Did he get a chance? (Breeders read)

[xXxFluffyEmoxXx]

Ok so today i took my het pied male away from my what i believe to be normal female. When i did. ( he is aggressive ) he didnt strike or anything. I looked at his belly and it was pink. So im figuring shed time right? OK! so after 3 ish 4 days, Do you think he has the chance to do the dew? Had anyone had this happen before? When i put him in there with her, He was not pink bellied and had clear eyes. Also, When do i offer the female a meal? And if she eats it..does that mean she didnt do the do? I need some help. All the info you can give me will be loved.

[CoolioTiffany]

I think you can feed the female whenever it's due to eat, and you can continue to do so until she refuses it. Anyone correct me if I'm wrong with that. And most likely your lil' boy is shedding. Good luck with the breeding!

[LadyOhh]

Ok so today i took my het pied male away from my what i believe to be normal female. When i did. ( he is aggressive ) he didnt strike or anything. I looked at his belly and it was pink. So im figuring shed time right? OK! so after 3 ish 4 days, Do you think he has the chance to do the dew? Had anyone had this happen before? When i put him in there with her, He was not pink bellied and had clear eyes. Also, When do i offer the female a meal? And if she eats it..does that mean she didnt do the do? I need some help. All the info you can give me will be loved.

Keep him out until he sheds.. Shedding happens no matter what he is doing. They grow, they eat, they shed. Part of the circle of life.

Offer the female a meal now, since the male is no longer in the tub with her. If she eats it, it means she was hungry.

You need to do a bit more research about the general breeding guidelines, and just watch and learn as well.

It takes patience to get baby snakes. Breeding, eggs, incubation... THEN babies, then patience getting them to eat, growing them up, etc...

Breathe, grasshopper.

It will all be fine.

[mason]

Over the years we've found themore you mess about with them the more problems you will get.


You seem to just be throwing yourself into this haphazardly, if memeory serves you've not owned this het pied longer than a few weeks and already he's in/out a females tub.


When you make the decision to breed your pythons you have to treat them less like pets, stop hanling them, getting them out and messing with them.Decide on a "schedule" for your breedings and stick to it. We find leaving the male in for 3 days, removing hims for three days, in for three days (etc) until you see the signs you are looking for (ie ovulation and egg-building).

This means you know when you can feed them (when seperate), when to look for locks and removes all this "should I take him out now/put him back in now/open the tub just to have a look at them both" nonsense. The more you interfere with them the less like sucessful breeding/laying/hatching becomes.
For both animals keep on thier normal feeding schedule, both snake will eat as they wish and then let you know when they don't want to eat by refusing.

The WORST thing you can do is over do it. Theres nothing you can do to MAKE them mate or MAKE her produce viable eggs, breeding snakes is not as simple as 1 male+ 1 female = eggs 100% of the time.You'll have pairing not take, females not take, males lose interest, different males 'liking' certain females and refusing others (and visa versa).


Keep your animals well, get the husbandry spot on and learn patience, the rest will come naturally and in it's own time.

If you do plan on getting in to breeding royals in a bigger way then you'll want to think much more about your quarentine procedures or you'll come unstuck, you'll also have to learn a little patience, and realise you're trying to help mother-nature do it's thing, not "switch on" and egg producing machine.

[CoolioTiffany]

Over the years we've found themore you mess about with them the more problems you will get.


You seem to just be throwing yourself into this haphazardly, if memeory serves you've not owned this het pied longer than a few weeks and already he's in/out a females tub.


When you make the decision to breed your pythons you have to treat them less like pets, stop hanling them, getting them out and messing with them.Decide on a "schedule" for your breedings and stick to it. We find leaving the male in for 3 days, removing hims for three days, in for three days (etc) until you see the signs you are looking for (ie ovulation and egg-building).

This means you know when you can feed them (when seperate), when to look for locks and removes all this "should I take him out now/put him back in now/open the tub just to have a look at them both" nonsense. The more you interfere with them the less like sucessful breeding/laying/hatching becomes.
For both animals keep on thier normal feeding schedule, both snake will eat as they wish and then let you know when they don't want to eat by refusing.

The WORST thing you can do is over do it. Theres nothing you can do to MAKE them mate or MAKE her produce viable eggs, breeding snakes is not as simple as 1 male+ 1 female = eggs 100% of the time.You'll have pairing not take, females not take, males lose interest, different males 'liking' certain females and refusing others (and visa versa).


Keep your animals well, get the husbandry spot on and learn patience, the rest will come naturally and in it's own time.

If you do plan on getting in to breeding royals in a bigger way then you'll want to think much more about your quarentine procedures or you'll come unstuck, you'll also have to learn a little patience, and realise you're trying to help mother-nature do it's thing, not "switch on" and egg producing machine.

He does have a good point. Quarantining should take 3-6 months. And when you quarantine, you cannot have the new snake in the same room as your established collection. Just in case the snake has parasites (internal/external) or diseases, even if it seems the snake is completely healthy. I made that mistake with the quarantining when I got my 2nd BP, and I discovered he had mites. Now, I fixed the problem. And during that time, I quarantined. Luckily, the mites did not spread throughout my collection which could have easily happened in no time. I recently had to quarantine my King snake from my room because he had RI. It's all about making sure your snakes are healthy, and following with that is the steps you take and the #1 step should be quarantining, always. And when your snake is in perfect health, you can start to do what you want with it such as moving it into the same room as your established collection and/or breeding it.