Hi,

I have no dog in this fight, so I don't really care about deserts either way, but if a breeder is claiming that they just "haven't got the temperature dialed in right" in order to explain the lack of fertility of desert females, then that is just horseshat. These are ball pythons, nothing more, nothing less. They should not require any temperature manipulation beyond standard seasonal variations, meaning offering cool options (high 60s-low 70s) and hot options (mid 90s to low 100s) so that they can develop follilces, successfully ovulate and deposit eggs. These are not diamonds or Boelen's that can utilize or require really cool options, they are balls that require minor temperature differentiation at best. Any suggestion otherwise is just nonsense, and anyone with more than a few years of python breeding under their belt ought to know better. To say otherwise stinks of bs to me.

Will

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