Since Jan 1st, I've been cooling the room I keep my adult kings in with outside air. Temps have ranged from 50-65 since, with very occasional spikes into the 70s. So far so good. All my kings are from Florida, and even with the spikes into the 70s, this is still a more prolonged cold than they'd get in FL.

Last week outdoor temps rose and the room got to 75 . All the snakes were active and moving around in their cages. Just to see what would happen, I put few pairs together. A few showed no interest, a couple had definite interest from the males, and one pair locked up.

My plan was to warm them up at the beginning of March after I get their heat tape installed. Two months seems to be the minimum brumation according to the breeders I've talked to. I'm still going to wait till March, as I don't have their heat tape installed, but it seems as though I could warm them up and start feeding them now and they'd ovulate / breed as planned.

Any thoughts?

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