alright i put one of my male pastels in with a female last night. I didnt really have any kind of cooling period my room has just been at like 72 degrees, and i never lowered the basking spot. I just hear everyone talking about lowering the temps to this and mine has been like this for a few months now. Right now there sleeping with one another. Shes coiled up around him but there tails dont seem to be doing anything. How long can locks last? And how long does it take for them to get "aquainted?"