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Posted by Fred Albury on April 04, 2002 at 16:38:29:
In Reply to: more thoughts Fred... posted by Dean Alessandrini on April 04, 2002 at 15:48:20:
: Fred,
: “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it" right?
: I can’t argue with the repeated success you have had Fred.
: But I can say that for the past 2 years in a row and in previous years in the early 90’s when I bred indigos successfully…I have stayed with a similar pattern of gradual reduction of nighttime temps and photoperiods throughout the fall and winter until the nights are dropping into the upper 50’s, or even as low as 55. During this coldest period, heat lamps kick on during the day, and the snakes ALWAYS come out and bask for the several hours that the lights are on and warm themselves nicely.
: In a breeding colony that is now up to 8 animals including my TX, I have only had one mild respiratory infection that cleared very quickly upon administering a mild oral anti-biotic.
: Since so many have tried breeding indigos and failed, or have had sporadic success, I thought I had stumbled on the best formula by allowing the nightimes drops into the 50’s. But…since you are obviously very successful repeatedly, I’d like to find some other common denominator here (besides baldness, that is)
: I’m starting to think photoperiods. I have noticed that as soon as I begin to reduce the photoperiods, I start to see sperm deposits in the male’s water. I block out all influence from other light sources (like windows) and make sure all the light is being controlled by the timers so they cannot be “fooled” by other secondary light sources.
: Do you routinely reduce the photoperiods during the fall/winter ?
: There has to be something that you and I and Doug and Robert Sieb and the very few others who are having repeated success are doing similarly…and maybe therein lies the big secret.
: Dean A.
Dean,
I attempt to manipulate the photoperioddureing fall and winter as the dats grow shorter,the timers are set to coincide with the change in length of the light cycle.
Barometric pressure seems to have an Overwhelnming affect on my Easterns, and dureing rainstorms I open the windows to the house wide(Which my ex thought was insane:) but it triggered the onest of breeding with the males crawling up and down the walls of their cages. I am not diputeing your methods Dean, and maybe they would work for me, but I am basically a coward when it comes to modifying technique especially if it works to any decent degree.So I have stayed with what I beleived and stumbled upon. Your success speaks for itself, maybe if I get more Easterns I will use 1 pair as an "experimental " pair, to just try diffrewnt techniques with, with no care as to the outcome, just to see what works. Probably have great results and have to change everything!
I also find that my Easterns show a high degree of distress at temps over 83. They really dont like to much heat. Good God these animals are fussy! lol Thanks for the input.
Take care,
Fred
