Downfall to "overlocking"

[KING JAMES]

I know a lot of people say a female only needs to lock once per shed cycle on average. My question is if there is any downfall to more frequent than that. I have a male who is locking with everything he sees every time he is in with them. The joy is he still eats like a champ..so as long as he keeps eating and I keep giving him breaks between females is there any reason to limit the number of times he is in with the females in a set amount of time? He is only breeding 3 females and I am giving him 2-3 days off after every lock. In the past two weeks he has locked with each female twice (he has yet to be in with a female for more than 12 hours without locking up)

[MrLang]

Don't think there is a downfall if he's still eating. Are the females still eating?

[KING JAMES]

Yeah they have been eating as well, had one skip one meal but she is the girl that is spotty sometimes at feeding anyway.

[Holtgards]

someone posted the other day that the males will only produce so many sperm plugs

[KING JAMES]

Hmm, interesting. Do you remember where that was or the number they can produce?

[Holtgards]

http://ball-pythons.net/forums/showt...=1#post2157462

finally found it

[Royal Hijinx]

The biggest issue will be unnecessarily wearing out the male. Even if he is eating, it is wear and tear on the parts and more chance for random weird/bad things.

[Mike41793]

One good lock a month with each girl is all you really need. Also, in some instances, it only takes one lock

[KING JAMES]

I guess I will chill out with him for a bit and give him a few weeks break before his next "session"