Night drop questions...

[twistedtails]

I recently noticed that the timer for my night drop came disconnected. I have been cooling my snakes since mid Oct. Most of my girls have follicles already. The question I have is...Are my snakes going to be messed up do to the cycle being interupted? Should I just hook the night drop back up and continue as I was? I'm not sure how long the night drop has been disconnected, but, I'm almost positive it has been less than a week. Thanks in advance for your replies.

[Tazz27]

You can if you want to. I dont think one week is going to change anything. I'm breeding some snakes with a night time drop and some with out and I'm getting locks on both ends...

Good luck with your breeding....

[Foschi Exotic Serpents]

I dont do a night drop. I may lower temps overall just a few degrees but with the way the weather is around here it really isnt needed for me.

Juat a week ago we had so much rain for days. I also use a house humidifyer to up the humidity in the house to 60/65%. The natural barometric pressure changes for the seasons and the extra humidity triggers breeding in most of mine.

If you do cool and you have been cooling since Oct then I would not worry about it at all. I bet your males would lock right now if you paired them.

[Bill Buchman]

Since you are a fellow SoCal breeder , your whether is pretty much the same as mine give or take a few degrees -- I know your specific area. I have a room heater that raises the ambient temp to about 83-85 during the day. My night temps drop to about 77-78. Some of my racks have no belly heat during night hours -- and others do.

The ambient temp difference from day to night being 3-5 degrees lower is the important factor -- if there is one. Balls will adapt to what you are doing to breed. I do like to have a COOLER end of the rack for girls to build. I am sure you are doing just fine -- don't stress!!

[SNIKTTIME]

Same situation as Foschi here, I actually bought some night drop cables and didn't even need them this season. DST light from the window and some well timed storms did the trick nicely.

[twistedtails]

Since you are a fellow SoCal breeder , your whether is pretty much the same as mine give or take a few degrees -- I know your specific area. I have a room heater that raises the ambient temp to about 83-85 during the day. My night temps drop to about 77-78. Some of my racks have no belly heat during night hours -- and others do.

The ambient temp difference from day to night being 3-5 degrees lower is the important factor -- if there is one. Balls will adapt to what you are doing to breed. I do like to have a COOLER end of the rack for girls to build. I am sure you are doing just fine -- don't stress!!

Thanks Bill! The wierd thing about it is my males didn't do much this last introduction. I noticed the night drop today and put 2 and 2 together. I have females that are on constant heat and are locking and building, but, for some reason the ones that were on night drop noticed the temp changes and weren't very receptive. Thanks for your reply.

[Foschi Exotic Serpents]

Thanks Bill! The wierd thing about it is my males didn't do much this last introduction. I noticed the night drop today and put 2 and 2 together. I have females that are on constant heat and are locking and building, but, for some reason the ones that were on night drop noticed the temp changes and weren't very receptive. Thanks for your reply.

I have a pinstripe that would not lock with any female no matter what. All the others ahev locked many times in the last month or so but this guy just wasnt cooperating. I pulled him out and put him by him self for about a week and then it went from rain to below zero and snow. I spot cleaned the tubs (to leave the scent of other males alone) and just disinfected the water bowls. Then sprayed everyone real good and put that pin back in with a female. Low and behold, he was locked FINALLY with a female yesterday!

The wrong female of course lol, but at least now i can put him to the one I really want him to breed and he should do his thing.

If you let the temps fluctuate and any of them are not breeding when you do pair them up, try removing the water bowls for a few days to a week. While they are seperated. Then put them together and spray them down real good like a rain storm and replace the water bowl. The removing of the bowls has more of an affect than just reducing the amount of bacteria spread from snake to snake. In the wild they have a dry season and then they breed during the wet season.

Being in california you may need to play around with the "weather" in your snake tubs a little more.