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just would like to know who cools there balls before breeding and who doesnt? what kind of success do you have with not cooling your balls? thanks guys!

Those are pretty personal questions I'd rather not answer. Sorry.

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I drop the temps in my room about 8 degrees and keep it that way for about 5 weeks then heat it back up. I dont touch the rack heat, but I also have a window in my room and I live in Ohio so mother nature pretty much takes care of the photo period. I had 22 of 25 females go last year. The year before that I had 15 of 17 girls go so it seems to work fine for me.
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Damian Macioce
www.strongholdreptiles.com

Thanks for your post! The other two posters seem like they have nothig to do with themselves!

if you have the four seasons then you really do need to cool off. just let nature do it's course.

Pitoon

I do the whole dropping the thermostat kind of cooling but since I live in beautiful Southern California -- we don't get much winter weather until Januaryish -- so I lower my ambient temps by cracking the window at night. Seems to work just fine.
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Tosha
JET Pythons
Toshas Blog

That should say:::

I do not do the whole dropping of the thermostat temps.....
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Tosha
JET Pythons
Toshas Blog

Once I spilled a Slurpee in my lap, does that count as cooling your..., ummm, nevermind.

Dave

as a brain freeze. Umm? Never mind. Just kidding Dave, could not resist. JP

P.S.congrats on the Sulfur Mojo Spider cross. Better late then never.

What do you mean better late than never? Has someone already done it? I am not 100% sure it is a Sulfur, but it has the exact coloring that the Sulfur Spiders have, and not the coloring that the normal Spiders have. I guess it really does not matter, it is a female, and she is staying put. Evil little snake too, with a VERY good appetite. My plan, is to take a Pastel YB male to her...of course that is a few years off, so who really knows.

The Sulfur Spiders are really starting to color up too, look much better after three sheds, than after their first.

I am just glad Eric got the Super this year.

Dave

Just meant I have not been on here much lately and didn't get to reply to any post you may have made when she hatched out. Kinda like a belated happy birthday. Just saw the ad in the classifieds. Pretty cool. You dig. JP

I dig...

Dave

I am dropping temps a little this year. 4 degrees on the tape. Ambient temps. go down into the 72-74 degrees range at night. West Central Florida doesn't get to many really cold days/nights. JP