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what about it? someone do it, someone do not.... have you any guess?
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1.0 Python molurus bivittatus albino(3.30m)
0.1 Python molurus bivittatus(5,80m)
0,1 Python molurus bivittatus het albino (1,8m)
1.0 Python sebae(2,50m)
1.2 Chondropython viridis (aru)
0.0.1 Chondropython viridis (lereh?)
1.2 Leiopython albertisi(gold)
1.2 Gonyosoma Oxycephala
1.1 Lampropeltis californiae desert
0.1 Lampropeltis californiae albino striped
2.1 Lampropeltis californiae lavanda
1.1 Lampropeltis californiae snow
1.1 Lampropeltis triangulum sinaloae
1.1 Lampropeltis triangulum nelsoni albino
0.1 Lampropeltis mexicana thayeri buckskin
1.0 Lampropeltis mexicana thayeri leonis
1.2 Heterodon nasicus
0.1 Pituophis sayi albino
2.2 Pituophis sayi ivory ghost
1.1 Elaphe guttata blizzard
1.1 Elaphe guttata albino striped
1.3 Elaphe guttata snow
1.0 Elaphe guttata ghost motley
0.1 Elaphe guttata albino
1.0 Elaphe guttata albino sunglow
0.1 Elaphe guttata miamy phase
1.1 Elaphe guttata candy cane
1.1 Elaphe obsoleta obsoleta leucistic
2.2 Elaphe obsoleta obsoleta het albino and white side
1.0 Jungle corn albino (albino lampropeltis californiae X elaphe albina X elaphe snow)

Hello,
Mine are still too young to breed, but they should be ready in a year or two. I don't plan on brumating them, though. Take a look at the included link... the average temperatures in Costa Rica only vary by a degree or two from month to month. This is just my amateur opinion, but I think that brumation is unnatural and unnecessary for a black milk. Altering the photoperiod is another option that I've considered, but that close to the equator, the lengths of days don't change much either. (I wish it were like that in Maine... it gets dark at 4PM, four hours earlier than in the summer!) The difference in rainfall from season to season is quite dramatic, but I don't know if anyone has ever tried increasing humidity to stimulate breeding. It might be worth a try, possibly in conjunction with increasing the photoperiod in the spring.

Nate

Costa Rica Weather Averages

I agree with Nate.

I have several of these wonderful snakes and have never had to cool them. I would not attempt to cool a tropical like the Black Milk. Room temps and photo light seem to work just fine.

Good luck…

thanks guys!
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1.0 Python molurus bivittatus albino(3.30m)
0.1 Python molurus bivittatus(5,80m)
1.1 Chondropython viridis (aru)
1.0 Chondropython viridis (lereh)
0.1 Chondropython viridis (sorong)
1.2 Lampropeltis californiae desert
1.1 Lampropeltis californiae albino striped
2.1 Lampropeltis californiae lavender
1.1 Lampropeltis californiae snow
2.2 Lampropeltis triangulum sinaloae
1.1 Lampropeltis triangulum nelsoni albino
1.1 Lampropeltis triangulum gaigeae
2.1 Lampropeltis triangulum hondurensis albino
0.1 Lampropeltis triangulum hondurensis het albino
1.1 Lampropeltis triangulum hondurensis het hypo
1.1 Heterodon nasicus
0.1 Pituophis sayi albino
2.2 Pituophis sayi ivory ghost
1.1 Elaphe guttata blizzard
1.1 Elaphe guttata lavender
0.1 Elaphe guttata snow het opal
1.0 Elaphe guttata bloodred
1.0 Elaphe guttata hypo bloodred
1.0 Elaphe guttata albino striped
1.3 Elaphe guttata snow
1.0 Elaphe guttata snow bubblegum striped
1.0 Elaphe guttata ghost motley
0.1 Elaphe guttata albino
1.0 Elaphe guttata albino sunglow
0.1 Elaphe guttata miamy phase
1.1 Elaphe guttata candy cane
1.1 Elaphe o. obsoleta leucistic
2.2 Elaphe o. obsoleta het albino and white side
1.0 Elaphe o. obsoleta white side
1.2 Jungle corn albino
0.1 Jungle corn snow
1.0 Jungle corn albino striped

I have an adult trio and asked the Barkers about cooling them. They told me they never cooled theirs. They just put them together here and there and the females would have several clutches a year that way.

I figure they certainly know what they are talking about.