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Originally Posted by joepythons
OK lol if Joe COMPEL sexedm i am sure they are a pair.Now on the reason why she did not become gravid.I do not cool down my ball pythons.Last year was my first year and now i have a pastel(my avatar) male.He is on his third and last female.Sometimes females might not like the male in turn she refuses to breed it happens.:eyepoppin
Sorry when i wrote that my pastel male was my avatar here i was half asleep:stupidme: .I have my pastel as my avatar on another site:oops: .As long as your female is at least 3yrs old and over 1500 grams she is ok to breed if she wants lol.
Re: Start process anytime??
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Originally Posted by joepythons
As long as your female is at least 3yrs old and over 1500 grams she is ok to breed if she wants lol.
Actually, that's not entirely accurate ... I have a 2400 gram female that is 10 years old and is in no condition to breed ... she laid a huge clutch of 13 eggs last year and has been very slow to put the weight back on ... 1500 grams is a guideline for females, not a rule.
I like to go by 500 - 800 grams per foot depending on the age of the girl ... and even then, you need to make sure she's in good physical condition.
Hope this helps.
-adam
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Originally Posted by Adam_Wysocki
Actually, that's not entirely accurate ... I have a 2400 gram female that is 10 years old and is in no condition to breed ... she laid a huge clutch of 13 eggs last year and has been very slow to put the weight back on ... 1500 grams is a guideline for females, not a rule.
I like to go by 500 - 800 grams per foot depending on the age of the girl ... and even then, you need to make sure she's in good physical condition.
Hope this helps.
-adam
Well she would be the exception for sure.I was speaking in general terms.Of course it something was wrong with the female as far as health then i would not breed her.
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Originally Posted by joepythons
Well she would be the exception for sure.I was speaking in general terms.Of course it something was wrong with the female as far as health then i would not breed her.
My point was that 1500 grams might be a good rule of thumb for a 2 or 3 year old girl, but older, longer females should be judged by a weight to length formula and not just a base weight like 1500 grams which could be woefully inadequate for reproduction.
-adam
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Originally Posted by joepythons
Female ball pythons are ready to breed by thier third winter(3yrs old)..
i have read and heard that they can be ready to breed by 18 months old
im guessing that this is old info and currently WAY off?
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Originally Posted by gmmuscle91
i have read and heard that they can be ready to breed by 18 months old
im guessing that this is old info and currently WAY off?
Could it meant a male being 18 months old to be able to breed? Thats what i read in a ball python manual:) .Males do not have to do anything(other then breed) its the females that need all the extra weight they can get.I stopped reading the books and started asking actual breeders the questions lol.
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Males need to be producing sperm plugs, and be in good health. Breeding is difficult on them too. At least that is what I've been led to believe.
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[QUOTE=joepythons]Could it meant a male being 18 months old to be able to breed? Thats what i read in a ball python manual:)QUOTE]
i think that is where i read it too, so you could be right about it being males
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I have a 14 month old female pastel that was breeding a male spider yesterday. She is currently 1800 grams. ;)
It's all just guidelines ... nothing more ... the real key is to be able to physically @@@@@ your females and "know" when they are ready regardless of age or weight ... that's what separate the "big boys" from the rest of the pack. ;) :P
-adam
