Where do retics fall regarding ability to actively increase egg temp? They also have a pretty equatorial distribution and apparently not a lick of sense about cold weather, right? I know a loose ball will go straight for a hiding place behind the insulation and freeze.

I did observe the mother ball opening and loosening her coils from time to time presumably to passively regulate temp the little possible. It would be interesting if the widely expected lower hatch rate and lower next year production rate could be confirmed with an actual experiment or not. Maybe there are factors we don't foresee and the numbers would surprise.

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• Accidental breeding? - varanid, Tue May 11 10:27:25 2010
• No such thing - mikebell, Tue May 11 11:14:48 2010
• could have been an accident - prestigepythons, Tue May 11 12:28:10 2010
• RE: could have been an accident - varanid, Tue May 11 12:30:19 2010
• RE: Accidental breeding? - anthony james mc, Tue May 11 12:55:14 2010
• RE: Accidental breeding? - varanid, Tue May 11 14:50:04 2010
• RE: Accidental breeding? - anthony james mc, Tue May 11 16:52:52 2010
• Agreed.... - amcroyals, Wed May 12 03:44:32 2010
• RE: Accidental breeding? - WALL2WALLREPTILE, Tue May 11 17:14:46 2010
• RE: Accidental breeding? - Shadow4108, Tue May 11 19:54:20 2010
• RE: Accidental breeding? - varanid, Tue May 11 21:18:36 2010
• Maternal Incubation - RandyRemington, Wed May 12 01:37:10 2010
• RE: Maternal Incubation - WALL2WALLREPTILE, Wed May 12 12:38:45 2010
• RE: Maternal Incubation - zippy00_99, Wed May 12 13:33:00 2010
• RE: Maternal Incubation - anthony james mc, Wed May 12 16:12:55 2010
• The importance of the distinction... - WALL2WALLREPTILE, Wed May 12 21:15:01 2010
• RE: The importance of the distinction... - RandyRemington, Wed May 12 22:59:34 2010
• RE: The importance of the distinction... - anthony james mc, Wed May 12 23:27:12 2010
• RE: The importance of the distinction... - WALL2WALLREPTILE, Thu May 13 01:51:42 2010
• RE: The importance of the distinction... - WALL2WALLREPTILE, Thu May 13 01:33:44 2010
• RE: The importance of the distinction... - RandyRemington, Thu May 13 18:48:43 2010
• RE: Accidental breeding? - kingofspades, Wed May 12 04:25:05 2010
• RE: Accidental breeding? - varanid, Wed May 12 09:44:32 2010