my partner said maybe you should wait, and I am glad I listened.
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Bob/Chris
Pyromaniac AKA Greatballzofire

It was 110 deg in my snake shed. I had moved the milks out to the house that morning, but I had no idea it was going to get that hot. I left a yearling boa constrictor in the shed on the floor (probably a bit cooler there, but still..)

Fortunately he survived the day and is fine, but that was a close call. He laughs at 90 deg has seen 100 deg days and handles that just fine, but this day was just brutal.
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Mark

I lost 5 hatchling candoia one summer and that was when I built the room in the cellar. Much more stable temps.
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Sonya

I'm not mean. You're just a sissy.
Happy Bunny

Alfonzo under his water bowl; he is my smartest snake!
Today it is 104 F in the shade on the front porch, and about 91 F in the house.
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Bob/Chris
Pyromaniac AKA Greatballzofire

it hit 110 labor day at my house in the tx. panhandle. It wasa damn cold winter and it's been an insanely hot summer. I can take either/or but the mixture is killing me!
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.1 corn snake
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