What do you think about this?
Just looking to get some feedback regarding to pairing an sex ratio...
I have a male 50% SD Platinum was thinking of pairing him with female 50% SD platinum to hold that 50% SD line. And also breed to the 75% dwarf I have .
Then get a female Golden child as well.
So 1 male to 3 female's.
Was also considering getting a male tiger or Sunfire to breed to the Golden child instead of pushing the SD male to his limit..
Only ask now since females take longer to mature..
Your thoughts?
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Re: What do you think about this?
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Sauzo
My first thought is make sure you have everything set up for babies and egg incubation. Once you get the incubator and baby racks all set up and dialed in, then i would look into genetics for breeding. Also unless you have had retics for years, i probably would first familiarize myself with the snake species before breeding. Males can get very tempermental during breeding season and can become terrors. And they have the teeth to do real damage to you. Here is a pic of a bite from an adult male who wanted a girlfriend.
https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...da2637cc_b.jpg
Ouch!!!!!
I been researching alot an when I'm done researching I'll research some more... Females take 4-5 years to sexually mature and I should say I'm in no hurry to breed them so if 4 years isn't right then I'll wait another year ..
I have two retics now and two cages ready to go for them minus the heat panels which I'm ordering today or Monday from Bob at pro products.... I have someone in my area that builds custom cages they take 2 weeks to build if no waiting list which is rare.... I plan to have two more 6+3+16in cages built for the mainland's ..
I'm hoping I don't come across rude not my intention I'm sure I can handle it . It's now a matter of which mainland's to get or go with one male to three females with one of those females are a mainland...
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cchardwick
I paired up my retics this year for the first time. The male was aggressive to start and really chilled out after being with the female. I'm pretty sure it's because my female is super tame and he learned from her that I'm not a threat. I've heard that male retics can get aggressive during breeding season but I've experienced just the opposite, both my male and female are really laid back now and I'm in the middle of the breeding season.
Where did you find that photo? It doesn't even look like a snake bite.
Are you breeding too one female or several?
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cchardwick
I paired up my retics this year for the first time. The male was aggressive to start and really chilled out after being with the female. I'm pretty sure it's because my female is super tame and he learned from her that I'm not a threat. I've heard that male retics can get aggressive during breeding season but I've experienced just the opposite, both my male and female are really laid back now and I'm in the middle of the breeding season.
Where did you find that photo? It doesn't even look like a snake bite.
The retic boards. Males have a set of teeth that are used purely for combat among other males for breeding rites per say. Males are laid back after they get a girlfriend lol. Before the girlfriend is when they are all hormonal and pissed off. You should see some of the pics of people who accidentally put 2 males together not knowing. I saw one where a male retic had his whole top of his head split like that from fighting.
