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least it appears to be. The outdoor cages seem to be good for breeding Diamonds which are NOT the easiest Pythons to even get to copulate....TC

Lookin' good, Tom! Best of luck.
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Mike Curtin

Very exciting! .... now how about trying that with some Boelens???
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Tom, do you think that might have something to do with the dip in temps recently? When I was in Sydney in 96, the temps there in winter were in the 40--50 range.
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1.0 Blackheaded pythons
2.4 Woma
3.2 Aussie Olives
1.1 Timors
1.3 Bloods
2.2 IJ Carpets
2.0 Coastal Carpets
1.3 Macklotts
1.2 F2 Carpondros
2.0 Jungle Carpet
1.0 Jag IJCP
0.1 Carpondro
1.1 Brazilian Rainbow boas
1.1 Striped Bolivian Boas
0.1 child, CB
0.1 wife, WC

Looks great Tom. I figured as you did that there was a pretty good chance that your setup and natural photoperiod and cooling would really help to kickstart the reproductive cycles of these more temperate type species. Great work and keep us updated on the progress.

Kelly

Thanks everyone. Actually I think it's critical that these snakes are allowed to get cold at night. You can't brumate them constantly at low temps like colubrids however or you likely will kill them. In the day they bask much like lizards and I've temp gunned them at around 100 degrees in the winter. Remember I give them choices and THEY are making the choice of how long to bask etc. The real key in many herps is to give them choices of temps, humidity, etc. Many folks do NOT realize that or can NOT provide it in their enclosures. Yes, last week they were outside when the temps here dropped to an 8 year low of 37 degrees and they appear to be none the worse for wear. A good friend, Frank Retes has said this for years with Varanids and in fact that is what a Retes Stack is designed for. When pro snakehunters put out carpet in "sets" the carpet is folded NOT spread out and the reason is wild snakes will pick the layer where the temp is right to hide in. I've been extremely sucessful breeding a wide range of herps by simply providing them with adequate caging with choices. This, I believe, is extremely important and makes a HUGE difference. Actually if you set herps up right understanding the bioniche they live in all the rest the herps will take care of themselves...thanks...TC

I know at least one person who uses air conditioning in Fl to bring the temps way down. That's for Boelens.
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1.0 Blackheaded pythons
2.4 Woma
3.2 Aussie Olives
1.1 Timors
1.3 Bloods
2.2 IJ Carpets
2.0 Coastal Carpets
1.3 Macklotts
1.2 F2 Carpondros
2.0 Jungle Carpet
1.0 Jag IJCP
0.1 Carpondro
1.1 Brazilian Rainbow boas
1.1 Striped Bolivian Boas
0.1 child, CB
0.1 wife, WC

You are giving ayway our breeding secrets ,you are right and years of field collecting has taught us alot about them in the wild.Terry