Cooling

I would like to ask, Does anyone cool their ball pythons for breeding. I am definitely not breeding anytime soon. I just wanted to know. I have heard of people cooling and not cooling. Is it actually necessary. Thank you😃

It doesn't seem to be necessary, no. That being said, I believe a lot of the big name breeders use a cool down process, though it seems most eggs (even from those of us that don't cool down) are being laid/hatched around this time of year anyway.

I don't believe it's necessary.... I never have and always have had great results...

My first clutch was laid today and I didn't cool my snakes down at all.

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I haven't heard of any big name breeders cooling their bp's. My temps stay constant all year long also.

Thanks for the replies and congrats on your first clutch Artemisace.

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Originally Posted by Viol8r

I haven't heard of any big name breeders cooling their bp's. My temps stay constant all year long also.

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Surely you've heard of this guy - JKR Breeding Recipe. ;)

Do you have to cool them down? The answer is no they will breed and make eggs without cooling. Does it help? You will get different opinions here but I will say yes. I use just the ambient temp for cooling down. It naturally gets cooler in the winter here in northern WI and I use that. Some put their heat tape on timers. There are different ways and different thoughts on it. If you are only breeding a handful of girls then there probably would be no need. If you are breeding a bunch of girls I think it helps getting them more in sync. I might have a boy that breeds 8-10 girls. I need him to breed like a maniac for about 4 months and then shut him down. If my girls development is spread out over say 8 months then I can't breed them all with that boy. I also had one year I didn't really cool them and ended up with a lot of slugs. Was it bad luck or the temps I don't know. I do know when I cool though I get very few slugs.

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Originally Posted by Viol8r

I haven't heard of any big name breeders cooling their bp's. My temps stay constant all year long also.

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You need to listen a little better then. :rofl: Sorry I had to do it. You will find a lot of big breeders don't just come out and say this is how I do it. There are big breeders that definitely cool down though.

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Originally Posted by Eric Alan

Surely you've heard of this guy - JKR Breeding Recipe. ;)

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Yeah, I've heard of him. First time seeing his recipe

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Originally Posted by bondo

You need to listen a little better then. :rofl: Sorry I had to do it. You will find a lot of big breeders don't just come out and say this is how I do it. There are big breeders that definitely cool down though.

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That's pretty funny... How is listening better going to help if "a lot of big breeders don't just come out and say this is how I do it"? :confusd: