I know a lot of you breeders lower temps (usually a night drop) when breeding ball pythons...

My question: are there many people out there that have been able to successfully breed without changing the temps? If so, what are your temps set at? the normal 82 cold side 92 hot side???

The reason I ask: My problem is that I have an 8 tub rack filled with females. I only plan to breed two of these females this year. I want the other 6 to continue to grow and put on more weight and be ready to breed next year. The rack in question is ran off of one helix... I don't want to have to lower the temps on all 8 because I am afraid that will cause the 6 non breeding females to go off feed... and I really want to avoid that if possible.

Should I just attempt to breed without lowering temps, or should I lower the temps for everybody in the rack?

Any help on this subject would be greatly appreciated!