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okay i searched for these questions and no one seemed to have them. when does the breeding season start in fl? when should i start lowering my temps? and do you lower the male and females temp? after how long of the temp being lowered do i put the male in with the female? and when do i start to bring the temp up after that and when should it be back upto normal? thanks for the people that answer with answers :-D

I would suggest that you buy a book called the Boa constrictor manual. That guide helped me alot. I think you have alot of good questions, but that book can answer alot of them. Breeding boas, I have found is more about knowing them than just breeding them. I believe I can breed any time of the year. I have been studying the boas not just fixing the surroundings. I do not agree with cooling boas either and have proved it not to be needed, for myself. Andy

well i would be interested to talk to you. im going to make a post and see how many people do it that way and produce still. please check out the post i make and respond.. thanks

most 'small-medium' breeders I know in Florida have their snakes in an outdoor room, porch, garage, or similar extension of the house. They may be a bit warmer than the house, or have no heat/cooling at all, making them just a bit cooler than outside.

In this case, the temps stay 'toasty' year round, other than winter time when there is a small, gradual cooling with the weather outside.

Most of these guys have produced successfully by not doing anything at all to change this or alter temps. The only thing is in dead summer if it is too hot, they may open the door leading from the garage to the house so some AC gets in there... you don't want the temps getting too high... ambient temps of 90 or higher are too high IMO.
After producing slugs/deformities/premies a couple years, a big breeder told one of my friends he was literally 'cooking' the babies with his temps, which were around high 80's-low 90's.

but I remember the winter in Florida where it didn't drop below 65 or so and none of my 12 ready females ovulated, none of my 7 breeder males courted. You would be at the mercy of the elements.

For now, that is probably all you can do. Do it well - learn, and get the experience so you develop your own formulas and processes. Then when you can do it in a more controlled enviorment, you will know exactly what to do.. exactly how you and your snakes like it.

later -Joe

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Thanks and take care - Joe Rollo
'Tis not the stongest of the species that will eventually survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change' Charles Darwin

My recipe-
Open windows in winter, have only heat tape set to 90F day and night....my caes face a garage window so they get the photoperiod like that.....
I then close the windows in summer and turn on A.C to keep it at a moderate 80f along with the 90f tape....

they do their thing on first cold snap......not much but htey get the "feeling" for it...
then after a couple weeks they really go at it.
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