Quote Originally Posted by Adam_Wysocki
If you were to instead always provide temps that are 82-84 on one side and 92-94 on the other, your ball python won't be distracted by it's natural breeding instinct, keep it's metabolism at it's optimal levels, and be a strong reliable, consistent feeder.

-adam
But wouldn't distracting a being from its normal breeding instincts lead to, for lack of a better phrase, psychological trauma? We know for instance that in humans, denying the sexual self healthy outlets leads to a whole host of troubles. Can this line of thinking be related to snakes, since both of our sexual desires originate in what we call the hypothalomus of the brain, but is in fact the only brain that snakes possess?

Rachel