The nub questions... sorry

I am sure these have all been asked before but I have searched and couldn't find the answers I was looking for... First time breeder and want to do this safely without hurting my guys and gal....First my female has had 2 breeding seasons under her belt with successful clutches... now does that mean she has an internal clock that she will only breed or prefer to breed at that time of the year? Also I saw in the FAQ that you can breed without the temp changes... will that make a huge difference or am I fighting a losing battle not changing the temps during day/night? Now if it's still safe and easy to breed without the temp changes what do I do? just start throwing my male or males for 2 or 3 days at a time then separate for like 5 days? Also if theres any small rules that i should know like don't interrupt a lock or don't hand after or make sure the female isn't hungry.... anything like that will help

we cannot answer alot of that because the answer is, it depends on your female try it and find out. temps have nothing to do with safety of breeding.

yes you can just put your male in there and see what happens, everyone has different number of days they leave them in and take em out. i see 3 days on, 3 days off alot.

I wouldn't interrupt a lock...its kinda needs to happen to make babies. you can handle them if you want, some people fear stressing them, so they will leave them alone for breeding season. You can try feeding your female if you want, none of my females ate during breeding season tho.

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Originally Posted by azmodane

I am sure these have all been asked before but I have searched and couldn't find the answers I was looking for... First time breeder and want to do this safely without hurting my guys and gal....First my female has had 2 breeding seasons under her belt with successful clutches... now does that mean she has an internal clock that she will only breed or prefer to breed at that time of the year? Also I saw in the FAQ that you can breed without the temp changes... will that make a huge difference or am I fighting a losing battle not changing the temps during day/night? Now if it's still safe and easy to breed without the temp changes what do I do? just start throwing my male or males for 2 or 3 days at a time then separate for like 5 days? Also if theres any small rules that i should know like don't interrupt a lock or don't hand after or make sure the female isn't hungry.... anything like that will help

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Well normaly i start pairing my males with the girls around Nov.I do not cool my snakes and have had succesfull clutches hatchout.The one thing to really make sure is that they are both healthy.The female should be at least 1500(i know yours bred before) and the males should be trim (not skinny) but not a faty :P.They will bred once he courts her and sets the mood for love.I leave them together for 3 days then seperate them for 3 days and offer them food.They might not eat though.DO NOT interupt them if they are locked up :colbert:.I continue the 3 days in 3 days out until they show no interests in one another.I hope this helped :gj:

Ok cool sounds pretty straight forward.... now what if they do eat? Give them time to digest before tossing them together? wait for excrement to come out?

Personally I might wait a day or 2 after eating just to give her a little time to digest, if their not eating much, you might not have anything come out the back end at all so I wouldn't wait for that.

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Originally Posted by azmodane

Ok cool sounds pretty straight forward.... now what if they do eat? Give them time to digest before tossing them together? wait for excrement to come out?

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Well if they do eat they will be able to digest the meal during the 3 days resting apart from each other :gj:

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Originally Posted by joepythons

Well if they do eat they will be able to digest the meal during the 3 days resting apart from each other :gj:

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>< I'm excited about finally breeding i wasn't thinking straight... =P Thanks for all the info wish me luck!

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Originally Posted by azmodane

>< I'm excited about finally breeding i wasn't thinking straight... =P Thanks for all the info wish me luck!

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Your welcome :D

Good luck man... let us know how everything goes :)

Question.... are they so happy to see someone of the opposite sex that they will more than likely lock or are they like people where they are like ur a lame stay away from me?