Once upon a time, circa 1988, I went to Disney in Orlando Florida. I was only a lad. The month was February and the temperatures were in the 40s - colder than in C-town. It would seem obvious that in most (if not all) parts of the corn snake's range, there's seasonal temperature variations.

Another interesting anecdote: Richard Bartlett is a writer of books on many types of herps. He lives in Florida and has noted that some types of box turtles show reduced fertility when not cooled. This is not usually expressed in the first year, but rather after several years of breeding without significant temperature reduction.

There are a number of people who have bred corns with little to no cooling, but in my opinion if you're waiting all year for the once-a-year chance to produce corns (unless they double clutch) why wouldn't you give yourself the best opportunity to insure fertility, which would be cooling the snakes?

Tim

Third Eye

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