Stubborn First Year Breeder Males

Hot into our third breeding season, and I've hit a brick wall.

This past year, we've thinned our males a bit and have put a lot of stock in two of our males that have crossed the adult line for this season. The first is a Super Fire (around 750g) and the other is a Ghost Killer Queen Bee (around 1000g). But neither have any interest at all in breeding. :tears: The three other low end males that have bred for us in the past are happy to breed and are locking with anything we put in front of them. Just these two seem to be stuck.

I've done a lot of homework on the issue, and we've tried the "threesome" once already, but to no avail. None of our males have shed recently, and we mist constantly. And as of right now, it's too cold to be opening windows and things for pressure changes. Any way to fake that? :confusd:

Any advice is appreciated. We've banked a lot on these two boys. We'd be shooting ourselves in the foot if we lose this season with them.

Ahh yes.... the power of a good male breeder.

Never thin the male herd till your young boys start to get the job done. We have plenty of holdbacks from last year in the 500g-700g range, but kept our proven breeders in the event the young boys did not step up. Always better to duplicate some of last years pairings than to end up empty handed.

Keep pairing them and your pairings will likely take off. A few young males did not lock until their 3rd or 4th pairing. keep in mind.... every couple you have in mind to pair will not always hit it off. Holding back 2 of the same morph males never hurt anyone if you have the space. Have a back up plan for every female if her desired male partner does not get the job done.

Just because you did not see a lock (especially with a young male) does not mean it didn't happen :gj:

Check the first post here and the video. This is how you can tell if your young boys are locking or not if you don't see it.

http://ball-pythons.net/forums/showt...Breeding/page2