For most people, these off season copulations are usually not successful. The reasons are simple. The keepers do not expect these and do not have proper support for the female. Many time the male has not been supported either. Both with food and with temps.

In nature, if the animals have been dormait, the males will become active about two weeks before the females.

So captive husbandry is a case of timing and yes it is. The recipe methods used here are method to breed a particular snake at a particular time.

If you support a snake with food and temps that it can choose, you know, give them choices, it will result in something different. What that different is, is a reflection of what you offer. Cheers

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• Length of brumation cycle? - foxturtle, Sat Feb 14 12:03:24 2009
• It's an art, not a science... - brhaco, Sat Feb 14 12:43:19 2009
• RE: It's an art, not a science... - DISCERN, Sat Feb 14 13:39:32 2009
• RE: It's an art, not a science... - brhaco, Sat Feb 14 14:15:38 2009
• RE: Its simple biology, not art - FR, Sat Feb 14 14:32:15 2009
• So FR........... - BobS, Sat Feb 14 15:16:46 2009
• RE: So FR........... - BobS, Sat Feb 14 15:28:36 2009
• RE: So FR........... - antelope, Sat Feb 14 20:59:57 2009
• RE: So FR........... - BobS, Sat Feb 14 22:27:09 2009
• RE: So FR........... - FR, Sun Feb 15 00:35:37 2009
• RE: So FR........... - BobS, Sun Feb 15 15:09:51 2009
• That is your biggest problem - zach_whitman, Mon Feb 16 01:03:23 2009
• RE: That is your biggest problem - BobS, Mon Feb 16 08:35:06 2009
• RE: That is your biggest problem - BobS, Mon Feb 16 09:15:24 2009
• RE: That is your biggest problem - DISCERN, Mon Feb 16 12:01:45 2009
• RE: That is your biggest problem - BobS, Mon Feb 16 12:39:26 2009
• RE: That is your biggest problem - zach_whitman, Wed Feb 18 21:26:43 2009
• RE: That is your biggest problem - DISCERN, Wed Feb 18 21:51:47 2009
• RE: That is your biggest problem - markg, Mon Feb 16 14:33:11 2009
• By the way Zach............ - BobS, Mon Feb 16 16:52:59 2009
• RE: By the way Zach............ - indictment, Mon Feb 16 19:21:53 2009
• thanks nm - BobS, Mon Feb 16 21:02:40 2009
• RE: By the way Zach............ - zach_whitman, Wed Feb 18 21:20:25 2009
• RE: By the way Zach............ - BobS, Wed Feb 18 22:59:39 2009
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• RE: By the way Zach.....III....... - zach_whitman, Thu Feb 19 01:03:58 2009
• RE: By the way Zach.....III....... - BobS, Thu Feb 19 02:01:33 2009
• RE: Its simple biology, not art - Beaker30, Sat Feb 14 15:39:29 2009
• Small correction... - brhaco, Sat Feb 14 19:10:45 2009
• RE: Length of brumation cycle? - ZFelicien, Sat Feb 14 15:31:46 2009
• RE: Length of brumation cycle? - foxturtle, Sat Feb 14 17:40:07 2009
• Btw... - foxturtle, Sat Feb 14 17:44:34 2009
• I Wish! - ZFelicien, Sat Feb 14 19:22:49 2009
• RE: Length of brumation cycle? - FR, Sun Feb 15 08:52:14 2009
• RE: Length of brumation cycle? - brhaco, Sun Feb 15 09:18:31 2009