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tspuckler
at Fri Feb 24 09:55:43 2006 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by tspuckler ]
Terry,
Thanks for following up on that! I meant to do so. To answer Paul's questions, the snakes are in unheated sweater boxes (no heat tape). The basement has windows, so there's a light cycle. Yes, Doug accelerates his snakes' feeding schedule when breeding season starts.
Since Doug is primarily a boa breeder, I can see how he extrapolated his temperature cycling techniques to Hondurans, which in some areas overlap the range of boas. In addition, Dougs method allows for snakes to have some "extra growing time" if they're borderline size for breeding.
Tim
 Third Eye
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