Do you really NEED to cool the tank at night?

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Originally Posted by waltah!

Here's a bad pic of a Pastel chillin in the egg. I'll make a thread up later with some better pics.

http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/j...t/IMG_0075.jpg

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It's still looks pretty cool. I think any picture of a snake is cool, even if it's a little blurry:) Good luck with that Pastel:D

Some people do some people don't.

When it comes to breeding there are many different ways to do it, the most important thing is to find what works for you and your animals.

I live at about an hour away from Robin (Rabernet) and unlike her I happen to cool my snakes and have had great success doing so those past 2 seasons, while she has had great success not doing so. ;)

We personally have never cooled our royals and have hatched out quite afew clutches successfully.:gj:

I don't cool mine for breeding, but then again I live up north so it naturally gets cooler during my breeding season then it would in other parts of the country. However I really don't think it makes that big of a difference. A ball pythons natural range is right at the equator so they don't go through seasonal temperature extremes OR varying light levels throughout the year and they breed just fine in the wild.

I personally believe that barometric pressure changes are more of a trigger than temperature changes. When weather systems roll in, that's when they get in the mood. Breeding season in Africa is the rainy season, when the barometric pressures change when the rains come in.

We personally think cooling is important just because we tried breeding without cooling and didnt get as much luck we got a lot of breeding but we didnt get that many clutches. If you have a few pairs it probably isnt that important, we bred 55 females this season and only 15 of those 55 layed eggs and that was without cooling. Hope this helps:gj:

Im going to be breesing next year, and i have read it is not needed.