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Originally Posted by CollinGallows
How do you know when it's breeding season? I
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Normally breeding season for retics starts somewhere between late September and early November, and ends in March. It is stimulated by the snake's photoperiod dropping to ca. 8-10 hours per day, and its nighttime temps dropping to the mid 70's or so (you can coax a retic to breed out of season by messing with its photoperiod and night temps; I don't know if the opposite is true, but I'd say you couldn't keep a retic from going into breeding mode indefinitely just by maintaining a constant 12-14 hour day and not letting the temps drop a little).
My guess would be that tap-training would somewhat diminish the risks of getting a combat bite, since the object of the combat bite is after all to make sure no competitive snakes (or anything moving in the viv that might be a competitive snake, you never know, best to bite first and ask questions later) get too uppity - but might not eliminate them. However, before trusting even that guess to keep my body parts intact, I'd get the opinion of someone who has a fair bit of experience with actually breeding the critters.
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