female established breeder breeding cycle

[Mike Cavanaugh]

The female has bred 3 years in a row. Every year she has been paired with males starting in November. Every year she has been paired with the males until she obviously had eggs in her. Every year she has laid her eggs in June.

What starts this females breeding cycle? What is it that makes her body start to go into reproduction mode? Does it naturally happen the same time in the 4th year because of the cycle she has been on the last three years? Is it the introduction of a male? Is it temperature drops? Is it seasonal changes?

What If I want to delay her breeding by 5 months this year and not start introducing the male until April? What would it take to do it? Would it work? Or would she likely miss the season completely?

[snake lab]

If shes obviouslly ovulating the same times every year id try and keep her on that schedule but since you use temp drops to breed then you can just do your drops later in the year and she should go. My males start runnin through the first group of girls november 1st. Those girls usually drop eggs in april. The second group of girls breed in january and the third group of girls breed in june. I keep the girls on their same schedule every year

[snakesRkewl]

I have several females that drop the same time of the year no matter when I start breeding with them.
I started in Sept with one girl and she dropped in June, the following season she got started in December and dropped eggs in June again.
Last season once again she started breeding in September and dropped eggs in June, lol.

Good questions Mike

[Mike Cavanaugh]

I have several females that drop the same time of the year no matter when I start breeding with them.
I started in Sept with one girl and she dropped in June, the following season she got started in December and dropped eggs in June again.
Last season once again she started breeding in September and dropped eggs in June, lol.

Good questions Mike

I guess it would be difficult if not possible to really answer my questions...

Like in your example we have no idea of knowing if that happened because her cycle is set to reproduce at that time, or if it was other things that naturally happened at the same time (weather, temp, season, whatever) that caused it.

[AlanDavidExotics]

Im breeding a select few females based on a "continuous breeding cycle". Basically, I have a few females that Ive tracked throughout the seasons that have always laid and ovulated around the same time of the year. Im hoping that their follicules will continue to develop without being introduced to any males at the beginning of the season... giving me more time to let these small males mature and put on more weight. Ill introduce these males 1- 2 1/2 months before the females "usually" obvulates. If I'm able to get eggs from them great, but no big deal if I dont. These are highly important females that will be bred to high profile males. If they dont produce this year hopefully I get a bigger clutch the following year from them.

[snake lab]

I used to have an albino girl that nomatter when i bred her she dropped eggs in august. She would retain sperm and obviouslly ovulate the same time every year and she was in group one that starts breeding in november