I think there are a few reason to lower your temps during breeding. The obvious is that it helps to stimulate breeding in a larger number of snakes....if you have a bunch of animals and you want them all "in the mood" it may help to drop at least your ambient temps if not your heat tape also.



I do it because when I start to raise the temps back up, I notice that most of my snakes go right around the same time.....for the most part they all ovulate and lay within a few months.



Most of all I drop temps because I always have....lol



I don't think you NEED to drop your temps but I like to.
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