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    Re: Corn temps

    Quote Originally Posted by 67temp View Post
    My snake room is in the basement of my house. I have my tanks stacked 4 high and the top tanks are currently about 76-78* and the bottom tanks are about 70* ambient. My corns are currently eating and breeding.
    Perfect, thanks! Sounds like one of those instances where gut instinct is wrong. So I should be good with a low of 72 ambient in winter and high of 79 ambient in summer. Are you running a UTH as well?

    Any chance you can recommend a good breeder in the area that would be at the Frederick MD show in early March?

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    Re: Corn temps

    Quote Originally Posted by Nick_MD View Post
    ...So I should be good with a low of 72 ambient in winter and high of 79 ambient in summer. Are you running a UTH as well? ...
    Yup. A low of 70*-72* is fine. (even 68* overnight is fine) High of 79* (ambient) in summer is also fine. I run UTH (@ about 85-86*) until my house is about 82* or so
    in the summertime here (mid-South), then I will turn off the UTH for a month or so (hottest part of summer). Most people run more A/C for their own comfort than I do-
    I just stay in the pool swimming laps, lol.

    So if your house is at least 80* you can give the UTH a rest...but just to watch & make sure they're digesting OK...you can also use an overhead basking light (dimmed
    way down) just to offer a little more warmth for a couple hours a day if you think they need it, & then pay attention to your snakes, see if they use it...they will likely
    show you what they need & like. You don't need to be so exact...the great outdoors isn't either.
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    Re: Corn temps

    Quote Originally Posted by Nick_MD View Post
    Perfect, thanks! Sounds like one of those instances where gut instinct is wrong. So I should be good with a low of 72 ambient in winter and high of 79 ambient in summer. Are you running a UTH as well?

    Any chance you can recommend a good breeder in the area that would be at the Frederick MD show in early March?
    In the winter I do use uth's and have it set for around 82ish. Mine will typically use the heat for only the first day after eating. Summertime when they stop using the heat I turn the uth off because the room ambient is around 78-80.

    I'll be doing the Frederick shows some this year but not till after May. Like most other breeders our number of available babies are low right now. More than likely Rick Krumine will have a few. Depending on the morph you are looking for other good local corn breeders that attend MD shows are port-city-pythons, black heart reptiles, adrians captive creations, enterprise snakes, Susie Q scaleless, and myself (silent hill reptiles).
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    Re: Corn temps

    As long as the corn has a hot spot that's not too hot or too cold (82-84F or so), so they actually use it, it shouldn't be a big issue if temps get down to the low 70's ambient wise.

    In my experience with corns, over 85F or so, and they will avoid it. Low 70's is probably too cold to easily digest though. So make sure the hot spot is really dialed in and there shouldn't be any issues.

    Corns are pretty hardy animals.

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    Re: Corn temps

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    In my experience with corns, over 85F or so, and they will avoid it. Low 70's is probably too cold to easily digest though. So make sure the hot spot is really dialed in and there shouldn't be any issues.

    Corns are pretty hardy animals.
    Exactly. They avoid UTH that's too warm. They can still digest at 70* but much slower. All my corns know where to go after eating, & for how long to digest...trust them.
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    Re: Corn temps

    Quote Originally Posted by 67temp View Post
    I'll be doing the Frederick shows some this year but not till after May. Like most other breeders our number of available babies are low right now. More than likely Rick Krumine will have a few. Depending on the morph you are looking for other good local corn breeders that attend MD shows are port-city-pythons, black heart reptiles, adrians captive creations, enterprise snakes, Susie Q scaleless, and myself (silent hill reptiles).

    Is there a seasonality to it? I'm not looking for anything too crazy, but would there be many more choices/options in April, May, or June? I like the look of the Okeetee, Miami, or Okeetee x Miami.

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    Re: Corn temps

    Quote Originally Posted by Nick_MD View Post
    Is there a seasonality to it? I'm not looking for anything too crazy, but would there be many more choices/options in April, May, or June? I like the look of the Okeetee, Miami, or Okeetee x Miami.
    There is a seasonality to corns most of the time. you mihgt be able to still find some forsale. April is still going to be pretty sparse. A few showing up in May. June, July and August is when they are the most available as they hatch and get feeding. Of the morphs you listed the Okeetee will probably be the easiest to get.
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