Now granted this is my first year breeding, but we have been going off the model of a larger breeder we bought some snakes from.
No cooling.
Male goes in with female.
3 days on 3 days off.
No hides.
attempt to feed both every 7 to 10 days depending on how the 3 on 3 off cycle makes it work out. Generally they refuse, but for us most males have ate once every 1 to 2 months and the females at least once every 2 to 3 months.
So far things are going well. One girl had the football for about 36 hours last week. Another girl looks did what we think is her Pre ovulation shed around the same time and another is in blue for what we think might be a pre ovulation shed, but she has not had as many locks as the other two. The last two girls we are breeding were both late starts (January 1st of this year) as they needed a couple more grams before we were going to allow a male to mingle with them. We figure as late starters if they go they go if they don't then we always have next year!