Hi,

I was checking on the snakes tonight and caught Natasha lying in this position in the middle of a thoroughly wrecked tank ;



She is sitting half on half off the warm end flexwatt.

She last ate on the 16th of January, last shed about the 11th of January (for some reason I haven't recorded when she shed just when I noticed she was in blue (the 4th January ) and the last confirmed lock I have seen was 10th November 2008 (with the normal male) though I have been putting in the little lesser male and the normal male on a regular basis - but have never seen the lesser locked at all.

Would anyone care to hazard a guess where she is in the breeding cycle?

I haven't even started cooling yet as I was planning on trying for a late season and using the extra time to make sure everyone was at a nice weight - and coincidently give the lesser time to mature a bit more.

Should I still go ahead with cooling the rack later or would it possibly cause problems?


dr del