New to Breeding

[modelkayschweitzer]

Any advice to help me this season would be awesome. Have my female fat and happy. Drop her temperatures at night to 75 and back to 80+ during the day. At what point do I introduce the male? How long does my male stay in before I take him out? Completely new to this and a little confused from the sources I have been reading. TIA

Always,
Kay

[modelkayschweitzer]

Btw, female is normal and male is LemonBlast.

[bcr229]

No night drop is needed for ball pythons. Keep her temps as normal, there's less risk of them contracting an RI.

This is my weekly schedule for breeders:
Weekend: offer food (can be either Saturday or Sunday depending on my plans)
Tuesday night: male goes in with female
Thursday night: male comes out unless they're locked; in that case I just wait until they're done

Oh and no one warned me before I started breeding, but expect the female's enclosure to be filthy when it comes time to move the male back to his home.

[modelkayschweitzer]

Thank you. I will try this. Hoping to have a hopefull first season!

[Stewart_Reptiles]

Chances how you will still be confused when you get answers here.

Everyone does it a little differently so you will get many answer.

My best advice with everything you have read find what you think will work for you.

What I do: I don't drop temps, I breed year round, male stays with a female 2 days (less if I observe copulation), my males usually see the female they are "assigned to" once or twice a month. I paired my animals during cool front, rainy days, storm etc (pairing during low barometric pressure)

[modelkayschweitzer]

Thank You for your advice. Getting opinions and seeing what my pair prefers. This is day 2 of them being paired. May have latched yesterday (thought I seen them latched tails, 2 hours later they were not). We will see if I can get lucky this season. What advice is there for feeding female?

Chances how you will still be confused when you get answers here.

Everyone does it a little differently so you will get many answer.

My best advice with everything you have read find what you think will work for you.

What I do: I don't drop temps, I breed year round, male stays with a female 2 days (less if I observe copulation), my males usually see the female they are "assigned to" once or twice a month. I paired my animals during cool front, rainy days, storm etc (pairing during low barometric pressure)

[bcr229]

What I do: I don't drop temps, I breed year round, male stays with a female 2 days (less if I observe copulation), my males usually see the female they are "assigned to" once or twice a month. I paired my animals during cool front, rainy days, storm etc (pairing during low barometric pressure)

Good point, there's nothing like a thunderstorm to get them in the mood!

[modelkayschweitzer]

Funny part. Thunderstorm started an hour ago, they just latched a few minutes ago. Lol!