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okay ive been doing alot of research and reading. this is what im planning on doing, correct me if im wrong in any of my steps. im in florida by the way and all my breedings will be boas, im planning on a hetXhet, albinoXhet, albino het stripeXhet stripe albino and dh sunglowXalbino. they are going to be in 4' long, 2' deep and 2' high cages. im planning on RHP that are going to keep the cages high 80's on the hot side and low 80's on the cold side and both side dropping a few degrees at night. feeding will be done every 10 days and at the beginning of november i will feed the female a little more and i will do it once a week. at the beginning of january i will be putting the male in with the female and starting to drop the temp down to the low 80's on the hot side and around 75 on the cool side and dropping it a few degrees at night (this will be done over a 10 day period). i will feed the female only every 15 days in the next few months. i will keep the temps cool for around 2 1/2 months then bring them back up to normal within a few weeks. let me know how im looking so far. from what i have been reading that should be right on for the most part so let me know how my temps, feeding, months and all the rest is! thanks and please correct anything that is wrong!

someone answer please!!!

Allllright Im going to say what works for me... Take it only as that... It works for me but not for all people....Steve and I only do boas and like to run our rooms warm.. the air temp in the snake room varies from 76-81 degrees... The hot side is run on freedom breeder tanks with the heat tape set at 95. Living in S. California offers me the ability to lower and raise the temps all at my control.. i never have to worry about outside temps playing with my snake room temps..Sooo breeding... in November i stop feeding my females...(note all my females eat every 7 days a meal of appropriate size for that snake, som people like to feed throughout breeding but... i find that my females will not eat after the male is introduced soooooo i just cut that part out...) and introduce my males in with two particular females that love to breed early and POS by the end of December. Those two get breed first and then down the list of ready and willing females rotating the males. The males i will seperate and feed every other week to every 3 weeks depending on the size and maturity of the male. Then i sit back and wait (god, Steve hates the waiting!!!) Let my males do there thing and seperate them after the POS shed... if my male shows little intrest i will seperate him for 3 days and then throw them together again.... Then anywhere from 100-112 days later the babies are there and the female goes back on food...

If there are more questions i can help you with i would love to give you any advice i could... AGAIN this is just want works for me and my particular set up....Hope this information was helpful for you.

Sincerely,
Rose Hipskind
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thanks for letting me know what works for you. do you change the temp at all anytime in the year when breeding or anything?

anyone??????????

NOpe.... we let the ambient temp change slightly throughout the year with environmental changes but it will only flex a few degrees.. Other than that we keep it the same all year long...

Hope that helps...
Sincerely,
Rose Hipskind

PS... you will get a quicker reply if you email me directly... srsnakes@yahoo.com
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