I think it'd be very surprising if your snakes were to begin breeding this late, but animals do very surprising things sometimes. I've had friends tell me they've seen their pyros copulating IN brumation, so january, say, though I never saw that myself. My pyros were the first of my colubrids to breed.

I'd say you should experiment some more with temps and setup. I'd suspect it'd be useful to have a hotspot closer to 80, though others on the forum will no doubt have other opinions. Your observation that the female loves the cold spot could instead be that she loves the humid hide box, if i understood correctly where that's placed relative to temps. Maybe try it at a mid-temp spot, and then at the warmest spot, and see if she continues to favor it, or stays at the hide-less cold spot. Eliminate variables, in other words.

There's NO single right way to do this. Listen to what many people say. Embrace what makes sense to you. Then vary things, see what works best for you and your animals. Good luck!

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