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I'm very excited about what I've seen over the last few days. I have 2.1 Green Phase Sanzinia. Both have been mating with the female off and on the past few days. Here is a great pick of my light-green male with the female.

I love the HUGE grin!
Nice animals!
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Awesome! Best of luck with those and keep us updated on the progress (ovulation, POS, etc.)!

Billy

>>I'm very excited about what I've seen over the last few days. I have 2.1 Green Phase Sanzinia. Both have been mating with the female off and on the past few days. Here is a great pick of my light-green male with the female.
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Best of luck with the Sanzies, but you have got to remember that Sanzies will mate just for the hell of it. For the best chance of a fertile mating, it is necessary to reduce the NTL to the mid to low 60s F for two months before introducing the male to the female and raising the NTL back up to the low 80s F.Keep the snakes together for another 2 months and mist spray heavily. If the pairing is successful, the female will darken considerably and refuse to eat anything until the young are born.
Eric Davies

I haven't started to mist yet, but plan to soon. I'm keeping my fingers crossed.

Great advice Eric,

I've seen my Mandarins mate during every month of the year.

It's important to know that these guys can easily tolerate the temps Eric advises. I go even colder with my mandarins, dropping them into the mid 50's at night in winter. They don't need these temps to breed, but since they tolerate it fine every year, I do it anyway.

Doug T

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