breeding weight

[MarkS]

Good deal Man.. Have you had her to the vet for an ultra sound? Make sure there is nothing left in her. If you know what I mean?

No, no ultrasound. I'm sure there was nothing left in her after I striped the eggs out of her. And she's been eating and deficating fine since then. One bonus out of the whole ordeal is that now she's finally taking rats. She'd been a mouser her whole life until this point.

[MarkS]

Shall we move onto breeder male weights? I'll get killed here lol!!

Hehehe, I know what you mean. I was SO mad at myself this past year for losing my 'JASBALLS' clutch. I called it that because I had put a young 6 month old 350gram male yellow belly in with a young 1100 gram normal female last year just to see what would happen. I didn't even have them together that long, but she produced a small clutch of 2 good sized eggs and 1 slug. Unfortunatly the eggs died due to me being a dork and not paying attention to the moisture level in the egg box. I let them get too dry. It would have been fun producing some hatchlings that wouldn't have been that much smaller then their Dad.

Mark

[JASBALLS]

LOL...by all means! But I have a good idea of that through other forums.

Actually I would be interested to hear the age and weights of breeder males as well in terms of producing viable clutches, and possibly how many.

I've had my cinnamon male in rotation with one female the last few weeks, he has locked up five times that I've caught and has been producing sperm plugs. He's a late 06 hatch and still small by my standards at 430 grams. If his copulation will take with the female is yet to be seen....

My youngest male (to produce eggs) was 5 months 200-250g. 2 clutches. He was 500g when the little girl in my avatar pipped!

My youngest male to breed was a little 175g male. Locked up with his mom for 3 hours strait! (I have pics lol) she did not go..

425g. (the freak) Locked up with my (then 4800g) female 13 eggs! All hatched..

05 male mojo, Got him in January 06 (at 75g) He bred 13 females. Did not mis one feeding to this day! I got 8 clutches from him. 24 mojaves!

[jknudson]

My youngest male (to produce eggs) was 5 months 200-250g. 2 clutches. He was 500g when the little girl in my avatar pipped!

My youngest male to breed was a little 175g male. Locked up with his mom for 3 hours strait! (I have pics lol) she did not go..

425g. (the freak) Locked up with my (then 4800g) female 13 eggs! All hatched..

05 male mojo, Got him in January 06 (at 75g) He bred 13 females. Did not mis one feeding to this day! I got 8 clutches from him. 24 mojaves!

Thanks for those stats John!

I'm not ballsy enough to try that.... that male jave had quite the mojo! lol... send one over...I'll give him a try at my females!

[JASBALLS]

Hehehe, I know what you mean. I was SO mad at myself this past year for losing my 'JASBALLS' clutch. I called it that because I had put a young 6 month old 350gram male yellow belly in with a young 1100 gram normal female last year just to see what would happen. I didn't even have them together that long, but she produced a small clutch of 2 good sized eggs and 1 slug. Unfortunatly the eggs died due to me being a dork and not paying attention to the moisture level in the egg box. I let them get too dry. It would have been fun producing some hatchlings that wouldn't have been that much smaller then their Dad.

Mark

That sucks Man, Are you sure thats what you called the clutch though?? LOL!
It is Fun though Mark.. Wait until you see this young pinstripe breeding! I love it!

[SatanicIntention]

My Lemon pastel male(August 06 hatch) was 450g and 5-6 months old when I started cycling him in with females. He never skipped a feeding(every 6 days) and those girls gave two good-sized clutches, all healthy eggs that hatched. He's now 1100g and ready to go again. Such a garbage disposal

Now I just gotta get that Black Pastel up to size He's maybe 175g now, but eating like it's going out of style. We'll see how he looks in January(when it actually gets cold here in Texas).

[Petboy15]

I'll be giving my 06 male het clown 2 girls this year. He is around 450 grams, Im interested to see how he does!

[Emilio]

My youngest male (to produce eggs) was 5 months 200-250g. 2 clutches. He was 500g when the little girl in my avatar pipped!

My youngest male to breed was a little 175g male. Locked up with his mom for 3 hours strait! (I have pics lol) she did not go..

425g. (the freak) Locked up with my (then 4800g) female 13 eggs! All hatched..

05 male mojo, Got him in January 06 (at 75g) He bred 13 females. Did not mis one feeding to this day! I got 8 clutches from him. 24 mojaves!

Dam that mojo ain't playin No experience here yet guy's can't wait til this season.

[PythonWallace]

Wow, I'm surprised to hear all these low weights for breeding males. I always thought that it wasn't safe, or wasn't worth trying untill they were at least 600g or so. I guess my spider can go for me this year. Woo hoo, now I can try for spiders, Bell pastels and mojos. My albino is about 500g too. Looks like I have to buy an adult het female or another big normal!

[JASBALLS]

Wow, I'm surprised to hear all these low weights for breeding males. I always thought that it wasn't safe, or wasn't worth trying untill they were at least 600g or so.

I never said it was safe! If you dont know what you are doing, Dont even try. It could cost you in the end!