Okay warning first for anyone not used to reading my posts. i have lots of typos. Maybe some will figure out what my fingers are actually typing.





You don't worry about the heat that the females are on killing the males sperm before their ready to breed?

Bob Bichler







No to your question. A female will not sit on the hot end and cook her sperm or eggs to death. If they can move away, then they know what to do and when. If you have had this experince and had bad eggs maybe there was another reason!







They don't sit on the heat unless they want to. i keep the heat on low all winter. Gues what? they choose to sit on the cold end unless i feed them. When i feed them they move over to the hot end to digest. As soon as they are finished they move back again to the cold side. See what they are doing. They are conserving energy as much as possible. That is what snakes do in the wild. They are constantly choosing (seeking!) the right temp and humididty.



It is all about giving your captives choices. That goes for food as well as temps. That's why i don't put them on a weekly feeding schedule and i don't force winter brumation by cutting off the temps all winter long making them sit in 55 or lower temps. That is not giving the snakes choices.That is FORCING what we think is best for the snake.





Of course the choices i am offering is nothing compared to what they need. But is it a step in the right direction. And better then what most people do.



let the snake make as many choices as possible and provide that by listening (or watching) what they do or want to do.
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