Very interesting topic but I don't know what realy gives the best results.
This year I bred bullsnakes for the first time (I've bred 15 other different species of snakes before, so I'm not a novice in breeding).
I kept my bullsnakes in the basement for 3 months.
The winter has been very cold at some moments and the temperature has dropped to 43°F for a few weeks and has been between 43°F en 53°F most of the time.
I was affraid that 43°F would be too cold for them, but no problem at all.
The female gave me a clutch of 13 eggs that hatched all 13.
Because I saw this as a huge effort for her I did not introduce her to the male after that first clutch.
But she decided to give me a second clutch of 4 eggs and also 10 slugs.
I think that if I introduced her again to the male there would have been more fertile eggs.
The 4 eggs of the second clutch are hatching right now and I will have another 4 babies.
So 17 babies out of 17 eggs, hatchrite of 100%
So, what is the best?
Who will say? Me I don't know but I prefer to cool them.

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• Cooling -Something Different This Year.. - byron.d, Thu Aug 12 18:46:59 2010
• RE: Cooling -Something Different This Year.. - reako45, Thu Aug 12 23:35:14 2010
• Thanks for that.... - byron.d, Fri Aug 13 11:18:00 2010
• RE: Cooling -Something Different This Year.. - RossCA, Fri Aug 13 02:34:24 2010
• Thanks Ross. - byron.d, Fri Aug 13 11:33:07 2010
• RE: Cooling -Something Different This Year.. - john dhont, Fri Aug 13 07:42:35 2010
• It's all about what works best..... - byron.d, Fri Aug 13 11:37:49 2010