Too early for breeding?

I have 3 balls all in which I want to breed eventually. I have a 3yo normal, 1yo axanthic, and a 1yo pin stripe. I've heard a lot of breeders breed theirs young but want a 2nd opinion or more haha. Thanks in advance for the knowledge. (All 3 males)

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You missing the other half of the equation.;)

You know their weights? Most go more by weight than just age.

Can you post more pics of that normal? Looks awesome

The axanthic looks like a hypo to me, tho I'm not super familiar with the gene.

All of them look big enough to breed imo

@kmg not at the moment my scale isn't big enough but when I go to my second job I'll see if I can get that info lol thanks

@mike41793 I don't have anymore in this phone and he's currently going through another shed. As soon as he's done I'll post em or send some to you

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Originally Posted by KMG

You missing the other half of the equation.;)

You know their weights? Most go more by weight than just age.

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I haven't been able to weigh the pinstripe yet but the axanthic weighs 570g and hasn't ate in almost 2 weeks due to shedding

First let me tell you that I am not a breeder. I thought others would chime in but I was wrong. I will give you my opinion and my experience here.

I have seen here where males bred fine at 500 grams and a few times even smaller. The important thing is to keep a close eye on him. Males will breed to death. If you notice much weight loss I would pull him out and I also would not try to breed multiple females. I would do one and done if at all at the moment. IMHO.

I'm just curious.
What's the hurry that makes you want to breed now?
Are you going to buy a female and what is the plan there?

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Originally Posted by KMG

First let me tell you that I am not a breeder. I thought others would chime in but I was wrong. I will give you my opinion and my experience here.

I have seen here where males bred fine at 500 grams and a few times even smaller. The important thing is to keep a close eye on him. Males will breed to death. If you notice much weight loss I would pull him out and I also would not try to breed multiple females. I would do one and done if at all at the moment. IMHO.

I'm just curious.
What's the hurry that makes you want to breed now?
Are you going to buy a female and what is the plan there?

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Thanks for the opinion brother. But yes I was planning on buying a female on the 12th of October at an expo coming up I have a 3yo male also he's a norm het albino I believe. I really just want to try it out for trial and error to learn the steps and to also decide whether it's something I want to get into or just collect because I use to breed pit bulls before the military and and one point had up to 32 at once I just really love the many possibilities of breeding pythons lol if that makes any sense.

I get it.

Maybe you could find a breeder near you that could give you a walk through and give you a bit of an inside look at breeding before you make the plunge.

Are they old enough yes, they can breed soon as they produce sperm plug.

Now will they breed? Not always.

Over the past six season I had no luck with males under 600 grams, you can try but it may not work.

You also need to closely monitor the males a smaller males and not breed them too often (which they don't need anyway) and if a male stop eating and start losing weight (and they will as breeding take a toll on them) you will need to remove the male from rotation.

Males that are smaller but eat throughout the season are less of a worry.

The good news is since you do not have a female and once you have her you need to add at least 3 months of quarantine before being able to pair them, this will give you time to bulk them up some more.