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    Bull snake cooling question

    Ok, so I have 2 adult females (albino & blizzard) and a red male. I had wanted to breed them, but I keep hearing so many different things about the cooling period. Here's my question; IS it REQUIRED? I've been told it's not at all, i've been told it definitely is, and I don't know what to think now. Anyone know?

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    Its all personal preference man.
    Thats what i have gathered from much reading on colubrids.
    Granted I only own Milksnake and Cornsnake books and being a member on the Cornsnake forums.

    You could check out the cornsnake.com forums, they have plenty of people who can sorta lead you with info about your options.
    Really good community with lots of helpful people.

    I heard you can get bigger clutchs from cooling out of them but you also hear just as much from a person who never cools too.

    Sorry I have no definate answer
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    Re: Bull snake cooling question

    Quote Originally Posted by confucius View Post
    Ok, so I have 2 adult females (albino & blizzard) and a red male. I had wanted to breed them, but I keep hearing so many different things about the cooling period. Here's my question; IS it REQUIRED? I've been told it's not at all, i've been told it definitely is, and I don't know what to think now. Anyone know?
    As with any situation, there are few absolutes and you are bound to get answers from people who cool and those who don't. There are people out there who get their pits to breed without cooling them. Even without cooling them, many of them will slow down once the days get shorter - no matter what you do with their enclosure temps. There are two triggers to brumation - cooling temps and decreased daylight.

    Having said that, I feel there is a biological imperative to cooling. Even those North American pits that live in more temperate areas experience cool and wet winters, and warm and arid summers. Therefore they respond favorably to seasonal cooling. I have found that brumating them produces more voracious appetites during the spring and summer and more vigorous breeding behavior when they come out of brumation.

    Adult healthy sayi should be brumated in a dry darkened container (or hibernaculum) at temperatures averaging in the low to mid 50’s. Water should be available. I cool my snakes for 12 weeks and have had no issues with them going full tilt boogie in the spring.
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