Outside temperatures

[Dakota]

Definitely hard on which info to stick with.. doesn't the blue bible also state that New Guinea species are best kept together?

[Richard.C]

I know for a fact that Underground Reptiles in Deerfield Beach, Florida keeps Meraukes and Northerns outside year-round and manage to successfully breed each species every year. However, they have mentioned cold winters where they have lost animals.

Florida is a sub tropical climate,its really cold there compared to tropical areas,floridas climate would ideally suit sub tropical occuring tiliqua,eg qld easterns,if u were to keep a tropical occuring species you have to be careful ,especially in regards to cooling,some are more tolerant of others,but a florida winter compared to indonesion winters are a heck of alot different

So is shutting down tropical reptiles completely indoors ona more subtropical schedule,eg dropping to a flat 20 degrees,thats far from what happens in nature,what they are programmed to do,how can they mate in dry seson when theu are totally shut down

[Richard.C]

Probably because indos mate in cool period and when seperated and then paired in spring they never got babies,keeping together rules out mishaps with when to pair them up,rules out the human error side of things leaving the ball in there court

[Dakota]

Actually, Cape Coral has a warmer dry-season than Merauke.. Merauke gets hotter than Cape Coral in the wet-season.

[Richard.C]

Doesnt sound like rocket science to me,cooling them to much puts them at risk to,whilst it can work,it really increases the risk of things going wrong

Theres not alot of info out there,so probably doesnt help,but the more u move away from how nature has programmed them the less success you will have

Look at pythons that come from same area as the gigas types,they are bred big time,now how are theu cycled? Not at a flat 20degrees

Some areas of indo rarely see 20 degrees,even at night let alone during the day,cold to them is roasting compared to where we are from

[Dakota]

Doesnt sound like rocket science to me,cooling them to much puts them at risk to,whilst it can work,it really increases the risk of things going wrong

Theres not alot of info out there,so probably doesnt help,but the more u move away from how nature has programmed them the less success you will have

Look at pythons that come from same area as the gigas types,they are bred big time,now how are theu cycled? Not at a flat 20degrees

Some areas of indo rarely see 20 degrees,even at night let alone during the day,cold to them is roasting compared to where we are from

I don't plan to put them through full Merauke dry-season brumation weather.. our garage is heated/insulated, and has fans when it gets hot. I'm just going to try to get it slightly cold.. and feed less like Susann.

[Dakota]

Also, with the new ion bulb.

[Richard.C]

Actually, Cape Coral has a warmer dry-season than Merauke.. Merauke gets hotter than Cape Coral in the wet-season.

Not sure where u got weather info but meurake region dry season is alot warmer than cape coral in florida,florida has huge fluctuations of seasons compared to meurake,as apposed to meurake being reasonably consistant year round,especially day temps but even night fluctuations

[Dakota]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Coral,_Florida

http://www.worldweatheronline.com/Merau ... ra/ID.aspx

Well.. comparing to these graphs, Cape Coral is hotter during the wet-season.. and colder during the dry season.

I will try to find a more accurate website that has a cited source.. I seen one, but can't find the URL.

[Dakota]

I asked a couple of people that live here in Cape Coral, and they say rarely does it go into the 50's.. and humidity is about the same here as Merauke.

[Richard.C]

I had a look at a couple of weathercharts of meurake region and it says on average day heats consistent year round,night only fluctuates a bit,not sure how accurate that is but compared to cape coral it was hotter year round,no real distinct cool season,more a wet/dry but still pretty humid in the dry,if u check rainfall charts to you will note most rain in wet season,significantly more in the wet anyways,dryest months being coolest june july august,but still quite warm compared to floridas cool period