advice about feeding female in breeding season

[adi_ie18]

hi guys
here's the story

i have a female spider about 1600gr and pastel male about 1200gr
last month i have mix them them together,in purpose to breed,and i have seen lock 3 times in:

first in 19 november 2011

and then the second is in 11 december 2011 no picture
and the third is in 15 december



i feed the males just like ordinary meal i gave him,i give him 150-200gr rat

my question is:
how about feeding the female in the breeding season?she usually eat 200-250gr rat in 10-15 days,should i reduce the size of the rat?what is the correct size for my female?and what might happen if i just feed her with regular size(200-250gr)

thanks all,this is my first time for breeding snake,i hope it will be succes with some help from all of you

[axeman569]

I continue to feed my breeders all year if they want to eat. I don't usually reduce the size of food item, but I do feed less often. This gives them more time to digest and rest. For what it's worth, I don't reduce the temps anymore. this maintains the heat needed for digestion.

[adi_ie18]

I continue to feed my breeders all year if they want to eat. I don't usually reduce the size of food item, but I do feed less often. This gives them more time to digest and rest. For what it's worth, I don't reduce the temps anymore. this maintains the heat needed for digestion.

in my mind,iif i feed the female with big food item,than it will press the egg or something


Thanks axeman i will continue feed her like i usually do

I hope this first time breeding will be succesful

[snakesRkewl]

I feed them all they want to eat in Sept/Oct/Nov smaller meals usually 2-3 times a week.
In December they go back to their normal once a week 80-100 gram rats.

I try to never feed any of my breeders larger than 150 gram rats and typically stick to 80-100 gram rats even for 3000 gram females.

My larger males get once a week 50-75 gram rats and smaller males get 40-50 gram rats once a week.

I've found it easier to keep males and females on feed during breeding season with smaller prey items

[axeman569]

I guess I should have spelled out I never feed larger than a medium rat to the females and smalls to the males. In my experience they will stop eating once they ovulate. No worries about pressing on the eggs.

[adi_ie18]

I feed them all they want to eat in Sept/Oct/Nov smaller meals usually 2-3 times a week.
In December they go back to their normal once a week 80-100 gram rats.

I try to never feed any of my breeders larger than 150 gram rats and typically stick to 80-100 gram rats even for 3000 gram females.

My larger males get once a week 50-75 gram rats and smaller males get 40-50 gram rats once a week.

I've found it easier to keep males and females on feed during breeding season with smaller prey items

I'll try to reduce a bit,may be 200-250gr is too big for her,may be 100-150gr would be better
Thank u

[BallsUnlimited]

this year i did it a lil different i did mediums once a week from sept-end of nov and the rest of the year they will be on smalls . if they have been bred they will get two a week sometimes 3 if i have a male or female go off food an have left overs.

[dahlhouse23]

I continue to offer smaller meals.