QuickQ: How often do you pair?

My male had 2 females he was paired with this season so he was being rotated. He was 3 days in 5 days out. Always feeding when they were out. I stopped introducing him to the females after 2 months because he stopped eating.

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Originally Posted by jfmoore

Out of curiosity one year, I introduced a male ball python to a female on one day only in February and allowed them to copulate once before I removed him. That was all it took. She produced a clutch of eggs.

So we probably overdo it sometimes regarding frequency of pairings, but the males (at least) don't seem to mind.

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thanks for this!! you are one lucky man... :) hopefully this will happen to me as well... :)

I'm more with Dave on this. I have a small collection so, my males don't get bred as often as his, but my females generally only see a male once every 4-6 weeks and they stay in anywhere from 3-5 days

This is how i do it since we have a 7 day week. :)

Sunday Morning all my breeding males go in with females.
Wednesday Morning before i go to work, they come out. I feed Wednesday Night or Thursday depends on when my rodents come in.

Sunday Night the process starts all over again. Last year we ended with 44 eggs, 3 slugs.

Hope to double that this year!

Scuba