I do not go by temps read from a thermometer. I go by how the animals react. In areas of cold, heat accordingly, in areas of humidity, vent accordingly. The biggest advantage here is heat, which is also the biggest disadvantage. Heat kills, cool doesn't.

You actually just said what I tell people all the time. It was like you stole my quotes.

Here in Georgia most of my snakes (the Florida kings) are in tune with what is going on outside. Though I get clutches at weird times. For the most part all of them breed when the flowers start to bud on the dead looking and leave-less trees. There is just that sensation of spring in the air.

I am not sure how strong that sensation is in the areas you lived in (?). Florida is hardly a good place to see seasons. Probably Seattle was better. I don't know I never lived there and just drove through to Vancouver a couple times.

But Georgia everything dies off and we get very cold here in winter. We are below freezing when we have clear skies. Then the greenhouse effect happens when percipitaion comes in it gets just over 33F assuring we get rain instead of snow.



An yes heat kills!! (another quote you stole from me j/k)

Heat is also another reason I feel much safer shipping snakes during winter months than summer. Short period of cold have no detrimental effect on the snakes. SO many times I get people who are concerned with me shipping to a cold area. They are worried the snakes will die. But I tell them I guarantee live arrival anyway, so no worries on their end.

When I get nervous is the hot summer months. Snakes will keel over in a couple minutes in a box that is just a little to warm.
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