ah... keepers resting. I hadnt given much thought to that.



I'm still not sure why some people's snakes won't breed unless they are cooled. Cooling/ brumating was what was taught to me by various folks when I first got into snakes, but then I had corns laying eggs that were never cooled and soon discovered for myself that kings didnt need it either. but for some animals it seems to be something they need, i've just never owned any of those animals.

what i've had produce with no change but light cycle.
desert kings, cal kings, eastern kings, corns, great plains rats, everglades rats, ball pythons, jungle carpet pythons, red stripe ribbon snakes, checkered garter snakes, grey bands, and plains garter snakes.

so what is it about some snakes that requires a cooling for them to be reproductive? possibly genetics... descended from animals that were collected at high elevations?

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