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    Male to Female Ratio....

    Hi,
    I have a few questions:
    How many females can be use per male without problems?
    If multiple females are going to be used, how do you work the 3 days on/off cycle?
    During the breeding months, do you turn off the udertank heaters?
    How do you identify ovulation?

    Thanks in advance...
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    Re: Male to Female Ratio....

    I have heard people use 1 male to up to 5 females. I only run one male by 2-3 females.

    I didn't turn them off just down

    Check this site out really good
    http://www.ballpythons.ca/gallery/breeding.html
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    Re: Male to Female Ratio....

    Ovulations are relatively easy to see. It looks like your snake suddenly swallowed a football. Although if happens for a short period so unless you are checking daily you could miss it. Here's a pick of my girl ovualting.

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    Re: Male to Female Ratio....

    Thanks for the fast reply's....

    About the male to females
    If you are going to use one male with 5 females for example, you put the male in female #1 cage for three days, remove it and give 3 days off. Then put it with female #2 for three more days and3 days off, and like that with the rest.
    Thant mean that each female will have the male for three days and then again in 30 days or so?

    I'm a confused about this, can any one help?
    Tigerlily I allready check the website that you sent me and it has a great info. Thanks
    Freakie_frog that is a great example, Thanks....

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    Re: Male to Female Ratio....

    Quote Originally Posted by dracovolans View Post
    Thanks for the fast reply's....

    About the male to females
    If you are going to use one male with 5 females for example, you put the male in female #1 cage for three days, remove it and give 3 days off. Then put it with female #2 for three more days and3 days off, and like that with the rest.
    Thant mean that each female will have the male for three days and then again in 30 days or so?

    I'm a confused about this, can any one help?
    Yea I will put my male pastel in with a female for 2-3 days, Then he gets a break for 2-3 days then he moves to female #2 for 2-3days, then he gets a rest for 2-3 days and I try to feed the male during his rest period from #2 this keep going with all the females I want my pastel male to breed. I feed every 7 days give or take and offer food to the females every 7 days if they aren't paired. When I get to the last female I start with #1 again and this keeps going till they won't breed or the girl start to ovulate.

    hope that helps.
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    Re: Male to Female Ratio....

    Thaaaaaannnnkkkkkss! Freakie_Frog

    About the undertank heater do you leave it on during the breeding period or turn it off.

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    Re: Male to Female Ratio....

    Some people do not alter temps at all, for those that do they only lower the temp output a bit at night. It's not really matter of turning it on and off. They still need that heat.
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    Re: Male to Female Ratio....

    Quote Originally Posted by dracovolans View Post
    Thaaaaaannnnkkkkkss! Freakie_Frog

    About the undertank heater do you leave it on during the breeding period or turn it off.
    Like Christie said I never completely turn my heat off it get turned down so that my hot side is like 80-85 and the cool side is 70-75 but it never gets turned off.

    Some people don't cool their females and they do just fine. the main thing is to find what works for ya and go from there.
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    Re: Male to Female Ratio....

    My goal is to get one-two breedings on each female every month until they ovulate.
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    Re: Male to Female Ratio....

    You also have to go by the size of the male. If he is smaller then you should go with fewer females. So far all my males have been over 800g closer to 1000g.

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