Keeping snakes without a hotspot

[Andy_G]

Originally Posted by jjhill001

. Lets take the bull snake, this snake's range extends all the way from just South East of Calgary, Alberta Canada down to the Gulf of Mexico in Texas. The average temperature of Calgary Canada is 50 degrees F in May, getting to an average of 63F in July and August and cooling to an average of 54F in September.

No idea where you retrieved this information, but average temps in Calgary for May as an example is 55-66F, and in July 76-90F, so although I can't/won't refute the rest of your post, some of these temperature averages that you mentioned are debatable depending on what source of information was used. Otherwise an excellent post.

[jjhill001]

Originally Posted by Andy_G

No idea where you retrieved this information, but average temps in Calgary for May as an example is 55-66F, and in July 76-90F, so although I can't/won't refute the rest of your post, some of these temperature averages that you mentioned are debatable depending on what source of information was used. Otherwise an excellent post.

Those were purely averages. Not for day or night. Multiple sites had the same information in regards to those averages. The daytime highs might be 76-90 in July. But we can look at the weather forecast there this week and it's got highs of low-mid 80's but at night it's in the low 50's. That 30 degree swing is what draws the average down. The average I used was just as an example of how snakes up north are chasing the heat while snakes down south are running from it.

[Andy_G]

Originally Posted by jjhill001

Those were purely averages. Not for day or night. Multiple sites had the same information in regards to those averages. The daytime highs might be 76-90 in July. But we can look at the weather forecast there this week and it's got highs of low-mid 80's but at night it's in the low 50's. That 30 degree swing is what draws the average down. The average I used was just as an example of how snakes up north are chasing the heat while snakes down south are running from it.

Ah, I see.