need advice

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Originally Posted by Infantry254

Thanks for all your advice....I threw him in yesterday morning and also skipped work and after checking on them like evey 10 minutes I fell asleep woke up and saw that they were locked :banana:. Now im super excited so now after the three days is up and I take him out how many more times do I keep putting him back in the tub before I call it quits with him?

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I was not very good at following a rigid schedule for my snakes. I would put the male in with the female and then wait until I saw a lock and a release. I then seperated them.

I would say that I paired my snakes 7 or 8 times (with visual locks) and that's all. Out of one clutch of 7 eggs I got 3 BEL's! Another clutch of 9 eggs yielded 4 bumblee bees!

I sure can't complain!

When people say they put their females on a heavier feeding schedule do you mean every 5-7 days? Also what do you feed appropriate sized rodents or stick to smaller rodents just more of them

The reason I am asking is because I paired up my pastel and she was almost 1600g about 2 weeks ago and she has been locking and today when I weighed he she was a little a little unde 1400g...should I stop pairing them fo a while or continue feeding and pairing as normal

what is it that you are feeding your snake? it seems like you might have weighed her when she had a fresh meal in her.

I feed her a med rat every 7-10 days