Ball Python and Lighting?
I am currently about to start putting my ball pythons into winter shut down for the breeding season. I have not be keeping them on a light schedule though. They are downstairs in the laundry room and solely get light when i do laundry or when I am tending to them or feed them. Now if I start to put them into winter shut down and don't have a light diary will this greatly affect my fertilized egg output? Can I start them on a light schedule as soon as I start cooling them and everything will be O.K. ?
Answers: Do you mean they be kept in complete darkness most of the time? To be honest, my guess would be whether you were keeping them in the dark beside only random turning on of lights, this could have thrown them completely out of cycle and motive them to not breed. If you were to start them on a light cycle now, it would come across as though the days are increasing since they're getting more light, and you want them to have less muted than normal during the cool down process, not more. Every breeder I know, including myself, keeps the lights in their reptile room on a timed programme. I have two rooms and the lights are controlled by timers, which keeps the light cycle consistent from hours of daylight to day. Breeding is a year round process which includes the conditioning of the breeders. There's more to it than just putting two snakes together. Hopefully, you get lucky and everything works out, giving you plenty of babies. What I would do is a moment ago keep the lighting the same and not change anything save for the lowering of the temperatures, since changes to the light cycle aren't vital for a successful breeding.
I don't think you must cool it of,Because they need heat and street lamp.
I hope im right
