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I have been cooling my pair this month but only to realize the temps we're not what I thought (yes, I have a thermometer, but forget about that for now..) anyways, my male is fine, he had been at 82-83 all month and no food. The female was not what I thought she was, and turned out to be 83-84 cool and 89-90 hot..no food..both had all darkness this month. Anyways, should I still try to introduce the male now or should I wait another couple weeks now that the female got change to 80 cool 87 hot? Anyone notice a big difference with these kind of temps?

Thanks,

Mat

I've never understood the reason for "cooling" a boa. I've always thought that BCI, BCC, etc... were from more tropical temps. Meaning above 80 degrees in the cool months.

I've never cooled my boas and they breed every year, when I put them together. This year I have a constant hot spot of 92 degrees. The cooler end of the cage is around 80 to 84. My boas have been breeding like crazy, since Sept 4th. I've even had one ovulate already.

Anyway, just put them together. If they're ready, they'll do it. If they're not, they wont.

Thats it in a nut shell.
I think some people just need to have the "extravagant" breeding intervention(s) protocols to some how feel in "control" of something they really have no business meddling with.
"SIMPLE" seems to be a scary concept many refuse to grasp ?

Could be wrong but . . . . .

>>I've never understood the reason for "cooling" a boa. I've always thought that BCI, BCC, etc... were from more tropical temps. Meaning above 80 degrees in the cool months.
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>>I've never cooled my boas and they breed every year, when I put them together. This year I have a constant hot spot of 92 degrees. The cooler end of the cage is around 80 to 84. My boas have been breeding like crazy, since Sept 4th. I've even had one ovulate already.
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>>Anyway, just put them together. If they're ready, they'll do it. If they're not, they wont.
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TnK

I cool but spend more time decreasing light cycles. Seems like it doesn't matter to them anyway as I control the indoor temps but they didn't really get interested until the temps OUTSIDE got cooler. This was a record high October in PA and just got cool over the last few days. They somehow seemed to have known this and got more acive in that time period. I suppose they know more about when it is time than we do...lol...Try em out. If they are ready they will go. Good luck
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As long as you don't have temps that will put your snakes in harm's way, there is no right and no wrong. Some people have to cool, some don't. Personally, I don't change a thing year round and my boas breed just fine.. I'm not suggesting that anyone does it but I don't even run a thermostat or any type of temp control system for my flexwatt.. My flexwatt runs constantly year round, gravid females and all. Snakes know when they're getting too warm and when they're getting to cool, my females constantly thermoregulate while gravid.. It just doesn't seem natural to give them the perfect hotspot temps with no need for thermoregulation.. Its disturbing to see a gravid female sit in the same spot for weeks at a time. I doubt there are any spots in nature that are a constant temp 24/7.. Wow, I ramble..lol I only use 11 watt, 11" wide flexwatt. I highly recommend not using the higher, 20 watt flexwatt. There is always a risk of fire when working with electrical equipment. I even used a human heatpad for my first litter of 43 live and 13 slugs.