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  • 12-06-2010, 01:23 AM
    KingPythons
    Eating while breeding question?
    Wondering if it's rare for a female to eat while gravid?
    Has it happen to anyone?
  • 12-06-2010, 01:27 AM
    Austin236
    I still offer every 7-10 days if they take it they take it, if not it's fine.
  • 12-06-2010, 01:40 AM
    dembonez
    my friend that breeds usally won't eat except for one haha but if they will eat why not
  • 12-06-2010, 06:07 AM
    psycho
    It's really rare for a male to eat while breeding & females usually stop eating when ovulating but some snakes will eat at any given time....
  • 12-06-2010, 12:17 PM
    mykee
    Re: Eating while breeding question?
    You've asked two questions here:
    Do females eat while breeding
    and
    Do females eat while gravid.
    I feed females while they are breeding (not while the male is in, but I figure you've got some common sense). Every extra food item that a breeding female eats will go alost exclusively towards egg weight.
    The females will eat ravenously while breeding IF fed.
    All the females I have bred over the years refuse food at a certain point, usually when they become gravid.
  • 12-06-2010, 08:59 PM
    Subdriven
    My male is going through his 2nd breading season and hasn't missed a meal yet. My female last year went off food around 30 days before she laid her eggs.. This year she is still eating like a champ but it isn't that far into the season for her to quit.
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