Yea, ok basically I start cooling at the end of november. Here's how i do it
This is for MY setup may or may not work for you. I have a heated special snake room. Ill drop my AIR temps (oil radiator heater) 4 degrees. That's all they need just a small change towards the cooler side to have them triggered into breeding. After about a week of them being cooled, ill pair for 3 days on 3 days off. This has worked AWESOME for me. Ill do this for a while. Then ill pair again after i've seen about 3 to 4 locks. Ill give them a week or two off. Now this is how i do it. Ill keep feeding at this time to keep putting on the weight. I also start feeding a size or two smaller because of the cooled temperatures. If you follow this you will have awesome success.
Now don't get discouraged if she doesn't go this year. It doesn't mean you did anything wrong it's just that they weren't ready.
Now quick question just because im not your friend and come over to your house all the time. Did you have your snakes sexed? You might want to have them resexed again just to be on the safe side. I've sexed babies as a female once (and it happens to the best of them) and raised them up as a female. Went to throw in my bumble belly into a lesser "FEMALEs" cage and heard fighting. I then resexed "HER" to only find it's a HIM. Darnit...major headache.
So do yourself a flavor and make sure they are who they are. It can be discouraging if you do this for two years straight and never get anything. It'll save ya some headaches. Trust me we've all made mistakes like that and still sometimes do. Just apart of it.
Alright best of luck.
EDIT: inbreedings fine. I wouldn't ever inbreed spiders because that's why they're retarded anyway (i say that with the kindness of my heart, i love them spiders and they have their own personalities out of any ball python in my honest opinion) and never do spider to spider. it makes the wobble worse. any more questions just post em
EDIT2: forgot to mention around March 3rd ill warm them back up and keep introducing till i get ovs or they just simply lay eggs. Hey marcus jayne does that too lol. Later
Hope this helps. Later
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