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5yr old 8ft het albino female goes to the cold side every night and the warm side every day. IR temps of her at night are about 82F, during the day 87-88F. She did this same thing last year and had a litter of 15 stills and 6 premature live even though she went a week past her POS due date. Last year she was bred to a very small anery het snow and this year I tried the same pairing but both are considerably larger. Any thoughts? I thought females were supposed to hug the heat and stay at a steady 87 or so? Warm side is 90F via heat panel, cold side about 82-84F. She has to be gravid, too. Two distinct swells and a POS about 2 weeks ago. Thanks for your help guys,

Jack

Jack, I am no expert by no means only producing a few litters my self. But I would raise your hot spot temperature to 95 degrees. Maybe some of the others that have produced alot more will chime in and help you with this issue. Sorry I could be of no more help. Good luck we will have our fingers crossed for you.

Eric & Heather Baker

Well, they are not exactly smart. Maybe she's having a hard time thermoregulating. Can you raise the temps on the cool side a few degrees w/out spiking the warm side? A narrow range of temps could help.
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Dave Colling

www.rainbows-r-us-reptiles.com

0.1 Wife (WC and still very fiesty)
0.2 kids (CBB, a big part of our selective breeding program)

LOL, to many snakes to list, last count:
26.49 BRB
20.21 BCI
And those are only the breeders

lots.lots.lots feeder mice and rats

My gravid females are not always consistant in their thermoregulation in comparison to each other. Some will park on the heat and seem to stay there ... some will bounce back and forth more like what you describe.

I think all we can really do is make sure they have an adequately sized hot spot (big enough for them to curl up and have most of their body on it) that is heated up to the correct temperatures (87 - 92 range approximately). The rest is up to them...

I have experience only breeding yellow anacondas...I believe that going on and off heat source may have something to do with hormonal changes that live bearing boids may go through during gestation. My yellow anaconda rarely basks in the second half of pregnancy.
Mike

I was thinking maybe a heating pad on the cool side?? Any experience plugging heat panel and heat pad into same thermostat?? What heating pads do you guys use besides heat tape? Thanks for the replies guys.

Jack