When do you start pairing?

Whenever I feel that my animal are ready I have already started some pairing however some other animals will not be paired before January/February.

For me it all depends on the animals. I like to start dropping temps Oct 1st. But this year i didnt drop them until tonight. With the way the weather has been I decided to wait a little longer.

Plus I want a few more meals in some of the girls beforehand.

Listen to your animals, they will tell you.

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Originally Posted by JasonG

For me it all depends on the animals. I like to start dropping temps Oct 1st. But this year i didnt drop them until tonight. With the way the weather has been I decided to wait a little longer.

Plus I want a few more meals in some of the girls beforehand.

Listen to your animals, they will tell you.

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Well mine are acting like unsupervised teens at a keg party :)

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Originally Posted by Lolo76

Thanks! :) The temperature is literally the same ALL YEAR out here, since I live right on the coast... so outside temps & season aren't much of a factor, and I didn't cool last year (don't plan to this year either). Guess it doesn't matter when I pair them, but I'm just wondering if it's a waste of time to start early - since they mostly seem to ovulate in spring regardless.

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Mine do seem to respond to hours of daylight, too, if they're in a room with windows. But my girls are still eating plenty, and the males are only just starting to taper down their feeding.

Yesterday my female het albino was repeatedly shrugging off the male het's attentions when I introduced them.

I will start pairing mine this year in Nov. All my females just started slamming rats ever feeding now that it finally cooled off here if Florida. I would like to get a few more solid feeds in before breeding starts so I will start after I get back from Vacation.

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Originally Posted by snakesRkewl

This is what I've found being on the west coast.
Pair them early or pair them late, they still drop eggs in May/June :P

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Exactly. A friend of mine and I discussed this and figure, why start early if you aren't going to get eggs any sooner? It's just a month or two more of unnecessary stress, and a month or two more you could be adding weight to your girls!!!

I'm staring sometime in December, mid to late.

I dropped my males in on my girls in october and so far, LOCKSSS, so yes , october:D

My pin and pastel have been locking each shed cycle since July.... so I am not sure what choice I should vote. :D

PS: Both have been eating this whole time.

theres no choice for all year long.

I actually just had my first lock up this week.. pair of het albinos.. :D