Ready to get things underway

[Drew87]

I have no idea ill go to wallmart today and find out haha

[starmom]

I got mine on-line.

Right now, I live at 4000' above sea level and so I wanted one that was calibrated for high altitude (3000' to 7000' above sea level).

At the ranch I got one that was calibrated for low altitude given that it is only 1900' above sea level out there.

Here's the link: http://www.sciencecompany.com/barometric/barometer.htm

[Thomas Jones]

Good luck fellas on your breeding season. I slowly cool mine but I start on Oct 15 th or so.I just cut the heat tape off for 2 hours and slowly increase the amount of time it is off over the next few months. During the day the temps are normal I feel that is what keeps the RI away. Plus I have a heater that is set on at thermostat to 78-80 so ambients temps do not drop to low. Again good luck.

[West Coast Jungle]

Any place that sell thermometers should have barometers, sometimes they come in a set of both or 3 with humidity.
The rooms naturally cool in the winter anyway.

2 years ago I cooled and last year I didnt and got pretty much the same results.

You can just wait for rain (which is low pressure) and pair them then, this is what they do in the wild, breed during the rainy season.

[Drew87]

Any place that sell thermometers should have barometers, sometimes they come in a set of both or 3 with humidity.
The rooms naturally cool in the winter anyway.

2 years ago I cooled and last year I didnt and got pretty much the same results.

You can just wait for rain (which is low pressure) and pair them then, this is what they do in the wild, breed during the rainy season.

Thankx man that helps alot.

[anendeloflorien]

You can just wait for rain (which is low pressure) and pair them then, this is what they do in the wild, breed during the rainy season.

Hmmmm, wonder if the same hold true for snow since that's what we're gonna start seeing a lot of in a month or two

[Jenn]

Rain, snow, same thing. Both bring low pressure. If you live near an airport you can call their automated weather station toll free anytime to get the current barometric pressure in your area.

[anendeloflorien]

Rain, snow, same thing. Both bring low pressure. If you live near an airport you can call their automated weather station toll free anytime to get the current barometric pressure in your area.

Cool good to know. I'm about 15 mins from an airport so I'll have to check that out. I'm in the same kind of bind as the OP, I've only got one male and one female that are breeding size and only one rack and I don't want everyone to go off feed if I try to brumate just the two of them since I still have 4 other BPs that I'm getting up to size for next year *fingers crossed*

[frankykeno]

We didn't cool last breeding season. Like others have said, we just watched for incoming weather fronts (rain, snow, etc.) and barometric pressure drops. Seemed to do the job pretty well and we got 3 nice clutches out of the pairings - no RI's in the breeders.

[Drew87]

Since we are on this toppic of breeding, ill move it to eggs where does everyone get there hatchrite or whatever its called from???