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16-Dec-06, 08:27 AM
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I'm relatively new to keeping spotted pythons and I have a bunch of questions:
1. My male is almost 6 years old. By the time my 4-month-old female is ready to breed, will he be too old? I don't want to waste my time if he's shootin' blanks. 
2. My male stopped eating 3 months ago and started hiding on the cool end of the cage. So I decided to let him brumate (do you guys use that word? I'm in the US  ). I've had the temps steady at 21 degrees C for the past 2 months. When should I start warming him back up?
3. How should I start warming him up? Slowly raise the temps over a period of weeks? I assume I have to wait until temps are back up to normal before feeding him.
Thanks in advance for the help! 
Male: Huxley 
Female: still waiting to be named  |
16-Dec-06, 02:44 PM
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its very dangerous to leave snake in limbo at that sort of temp for that long, id be giving him acsess to heat imediately.
The best way to cool any python down is to give it cool nights and hot days.
The male will be fine to breed with.
I wouldnt worry about temps much at all, as long as the snake has a warm area to go and a cool area to go you should never have a problem, as the snake will choose where it wants to be when it wants to be there. Then as said above to cool for breeding, just turn the heat off at night and on during the day.
Hope this helps.
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16-Dec-06, 03:07 PM
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Im with TB, its much better practice to not dim the temps, rather slowly decrease the time that heat is available down to 6 hrs (4 hrs at absolute minimum). Although I have found that this method can only be successful if your enclosure is in a room affected appropriately by seasonal fluctuations in temps, as the cool nights are essential for viable sperm production in alot of species... although macs dont really need much help at all to get the job done....
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17-Dec-06, 02:04 AM
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Ooooh I ran right over and clicked his heat back on. I'll start him with 4 or 5 hours a day and gradually work back up. Thanks for the advice!
Getting temps low enough are not a problem in my part of the world. I could get down to -6 C for a good part of the winter if my furnace broke. | |
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