Hey Terry, you know I myself tried to get my animals to breed earlier than a previous season one time......only by 4-6 weeks. The group bred during the exact same time frame as the previous season anyway. They showed no interest in each other at all, and it seemed like it just wasn't going to work for me so I never tried it again. I imagine if someone did accomplish this they have a very effecient climate controlled snake room and really kept the light cycles going in a way to fool the snakes into being out of cync with the natural temps for the seasons? I think if it were "easy" many of use would be trying it. In my case I will stick to my regular plan which in TX is fairly easy seeing our winter is usually quite mild. I garage my animals and let them react to the temps as spring sets in with no supplemental heat or AC no matter what kind of winter we have. I find that statement about a gravid snake in January hard to believe. Tom Stevens

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