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[nyjon]

hey guys, just wanted to introduce myself and perhaps get some pointers. i recently purchased a pueblan milk snake and i love it. i owned an anery corn snake for a few months before it got sick when the winter came around in new york until it passed away. having said that i felt like a bad snake owner so i refrained from buying another one but ever since the corn snake i wanted to buy another. so here i am trying to avoid going down the same path and be a successful snake owner. the milk snake is fantastic, i feel it has more personality than the corn snake did. its definitely more active and flighty then my corn was. one of my biggest concerns is temps. around this time the temps fluctuate between 40-65 deg. F. easily. What do some of you guys in colder areas do? this morning the temp was 76-78 (100W night bulb) and during the day its about 80-82 (60W day bulb). are these temps somewhat adequate? i feel like i should run a 75W and get the day time temp into the mid 80's and im not sure what to do about the night temps of if that temp is adequate.

any help is greatly appreciated!