Too early for breeding?

[StoneyMc]

I have 3 balls all in which I want to breed eventually. I have a 3yo normal, 1yo axanthic, and a 1yo pin stripe. I've heard a lot of breeders breed theirs young but want a 2nd opinion or more haha. Thanks in advance for the knowledge. (All 3 males)

[KMG]

You missing the other half of the equation.

You know their weights? Most go more by weight than just age.

[Mike41793]

Can you post more pics of that normal? Looks awesome

The axanthic looks like a hypo to me, tho I'm not super familiar with the gene.

All of them look big enough to breed imo

[StoneyMc]

@kmg not at the moment my scale isn't big enough but when I go to my second job I'll see if I can get that info lol thanks

[StoneyMc]

@mike41793 I don't have anymore in this phone and he's currently going through another shed. As soon as he's done I'll post em or send some to you

[StoneyMc]

You missing the other half of the equation.

You know their weights? Most go more by weight than just age.

I haven't been able to weigh the pinstripe yet but the axanthic weighs 570g and hasn't ate in almost 2 weeks due to shedding

[KMG]

First let me tell you that I am not a breeder. I thought others would chime in but I was wrong. I will give you my opinion and my experience here.

I have seen here where males bred fine at 500 grams and a few times even smaller. The important thing is to keep a close eye on him. Males will breed to death. If you notice much weight loss I would pull him out and I also would not try to breed multiple females. I would do one and done if at all at the moment. IMHO.

I'm just curious.
What's the hurry that makes you want to breed now?
Are you going to buy a female and what is the plan there?

[StoneyMc]

First let me tell you that I am not a breeder. I thought others would chime in but I was wrong. I will give you my opinion and my experience here.

I have seen here where males bred fine at 500 grams and a few times even smaller. The important thing is to keep a close eye on him. Males will breed to death. If you notice much weight loss I would pull him out and I also would not try to breed multiple females. I would do one and done if at all at the moment. IMHO.

I'm just curious.
What's the hurry that makes you want to breed now?
Are you going to buy a female and what is the plan there?

Thanks for the opinion brother. But yes I was planning on buying a female on the 12th of October at an expo coming up I have a 3yo male also he's a norm het albino I believe. I really just want to try it out for trial and error to learn the steps and to also decide whether it's something I want to get into or just collect because I use to breed pit bulls before the military and and one point had up to 32 at once I just really love the many possibilities of breeding pythons lol if that makes any sense.

[KMG]

I get it.

Maybe you could find a breeder near you that could give you a walk through and give you a bit of an inside look at breeding before you make the plunge.

[Stewart_Reptiles]

Are they old enough yes, they can breed soon as they produce sperm plug.

Now will they breed? Not always.

Over the past six season I had no luck with males under 600 grams, you can try but it may not work.

You also need to closely monitor the males a smaller males and not breed them too often (which they don't need anyway) and if a male stop eating and start losing weight (and they will as breeding take a toll on them) you will need to remove the male from rotation.

Males that are smaller but eat throughout the season are less of a worry.

The good news is since you do not have a female and once you have her you need to add at least 3 months of quarantine before being able to pair them, this will give you time to bulk them up some more.