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I bring my coastals out on Feb 1. I'm running a bit late this year but was wondering when you other milk heads bring your's up out whatever.
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Well, I don't really keep many northern or montane types here anyway. Where I live in Florida, I don't really do much of anything at all and simply let the local weather take place and tweek it some with heaters once in a while to somewhat control the extremes of temps either way.

The only species/ssp. I have that stop eating around late December-early January are the Outer Banks kings. Then they resume feeding in Early April. I simply don't feed as often or as heavily when the weather is colder here in the winter months is all.

~Doug
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"a snake in the grass is a GOOD thing"

my website -Serpentine Specialties

My blacks andeans and hondurans are still in cooling... Planning on waking them up next week...

But i'm usually latter than everyone else...
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Nicholas Bertrand

Hey Doug it was a bit chilly over here in Tampa early in the season, Where do you keep the collection?

I will bring mine up probably next weekend and resume feeding. They have actually been down longer this year as we had a few good cold snaps around early Nov. Usually I don't get them down til early to mid December. Now since I have some montane species it will be a chore next winter to get a full 2-3 months cooling.

Just like Doug I kinda let the FL weather help me out. I just inhance the temps a little, and trust me with the outside temps the past few days in the High 70's low 80's the A/C has been working full throttle.

Where's all that cold weather everyong was talking about?
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Jimmy Tintle

Mine are all kept in a big two-car garage. Yes, keeping things cold enough for a long enough steady duration in parts of Florida is far more difficult than keeping them warm enough as you certainly already know..LOL!

~Doug
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"a snake in the grass is a GOOD thing"

my website -Serpentine Specialties

Sometimes keeping them cool in the summer is a chore also. I have mine in a bedroom on the north side of the house, works great in the summer and winter, If we can get down to 48F or so at night that room will stay below 60F all day. I just open the window and turn a small box fan on at night to cool the room. Then in the mornin I shut everythimg up. Worked good this year.

Next year will be different. I bought a Walk-in cooler from a resturant that was closing down and cut the sides down so I am able to build it in my Garage. Then I bought a wine cellar refridgeration unit that installs through regular 2x4 wall and cut the opening in one of the panels. Great thing about this is I can take it down in the spring and back up in the winter.

I will post pics, I just finished building all new racks for everything(so they fit through the door of the walkin cooler) this winter, and my summer build is the hibernation chamber.
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Jimmy Tintle

That equipment sounds like it will work great man!

Good luck with the builds, and show us some pics when you are done.

~Doug
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"a snake in the grass is a GOOD thing"

my website -Serpentine Specialties

Where's all that cold weather everyong was talking about?

I have available numerous 42 qt ice chests of pure central Illinois locality snow. $35.00/chest + shipping.

More pics available upon request.

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BigT
There is a difference between ignorance and stupidity. The ignorant can be taught, stupidity is beyond our control.
1.2 P. m. melanoleucus B/W N. J. Northern Pines
1.2 P. d. deppei Mexican Pines
2.2 P. l. lineaticollis Linis or Lined Pines
1.2 P. m. lodingi Black Pines
0.3 P. c. sayi Kingsville X Stillwater red bulls
1.1 Drymarchon melenurus Blacktail Cribo
1.2 D. corais Yellowtail Cribos
1.2 M. s. cheynei Jungle Carpet
2.6 L. p. pyromelana Arizona Mt. Kings
1.1 L. g. californiae B/W Cali kings
0.0.3 M. f. flagellum Eastern Coachwhips
1.2 G. m. bottegoi Western Plated lizards

Hi Bigt, is the snow you have good packable snow and hypo? I'd like to make a really good snowball to throw at someone, and only want the best of the best.
Also would you be willing to do a trade?

Seriously.... I'd love to see a photo or two of your deppei from your collection.

-Dell

It's some of the finest packing snow available. I'd say it's more leucistic than hypo. Yes I'd be willing to trade for some warm weather. LOL

My deppeis are still pretty young so aren't out of the ugly duckling stage yet.

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BigT
There is a difference between ignorance and stupidity. The ignorant can be taught, stupidity is beyond our control.
1.2 P. m. melanoleucus B/W N. J. Northern Pines
1.2 P. d. deppei Mexican Pines
2.2 P. l. lineaticollis Linis or Lined Pines
1.2 P. m. lodingi Black Pines
0.3 P. c. sayi Kingsville X Stillwater red bulls
1.1 Drymarchon melenurus Blacktail Cribo
1.2 D. corais Yellowtail Cribos
1.2 M. s. cheynei Jungle Carpet
2.6 L. p. pyromelana Arizona Mt. Kings
1.1 L. g. californiae B/W Cali kings
0.0.3 M. f. flagellum Eastern Coachwhips
1.2 G. m. bottegoi Western Plated lizards

Hey BigT, send it this way I'll melt for you! It will save on electric in the snake room also. Here's the temp today in FL, The right side is outside and the left is the snake room....The a/c was running non-stop the past 3 days...I guess its time to warm up, the weathermen down here said it was supposed to rain and be in the 60's this week now look...They can't get a 7 day forecast right how do they expect us to beleive a 30 yr forecast.

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Jimmy Tintle

Give me your zip and I'll figure out the shipping LMAO.

Right now I would take the room in your snake room for outside.

Current temp 24 F this mornings low was 3 F. Yesterday was in the sub zero range. So today actually felt kind of balmy. LOL

I'm always saying I want a job like a meteorologist. Get paid big bucks to be wrong most of the time.

One of my favorites was listening to the radio while driving in a severe thunderstorm. The weather comes on and the meteorologist said we had a 30% chance of rain. At least they could give the guy a room with a fricking window. LOL
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BigT
There is a difference between ignorance and stupidity. The ignorant can be taught, stupidity is beyond our control.
1.2 P. m. melanoleucus B/W N. J. Northern Pines
1.2 P. d. deppei Mexican Pines
2.2 P. l. lineaticollis Linis or Lined Pines
1.2 P. m. lodingi Black Pines
0.3 P. c. sayi Kingsville X Stillwater red bulls
1.1 Drymarchon melenurus Blacktail Cribo
1.2 D. corais Yellowtail Cribos
1.2 M. s. cheynei Jungle Carpet
2.6 L. p. pyromelana Arizona Mt. Kings
1.1 L. g. californiae B/W Cali kings
0.0.3 M. f. flagellum Eastern Coachwhips
1.2 G. m. bottegoi Western Plated lizards

I keep mine down as long as possible.....I enjoy the break, plus it's a good opportunity to clean in the snakeroom as I brumate in another part of the house.

They're down till March this year

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Chris Jones
King of Kings Reptiles

http://www.kingofkingsreptiles.com/

"All the fancy names in the world will be of no help if you do not know the difference between chocolate pudding and pig poop." -Frank Retes

Hi Tony,
I'll bring most of my collection out of burmation in March this year. Cole and I have both brought a few animals up already that didn't look to be fairing well in burmation, but for the most part March is what I'm looking at.

DMong wrote:
control the extremes of temps
Florida gets extreme temps?

Now this is just plain funny Doug.
when the weather is colder here

Sorry I couldn't stop myself Doug-Dell

HAHAA!!, I know!,....to you and Cole, my weather "extremes" are a total laugh for sure..LOL!

BUT!, for what THESE snakes are used to seeing, the weather outside can get VERY cold for this area when fronts pass through. sometimes into the high 20's and 30's, and VERY often just above that. Last year was simply ridiculous cold for these parts, and for a very very long time as well. Since the big garage is not insulated in the attic portion, it can be a challenge at times to get a happy medium of temps to be quite honest. But I manage to make it work somehow by constantly tweeking things accordingly..

Yes, to you guys in Montana, the word "cold" is very relative and basically humorous to say the least..LMAO!!

~Doug
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"a snake in the grass is a GOOD thing"

my website -Serpentine Specialties

males been up a week and half ? 2 weeks now...females just up the 30th.... and actually yesterday ,the third ,I fed them all again...females first meal of the year........

...good luck....looks good so far.....30 to 40 female balls and too -too many little red (ish) worms to breed....

aaaaaaaaaaaaaah........LOL.......
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........JY

female BALLS????......

balls, royal pythons, Python regius....yea...about 35 more or less that bred....sold a bunch of big girls so I didn't count lately.....balls...the snakes that make me a little cash so I can buy triangulum.....LOL...

there are 1.2 pales, and reds, Ocean Co temps, St Mary's temps, sinaloae, amel nelsons, hypo hondos,amel ruthven's, ....and younger reds from other locales and ...hypo temp...more St Mary's....and a male Tyrell Co temp that might never be bred...LOL....

.....along with ridleyi, amel Korean rats, amel house snakes, hypo (chocolate) black rats, and I think I have 3.4 corns yet....they might all go....aaaaaand a BUNCH of other hold back balls....some good stuff this year,.....

...too many snakes.....too many rodents....

....fav colored worm...the St Mary male...dark...nice.......
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........JY

I brought my NA milks up last week and just tried to feed them tonight.

Will bring my tropical milks up in late Feb/early March.

Very excited about several projects here this year! Good luck to everyone on their projects.

Dave

DNS Reptiles - Milk Snakes

I only have a couple adult snakes hibernating this year and they're not set to come out until March when it warms up. I usually just let them hang out in my attic until it stays warm for a week, then they're usually ready to eat the day I bring them back into the snake room.
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Mike
KingPin Reptiles
www.kingpinreptiles.com