Breeding several females to 1 male

[Snakydan]

Hi guys,

Just wondering, I have a male lesser ball (700g) and 3 up to size female normal (2kg plus) to be bred this coming year. All are in good health and weight.

Is it advisable to do the lesser male with 1 female for 3 days in and 3 days off routine rotating all 3 females?

Need advise, thanks

[Ridinandreptiles]

please search.... that will be fine, just watch the males weight as always

[Jonas@Balls2TheWall]

That will be fine.

[SlitherinSisters]

Are you asking if you should move the females to his tub? It's a lot easier to just move the male around in my opinon, but it's totally up to you. I look at it from the stand point of keeping the females relaxed and not stressing them by moving them to different tubs.

[OctagonGecko729]

Does it really make any difference for the male to be taken to more then 1 female as opposed to 1 female? So long as its the same cycle what would be the difference as far as stress to the male? Wouldn't there be absolutely no difference between taking a male to one female vs taking him to say 10? So long as the cycle is still 3 days in 3-5 days out, whats the difference to the male? I understand the difference from the female side.

[naturesbeautybreeder]

I've heard stories from my friend about "stretching out" males meaning they bred him to 10+ females and had alot of slugs out of the ones past 7-8 like thy ran out of swimmers. I personally will see what the male does if I think he can handle 5-6 females I won't over do it but most males can easily handle 3 even my chocolate started breeding at 350g and bred 6 females and all laid good clutches.

[don15681]

Does it really make any difference for the male to be taken to more then 1 female as opposed to 1 female? So long as its the same cycle what would be the difference as far as stress to the male? Wouldn't there be absolutely no difference between taking a male to one female vs taking him to say 10? So long as the cycle is still 3 days in 3-5 days out, whats the difference to the male? I understand the difference from the female side.

thru breeding I try and place the male with the female with a good lock once a month. last few season had my ultrasound, helps a lot if you have a high end male you want to spread out to many females.

[OctagonGecko729]

Right so, on the male side of things (dieing from exhaustion/starvation/stress) it doesnt make a difference how many girls. But from the female side of things (fertile eggs) its best to keep the male down to just a few females unless you have been in the game for a while or have an ultrasound.

[don15681]

Right so, on the male side of things (dieing from exhaustion/starvation/stress) it doesnt make a difference how many girls. But from the female side of things (fertile eggs) its best to keep the male down to just a few females unless you have been in the game for a while or have an ultrasound.

if I have a small young male, I'll breed him to 1 or 2 females. but before I got the ultrasound, I like to get a good lock once a month to every female that a good breeding size male was breeding too, and still giving him the time off between females. I have a new breeding male this year, he's around the 800 gram mark. he's breeding and also eating. so he can be breed to more with him being on feed. just my way of doing things with good results.

[Badgemash]

How does the ultrasound help? What exactly are you looking at with it?