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so i want to breed soon and 4 of my snakes r ready. i only have 1 rack for my 11 snakes. if i drop the temp will it stress out my others? and ive read where ppl just put them together without droppin the temp. is this ok to do? my first season so plz help
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:hris 2.3 norms 1.1 pastel 0.1 spider 1.0 cinnamon 1.0 yellow belly

Hi,

I can tell you from my own personal experience that dropping the temps in the rack should not effect your snakes that you are not breeding. It is the ambient temps in the room that will effect your snakes. Right now I drop my rack temps even during the summer 3 degrees right when the sun goes down. The ambient temp in my snake room is 82 to 86. When winter comes whether I want to or not the ambient temps are going to drop to 75 to 78 and I am going to drop my racks to about 80 to 82 degrees. If there are snakes that are ready to breed in that rack they will stop eating pretty quick. If you were to have growing snakes that where not of maturity or breeding size they would most likely still eat. But if you keep any female in that room or rack that is able to breed I can guarantee she or he will go off feed.

Good Luck,
Bill
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I don't drop temperatures -- the temperature in the snake room gets slightly cooler in the winter months -- but really -- if they are in the mood to breed -- they pretty much just hang out on the cool end of the tub and cool themselves naturally -- if they aint in the breeding mood they can continue to hang on the heat.
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Tosha
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ok thanks for the help since it wont stress the the others that arnt ready to breed im goin to drop the temps and hopefully get these guys goin. its my first season so im really excited
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:hris 2.3 norms 1.1 pastel 0.1 spider 1.0 cinnamon 1.0 yellow belly