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Breeding rack question
I have 18 ball pythons now, first time breeding this year. I have my rack set up for 91 degree belly heat, and 41 qt tubs. I have 4 snakes that are breeding size and want to breed them this year. If I lower the whole racks temps, will the other 8 in the rack slow or stop feeding?
I'm not wanting to powerfeed them by any stretch, but do want them to continue to grow, as the rest of them will be ready next year, as long as they feed normally, once per week.
So will cooling the whole rack shut off feeding for the non-breeding size snakes?
Thanks in advance.
Chad
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There is no reason to lower temperatures.
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It depends on your snakes
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Re: Breeding rack question
I have heard there isn't any reason to cool them, for sure. But from what I've read, (and yea, I know I'm brand new to breeding...) most people brumate. Curious as to how many here brumate?
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Ball pythons don't brumate, it would kill them
Last edited by OhhWatALoser; 11-09-2014 at 03:49 PM.
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Re: Breeding rack question
I may have misspoken when I said brumate. I simply meant cooling the 7-10 degrees.
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Re: Breeding rack question
So, how many cool their snakes for a few weeks to encourage breeding?
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Re: Breeding rack question
 Originally Posted by Killervector
So, how many cool their snakes for a few weeks to encourage breeding?
I'm planning on lowering temps a little bit
1.2 Ball Python
1.0 Arg. Tegu
0.1 Egyptian Uromastyx
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Re: Breeding rack question
Me too, unless someone can make a case for not?
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How can you get away with not lowering the temps? They need some sort of environmental trigger to breed.
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