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I am curious as to where you all live. What works for one keeper may not be good for another, simply due to geographical location.

I live in Central California at 3200 ft elevation. When I give advice concerning heaters and such it is of course predicated on my environment, which is a little cabin in the woods heated with wood stove in the winter and cooled by trees and the Delta breeze in the summer.

People in this forum are from such diverse areas, it would be fun to know who is from where and what sort of climate patterns they have to deal with.
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Bob
Pyromaniac AKA Greatballzofire
Keeping cats allows man to cohabitate with tigers. Keeping reptiles allows man to cohabitate with dinosaurs.

Southwest Washington State. Cool wet winters. Mild summers (90s is hot!)
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Kent

1.1 Hypo (het lavender, striped) corn snakes, 2010
1.1 Gray-banded king snakes, blairs phase, 2008
5.8 Gray-banded king snakes, 2011
2.1 Oregon rubber boas, w/c 20??

Texas panhandle (amarillo area). Last year's low was like 15 below 0, the high was 116 or 119 or something awful like that. Typically less than 20% humidity outside.
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We wouldn't have 6 and a half billion people if you had to be beautiful to get laid.

>>I am curious as to where you all live. What works for one keeper may not be good for another, simply due to geographical location.
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>>I live in Central California at 3200 ft elevation. When I give advice concerning heaters and such it is of course predicated on my environment, which is a little cabin in the woods heated with wood stove in the winter and cooled by trees and the Delta breeze in the summer.
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>>People in this forum are from such diverse areas, it would be fun to know who is from where and what sort of climate patterns they have to deal with.

I live on the HOT and miserably humid south Texas Gulf Coast in Corpus Christi. At about 12 whole feet above sea level....
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John Lassiter
Poor planning and procrastination on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part...

im just up the coast from john lassiter. im in houston tx. i have to use ac in my snake room not only for temps but to keep humidity levels in check.
in summer i shoot for mid 70s in the snake room then heat cages with heat tapes, heat pads, and rope lights for differant gradients at differant times of the year, sping and summer i try and get hi 80's for a hot spot for average 6 to 8 hours a day more when food bolous. winter and fall get hot spots for maybe 4hrs a day more if needed, i feed throughout winter and never shoot for constant gradients provided 24/7 im constantly tweeking accordingly. my snakes tell me what they want and i try and listen and provide.
i also use 2 thermostats or rheostats inline with one another on all heating elements, this is to insure if one fails, im very paranoid of fire.... been there done that dont EVER wanna do it again.
,,,,,,,,,,thomas davis
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Morphs... just like baseball cards BUT ALIVE, how cool is that???

my website www.barmollysplace.com

I live in Los Angeles. Winter temps average 65 in the day and 40's at night. In the summer it averages 85 in the day and upper 60's at night. I keep my snakes in a room with no air conditioning. I let them brumate in the winter at room temp from upper 50's to 70. Then I use heat in March and April, then again in late Oct and Nov. That's just on average, each year is different. The room gets up to around 85 in the day at mid summer. Last year we had a record high of 113 degrees. I wasn't home to check on the snakes, but luckily they were all fine.
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great area for brumation if you do that sort of thing. doesn't really get too hot during the summer for long so there isn't a great amount of stress.

anything i could keep alive and thriving i could get to breed. sometimes easier said than done for sure.
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alcohol, tobacco and firearms should be a convenience store, not a government agency

Just north of Central Alabama

Houston, TX

Hi Bob, Im not far from you. I'm in alameda county. I brumate my greybands in the garage in winter for 4 monthes...Dave

Greater Cleveland Area. Good weather for snake breeding - cold in the winter and warm in the summer.

Tim

Hi Bob
Central California, East Bay Area.
Bob B

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R.Bichlers Colubrids
http://www.webspawner.com/users/rbichler/index.html

Currently in Rapid City South Dakota.

I'll be moving to San Angelo Texas in a few days though.

I've kept snakes in San Angelo, Clovis New Mexico, and Rapid City in fairly similar conditions and my snakes have always thrived.

Tampa FL, about 70 ft above sea level. Hot and humid 10 months out of the year.
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Pt Arthur, Tx. elevation 4 ft.
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Greg Jackson

>>Pt Arthur, Tx. elevation 4 ft.
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>>Greg Jackson

Lol Greg.....that's nothin but swamp there.....
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John Lassiter
Poor planning and procrastination on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part...

I'm in N. Florida. Winters are variable. I have a room with AC for my snakes, and have hear tape to use as needed in mainly spring and fall.

--Denbar

A very excellent thought. Living in WI, dehydration comes on very easy. I also see and hear a ton of issues with folks who have"odd" behaviors in their snakes in spring and fall months when external home temps are off.
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Cindy Steinle
PHFaust
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