AXE for ball pythons???

I always wonder if it would be possible/feasible to recreate the smell of snake sex to stimulate breeding in ball pythons. Thoughts?

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Using damp sheds from males and females can sometimes spur reluctant breeders into action. If you have animals that are breeding well, save their sheds! I like to mist the sheds slightly so that they are a little "stinky" and put them into a cage with a pair that isn't doing much breeding wise. I'll try male sheds and female sheds and usually see good results with this method.

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Swap the bedding from a female that is breeding with a female that isn't. This one is a lot like the shed trick above, but again, do what you have to do in order to get those pairs locked up! I like to think that the smell of "snake sex" from the bedding of the female that was breeding gets the reluctant breeder to wake up and "smell" the roses.

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from www.8ballpythons.com

I've heard somewhere that you can take some substrate from a tub that had a couple of snakes doin the deed in, it will get the other snakes in the mood

That is the scent. I am wondering about a method that would be a liquid form that could be misted in the enclosure. For those who do not have previous breeding sheds/bedding or those who do want to spread that stuff around. Just a thought.

Thank you for the inputs thus far :gj:

if you came up with something like that, that was proven to work, you definitely wouldn't have a hard time selling it! ;) I know this doesn't help ya out much, but yeah. maybe try putting some shed skins and some bedding of sucessful lockups in a jar of water?? spray a la snake sex soup?

Lol..."snake sex soup" sounds pretty gross :eek:

I figured it would be something that has already been looked into. If this was feasible then I think it would sell well. I would certainly drop some coin in it for convenience/sanitary reasons alone.

That would be interesting...

Oh, and slightly offtopic: That Axe Snake Skin stuff smells REALLY good. O_O

I say, don't go to Brad to help you with the naming! :)

Snake sex soup? hahaha...awesome

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Originally Posted by Melicious

Oh, and slightly offtopic: That Axe Snake Skin stuff smells REALLY good. O_O

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I love AXE products...:hump:

That figures Cass...