why are females more expensive?

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Originally Posted by AkivaSmith

First off just for the record. I am a Male. I am named after Rabbi Akiva of the first century AD.

Secondly, I served in the US Army for 6 years, many of them in a combat capacity. Every male in my family going back to the foundation of the US (actually - 1729) has served in the US military or militia. Many family members have died in defense of country.

Thirdly, and most unfortunately, my statement was based on HISTORY and not sentimental new age feelings. People of today do not realize that for THOUSANDS of years the men went out to do (hunter/gatherer/warrior) tasks while the females stayed at home and took care of babies and house. I did not demean either task; however, it has always fallen on the men to do the dying.

Men are as a collective expendable, not as individuals to individual spouses, children, and communties. Women are just too valuable, collectively, to the economy to be sent to war.:salute:

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Well that may be true but it was not needed in this thread about female SNAKES.

it was a mistake, it was not intended to be interperated like that, we all say things that get blown out of proportion when we dont mean them to. However i dont think the whole war analogy pertained to the topic. But in my opinion i believe females are more expensive because they tend to weigh more because of breeding. However thats just the way that i look at it.

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Originally Posted by AkivaSmith

Also as in real life with Human Males, the men are expendable. Males go off to war for God and Country. Females stay home a propagate the peoples. If the females were to go to war, then the Human Race would dissapear. Men may help create babies, but they don't "make" them. Therefor, the female is far more valuable than the male. PERIOD.

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I thought it was a good post. I don't think you should discourage someone from saying something interesting because they explored something slightly off topic.

Akiva was talking about things on a biological or evolutionarily level, not on a personal one.

Do male and female BP's have an equal birth rate?

I typed up an intelligent response but decided not to touch this :)

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Originally Posted by Rascal

I thought it was a good post. I don't think you should discourage someone from saying something interesting because they explored something slightly off topic.

Akiva was talking about things on a biological or evolutionarily level, not on a personal one.

Do male and female BP's have an equal birth rate?

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From what I've seen/heard/read and learned in biology class, yes, 50%

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Originally Posted by Rascal

I thought it was a good post. I don't think you should discourage someone from saying something interesting because they explored something slightly off topic.

Akiva was talking about things on a biological or evolutionarily level, not on a personal one.

Do male and female BP's have an equal birth rate?

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Slightly off topic:eek: .Show me how the price differance between MALE & FEMALE snakes comes even CLOSE to MEN(humans) getting killed in wars :confuzd: .

OK folks, let's try to redirect this back to the original poster's question! :)

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Originally Posted by rabernet

OK folks, let's try to redirect this back to the original poster's question! :)

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Yes Mam :)

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Originally Posted by rabernet

OK folks, let's try to redirect this back to the original poster's question! :)

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On another thread a person was saying that they thought their male BP was getting stressed out from all of his breeding. He had already been hooked up to two females and the caretaker thought that having him breed with another female would be too much. The male was much younger than the females, and it was thought by the responders that it might be necessary to give him a rest.

A female can usually only breed and bare fertile eggs once per year. Yet a male can be used to breed with multiple females. Therefor the breeder only needs one male for multiple females. (a point that I made earlier in this thread)

If the breeder wants a particular morph, then that is a different story.

Therefore the expense of the male is far less than that of the female. Just about any male will do the job. BUT a proven female (one that has produced a good clutch) is extreemly valuable. In fact, most breeders will not sell a proven female.

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Originally Posted by AkivaSmith

Returning...

On another thread a person was saying that they thought their male BP was getting stressed out from all of his breeding. He had already been hooked up to two females and the caretaker thought that having him breed with another female would be too much. The male was much younger than the females, and it was thought by the responders that it might be necessary to give him a rest.

A female can usually only breed and bare fertile eggs once per year. Yet a male can be used to breed with multiple females. Therefor the breeder only needs one male for multiple females. (a point that I made earlier in this thread)

If the breeder wants a particular morph, then that is a different story.

Therefore the expense of the male is far less than that of the female. Just about any male will do the job. BUT a proven female (one that has produced a good clutch) is extreemly valuable. In fact, most breeders will not sell a proven female.

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I completely understand for adults and proven breeders, but I meant for babies. Sorry for the wording