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My outdoor terrarium, July 2013
The weather in the month of July was for the biggest part very nice and towards the end of the month Holland had its first official “heat wave”. But even … Continue reading . . .
Category Archives: My outdoor terrarium.
My outdoor terrarium, June 17th – 27th 2013
This period started with some warm days, but the last days were cooler again and somewhat chilly. June 27th temperatures was around 17 – 20 ⁰C, skies half overcast. On … Continue reading . . .
My outdoor terrarium, June 8th -16th 2013
These days were slightly cooler with temperatures reaching the 17-20 ⁰C. Also the sun was not as bright as the days before. But the radiation and temperatures were sufficient for … Continue reading . . .
My outdoor terrarium, June 1st – 7th 2013
June started very good. June 4th – 7th were very sunny with high temperatures, over 20 ⁰C. The snakes were very active and happy. The male T.s.pickeringii was in the … Continue reading . . .
My outdoor terrarium, May 19th -31st 2013
This period in May was cold and dark. The amount of sun hours was way below average and temperatures were low. Maximum day temperatures varied from 10-15 ⁰C. The snakes … Continue reading . . .
My outdoor terrarium. May 3rd 2013; how the sun shines in the terrarium over the course of the day
May 3rd 2013. In order to have a better understanding how different it is for a snake to be kept outdoors versus indoors and how the sunshine and the basking … Continue reading . . .
My outdoor terrarium, May 1st – 18th 2013
May 2nd: Cloudy and cool day, little activity. Only the male T.s.pickeringii was active. May 3rd: Beautiful and sunny day. Much activity.Beside the snakes that had become active end of … Continue reading . . .
My outdoor terrarium, April 28th – 30th 2013
April 28th 2013 was a beautiful sunny day. The male T.s.pickeringii, the T.radix couple and 2 specimens of N.sipedon were active and basking. April 29th it was sunny as well … Continue reading . . .
My outdoor terrarium, April 19th -20th 2013
The sun was shining abundantly early morning April 19th. From appr. 8 AM onwards the sunrays shone into my outdoor terrarium. At 8.15 AM 1 of the female T. radix … Continue reading . . .
My outdoor terrarium, early April 2013
April 3rd I could check the activity. It had not frozen anymore the past night and around 10 AM I saw the T.radix female crawl out of the hibernation bunker. … Continue reading . . .
My outdoor terrarium, March 2013
March 2nd the day temperature was about 5 °C. Unfortunately the 2 N.sipedon males that were out in January had not survived the frost and lay dead on the surface. … Continue reading . . .
My outdoor terrarium, January & February 2013
These 2 months were very cold with a lot of subzero temperatures starting around January 10th. Also February was for the biggest part very cold. No snake activity as would … Continue reading . . .
My outdoor terrarium, early January 2013
The year of 2013 started with very mild weather and temperatures close to 6 – 10 °C. Surprisingly enough there was some snake activity on some days. A Thamnophis radix … Continue reading . . .
My outdoor terrarium, March 25th, 2010
My outdoor terrarium, March 25th, 2010 March 24th and 25th 2010 both were very warm days of the year. March 24th the sun was less bright, but… March 25th the … Continue reading . . .
My outdoor terrarium, March 20th, 2010
March 20th 2010 it was again relatively warm with temperatures up to 16 – 17 ºC. At 8.45 AM there was some light rain. Both pickeringii males were out (in … Continue reading . . .
My outdoor terrarium, March 18th, 2010
The warmest day this year so far. March 18th 2010 was predicted to become the warmest day of the year so far and maximum temperatures were expected to rise up … Continue reading . . .
My outdoor terrarium, the first weeks of March 2010
The month of March usually has a few sunny days with temperatures of 15 ºC or higher. Those days enable the snakes to sun itself abundantly and reach body temperatures … Continue reading . . .
My outdoor terrarium, February 2010
February started as January ended: very cold as well. Only in the last week of the month the temperatures rose to 7 – 10 ºC during daytime. In the past … Continue reading . . .
My outdoor terrarium, January 2010
Since the winter of 2009 – 2010 has been very cold it is no surprise no activity was observed. The terrarium was covered with snow for many days and the … Continue reading . . .
Observations in my outdoor terrarium.
Introduction and description of the outdoor terrarium. In 1995 I built an outdoor terrarium in my garden after I visited my (late) friend Udo Strathemann who kept several Garter Snakes … Continue reading . . .