I also do the 12 on 12 off cooling cycle, and it works great for me. Last season doesn't count but the season previous I had 19 clutches using a cooling cycle. The season before I had the same setup and only had 5 clutches. I start in about a week and resume normal schedule the first of march. On really cold nights I'll keep the heat on low and the night I feed and the next day I leave heat on, just to start the digestion process.

My snakes are in my house so they never get too cold, even with no heat for 12 hours. My babies and yearlings all have heat in their AP racks while the adults have no secondary heat in their racks. They rely on a circulating oil heater on a timer with the ceiling fan on all the time. I cycle the boas and balls at the same time and it seems to be working, so I will keep doing what I'm doing.

Jeff Byers

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