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Cold tolerance
I am now looking to expand my pet snake collection. I now have a normal ball and an okateee corn. I am looking to get a larger snake but not giant like retics or burms. I live in Maine so winters are quite cold. I have a room that I keep the temp up higher than the rest of house. But I would like to find a snake that I could display in my living room but also handle. I don't ever plan on breeding just like them as pets.
If any of you have thoughts or suggestions I'd love to hear them.
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Re: Cold tolerance
I would definitely go with a boa. They are larger, curious and easy to handle.
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Re: Cold tolerance
If you like colubrids take a look at the Pituophis family of bull, pine and gopher snakes. My bull snakes are pretty nice size and tolerant of colder temperatures. I think carpet pythons make great display animals and some get to an impressive size but you'll have to maintain ambient temps of at least 75F.
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Re: Cold tolerance
The temperature of the room/house shouldn't make a difference if you are using the right kind of enclosure and heating it properly.
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Black milksnakes are supposed to be from the higher elevations of Costa Rica, and don't need extra warm temps. They start out as striped, and turn darker with each shed.
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Re: Cold tolerance
Originally Posted by Snake Judy
The temperature of the room/house shouldn't make a difference if you are using the right kind of enclosure and heating it properly.
If the issue were just one snake, Judy, I would agree with you. Nevertheless, a CHE here, a UTH there, a couple of RHP's, and a few LED's...it starts to add up! I think focusing one's collection early on, on more of the the cooler climate snakes, can make a lot of sense. You still have all the same plug-ins, but the usage should be lower.
Energy, even electricity is relatively cheap right now, but that may not always be the case.
Last edited by distaff; 12-23-2015 at 05:56 PM.
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