Het Pied breeding plans crushed

I purchased this snake 2 yrs ago, with the hopes of some pieds this season.

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Found out today my she is a he :tears:, so now I have a 1960g male :mad:

This just goes to show that you can't totally rely on someones word. I probed every other snake in my collection that hadn't been previously probed by a friend of mine last year.

Word to the wise, own a set of probes, learn how to use them, double check for yourself when purchasing a new snake.

Wow I'm so sorry Lisa who did you get him from?

A reptile shop in stuart, a couple of days I noted a lock with one of my other het pieds and when I separated them I checked the card on the supposed male and thought I would weigh him, well there was a huge diff from what he weighed and what was on his card :O, come to find out it wasn't the male it was another female het pied :O, so then I was questioning why would 2 females be locking hmmmmmmm.

Well long story short I mated an 1101g female by accident :rage:, I am just gonna put her on a 5 day feed schedule while she's still eating just in case she may become gravid from stored sperm.

Hope this all makes sense Emilio :oops:

what would happen if her wight is low???

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Originally Posted by rdoyle

what would happen if her wight is low???

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some think if a female is small she will be come eggbound. But this IMO is false. Female can become eggbound at any size, as eggs reflect the females overall health.



If your able to pop that snake you will have a better success on knowing sex over probing.

OK thanks for that info.

So sorry to hear that. Its a real bummer when that happens. But look at it from the bright side, if your other male het pied isn't a good breeder you'll have a back up. I'm kind of regretting selling our het pied male cause our male pied hasn't locked up with either of our het pied girls (that I've seen). Would have been nice to have a back up.

Yes indeed, sometimes having that extra male may turn out to be a gift intead.

That is terrible. I learned to pop and probe because I am paranoid about that.

Sorry to hear about this. I really stinks that we have to be so careful when purchasing a new snake because of someones lack of honesty, or knowledge.