As mentioned, the light has nothing to do with the snake laying eggs, however as mentioned earlier, the proper photoperiod can play a HUGE part in their breeding cues in conjunction with the corresponding cooler winter temps. This means a gradual reduction in the cooler months, and of course a gradually longer one in the spring breeding season. They don't necessarily need 2 or three months of solid prolonged real cool temps to breed at all, but they both still need to sense a seasonal change to naturally cycle and reproduce.

As I mentioned in the other post here, temps that are too warm can easily kill sperm and reduce the viable numbers of them.

A constant light source during the wrong time could actually be the exact opposite of what should be done, as it could easily be throwing their instinctual breeding cues off a great deal.

I find that a simple window in the room (or well-managed artificial light source on timers, etc..) along with the correct seasonal temps always work just fine for me.


~Doug
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"a snake in the grass is a GOOD thing"

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