Breeding year round

I was just wondering how many of you breed year round. I know the appropriate way with the season and cooling startin in August, but I wanted to know how many folks here set up early, or do it whenever they feel like it really. I know it can be done, I have no intention of doing it...but I wanted to know if anyone did.

Breeding season is a lot of work. I'd prefer to do it just once per year instead of perpetually. Just not for me...

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Originally Posted by jglass38

breeding season is a lot of work. I'd prefer to do it just once per year instead of perpetually. Just not for me...

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Ok thanks. One more ? though. Have you ever started breeding season OUT of season?

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Originally Posted by pavlovk1025

Ok thanks. One more ? though. Have you ever started breeding season OUT of season?

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Nope! I have no doubt it's doable though :) I don't cool animals anymore but if you breed outside of breeding season you may need to simulate a seasonal change that would normally happen (with the change of seasons) or through cooling.

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Originally Posted by jglass38

Nope! I have no doubt it's doable though :) I don't cool animals anymore but if you breed outside of breeding season you may need to simulate a seasonal change that would normally happen (with the change of seasons) or through cooling.

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Yeah that's what one site said, which led to this question. I don't feel like messing with temps after I finally got done tinkering with my Flexwatt and have stable STABLE temps. So wait, you don't cool at all? How does that work? Everything I know about breeding involves cooling.

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Originally Posted by pavlovk1025

Ok thanks. One more ? though. Have you ever started breeding season OUT of season?

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I do cool my animal and being in the south it would be a little more complicated for me to do so off season, so no I do not breed off season, I get started in october.

Cool thanks you two. If anyone else has feedback I sure would like to hear it.

We dont use a season, we just breed ours when we feel theyre ready.

We dont cool them either and have so far had no problems doing it this way.

I'm not far from Deborah, and I don't cool my animals. That's what's so cool - there are many different successful ways of doing things, and no one right way.

i dont cool them either,its just easier for me to keep the temps stable and leave em there,though i MIGHT cool some this year,and not others,and see if it had any difference on when i get eggs,dont think it will to be honest,but i get bored and like doing experiments

So help me understand this.....

I live in Auburn, AL and have a small collection that i intend on breeding one day. You're telling me that i don't have to cool the snakes to get them to breed? I just toss the male in with the female and everything should workout? That's interesting.....

Also, do you guys that don't cool your snakes wait until the normal time of year to try and breed them, or will any time during the year work out as long as they're all up to weight?

With the exception of the ones outside since we have been redecorating, mine live in 74 degree air conditioning all year long (with under the tank heating of course). I would think the outside ones would naturally cool with the season (though we don't really have much season here, it's hot all year on and off). But wouldn't the indoor ones be able to be "tricked" so to speak?

I don't cool my snakes either. I started pairing in September and got eggs in May. This next season (omg its right around the corner!) I might start pairing later since I want to give one female a rest from breeding this season and I have two girls I need to get some weight on (both are 800-850g). I'm going to get them up to 1500 and then breed them whenever I think they are ready.

I have a pair that just started locking up last week. And I didn't cool. :gj:

Ya cooling an animal for breeding really isnt a required thing for it to be sucessful .

animals can sense the change of seasons naturally (kinda like a biological clock)
cooling of temps isnt whats sets them into breeding mode . i have had boas that bred all year round and threw in off season without changing any temps .
cooling is IMO overrated , cause some desert animals see 100 during the day and 40-50 at night during the summer time . i guess it just depends on your prefference .

You guys just made it that much easier for me. Thank you all for your input.

So breeding could be done whenever, without cooling?

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Originally Posted by PythonBreeder

So breeding could be done whenever, without cooling?

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correct, it can be done

Im still gonna wait for september. Im not THAT impatient.

Haha. Then you are a better person than me. I am very impatient. I can't wait till I can breed my 3 girls! This go around, I'm going for Spiders and Pastels. And if my husband lets me, I'm going to go get myself another male. :)

Better no, I am JUST as impatient. Im about to go into a local deal and pick up 3 normal females and a co-dom male at the San Diego show. I can NOT WAITTT to start breeding. For now all my snakes just piss my wife off because I cant shut up about em and how much I cant wait till August.

This is awesome to know. Out of all of the time spent reading on here, this is the first i have EVER heard of this. Thanks to all for their input.