i keep them at...

Posted by Lucy on April 20, 2002 at 18:55:18:

In Reply to: Sorry, I meant Thanks!!, not Thanks? Duh! posted by Jeremy Clarke on April 20, 2002 at 17:03:05:

roomtemperature...they have no additional heating whatsoever...
my house stays between 75 and 78 degrees...
However i do have a regular 25 watt lightbulb on them...just to see them better,,,,and sometimes they do lounge under the little bit of heat that that gives off...
All together from what i know they can and should be kept fairly cool. They also seem to need to hibernate for quite a while..in order to breed...
I haven't hibernated mine last winter, because they were still so young...for next winter, i will have to research some more myself...and figure out if and how i will let them hibernate...
both eat either one or two frozen/thawed rat fuzzys...about every 8 to 9 days...
I'm by no means an expert on them...but they are thriving and are a lot of fun...they are my only colubrids...and i enjoy them a lot.
Lucy

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: roomtemperature...they have no additional heating whatsoever... : my house stays between 75 and 78 degrees... : However i do have a regular 25 watt lightbulb on them...just to see them better,,,,and sometimes they do lounge under the little bit of heat that that gives off... : All together from what i know they can and should be kept fairly cool. They also seem to need to hibernate for quite a while..in order to breed... : I haven't hibernated mine last winter, because they were still so young...for next winter, i will have to research some more myself...and figure out if and how i will let them hibernate... : both eat either one or two frozen/thawed rat fuzzys...about every 8 to 9 days... : I'm by no means an expert on them...but they are thriving and are a lot of fun...they are my only colubrids...and i enjoy them a lot. : Lucy

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