Started my breeding project yesterday normal female x spider male

So I noticed the same temperment change in my normal female as I did this time last year in my normal female. Finicky eater, hissing again when I open up her tub which is NOT her norm. So I'm like wth? Them I'm like Oooooh! ok! So I put the spider male in with her last night and this is what I got withing 15 min. Enjoy the picts. :) http://ball-pythons.net/gallery/file...10925-0228.jpg

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Very cool, good luck producing some spidies!

Good luck. Hope u get lots of spiders

They didn't waste any time did they?

Congrats! Our spider is a busy boy as well right now. Good luck! :gj:

Your observations on temperament change with the female rang a bell here with me. One of my pastel breeder girls started acting the same way a couple weeks ago and I didn't know why. I bet you're on to something so I'm going to pair her tonite and see what happens. Thanks!

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Congrats! Our spider is a busy boy as well right now. Good luck! :gj:

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He's gonna be a very busy boy, i'm hoping to also prove out one of my rescues this season with him as well. Think'n she may be a spotnose fire morph :). And thank you!!!

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Your observations on temperament change with the female rang a bell here with me. One of my pastel breeder girls started acting the same way a couple weeks ago and I didn't know why. I bet you're on to something so I'm going to pair her tonite and see what happens. Thanks!

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Megarea is a very docile snake, never does she hiss, or thrash her body to one side like she did. She really does enjoy being taken out when I have to clean out her tub she's always wrapping herself around my arm and now I had to tap her with a hook then my hand? Oh hells nah!!! So in went the male, I figured she needed a lil sumth'n sumth'n!!!! As soon as I put him in there she started tapping her tail on the tub, I should have taken a video, just thought of it, grrrr. He coiled around her and was all over her and wam!!! Locked in 15 minutes!!!! I hope to see some pretties!!! So yeah definately, oh and one other thing she herself was keeping to the cooler side of the tub not wanting the warmer side :)

Good luck with your project, hope to see picts of your pairings :D

So as they keep going I will continue to post these awesome pictures. Tell me if you guys get tired of seeing the pictures and I will stop posting them. ;)

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She's telling you it's breeding time and time to feed her more ;)

Something that strikes me weird is when people thinking a female going off feed is a sign she's wanting to breed :confused:
My females want to take a bite out of me and are ravenous about this time of year, time to feed up so they throw good eggs!
I cringe when they go off feed or get picky at this time of the year :rage:

Good luck with your season, hope you get a bunch of webbed snakies :)

Very nice!

Keep up with the good posts, I'm planning on breeding next year, so these posts are all helpful to me.

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She's telling you it's breeding time and time to feed her more ;)

Something that strikes me weird is when people thinking a female going off feed is a sign she's wanting to breed :confused:
My females want to take a bite out of me and are ravenous about this time of year, time to feed up so they throw good eggs!
I cringe when they go off feed or get picky at this time of the year :rage:

Good luck with your season, hope you get a bunch of webbed snakies :)

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Oh I was pounding her with feed, trust me. I kept putting on her tracking 1 med. rat when she was actually eating 2 every feeding. She's put on quite a bit of weight and now she's gone off feeding all together. And she's tak'n herself off the hot side of the tub. Ravenous yes she was and she lets me know this by extending herself out of her tub, thats her way of say'n throw me my rodent woman!!! and throw it I do, lol. but this other behavior is the same she did last season, which is the NOW throw in my male!!! lol. Which is now what I have done, and goes to show cause in 15 min. I had a full blown lock. Gosh I hope I do get a bunch of snakies too, it will be my first bunch ever, I'm so excited :banana:. Yes I do as you do freak out when they go off feed. Me this time last year when she went off feed totally freaked cause I didn't know why. Cause I was a newbee so I calmed down and just kept reading and reading and reading and posting questions and reading forums and wala. Thank you bp!!! :)

this is so adorable, im getting my first normal soon, but if yu want to sell online, id beso happy as to buy a spider if it comes out as tht :3 email me, jasonxadventuretime@live.com

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Very nice!

Keep up with the good posts, I'm planning on breeding next year, so these posts are all helpful to me.

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I do allot of reading on this website it has allot I mean allot of really good information. I also have a really good manual that I purchased at my buddy Bens' reptile store the name is The Ball Python Manual by The Herpetolocultural Library. It too has allot of valuable information. There are allot of people on here with tons of experience, I'm posting these pictures of my normal female and male spider because it was crazy how in 15 minutes I had a lock! Plus it was awesome to me to see so I thought I would share with the rest of you guys, since I have learned a great deal on here and seen some amazing pictures as well. ;)

I plan on doing my normal female to my male spider 100% het ghost.. After she gets used to her home she has been here a week still kinda iffy bout it so gonna give her a few more days and keep offering her food.

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I plan on doing my normal female to my male spider 100% het ghost.. After she gets used to her home she has been here a week still kinda iffy bout it so gonna give her a few more days and keep offering her food.

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good idea brock if you do i want a female ;) we can get some trades going for your buddy lmao :P

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this is so adorable, im getting my first normal soon, but if yu want to sell online, id beso happy as to buy a spider if it comes out as tht :3 email me, jasonxadventuretime@live.com

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Well however many if I am lucky enough to get viable eggs, half will be normals and half will be spider if it goes the way its supposed to. I'm just excited I have a lock. :)

When you get your normal do post pictures. I love looking at everybodys reptiles.

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I plan on doing my normal female to my male spider 100% het ghost.. After she gets used to her home she has been here a week still kinda iffy bout it so gonna give her a few more days and keep offering her food.

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That sounds like a nice pairing to me. Is she a new purchase may I ask?

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That sounds like a nice pairing to me. Is she a new purchase may I ask?

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Yes she is I purchased 9-17-2011.

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good idea brock if you do i want a female ;) we can get some trades going for your buddy lmao :P

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Maybe, just depends what comes out the eggs :D .... By the way how do you know my name ????

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Maybe, just depends what comes out the eggs :D .... By the way how do you know my name ????

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Focus here!!!!!!! Please!!! I see an issue that really needs to be addressed, don't you? quarantine!!!

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Yes she is I purchased 9-17-2011.

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Unless you purchased her from a friend and know how she was kept and saw her daily and know her health etc. She should be quarantined!!! Its a must to insure the safety of your other snake. I always quarantine mine nothing less than 90 days, some people only do 60 days.

You will still be in the time frame for breeding, and you won't be taking any health risks for either of your snakes. Just a thought since I don't have the info :confused:

Well at first for a bit they were together because I had some adjustments to do on my rack. But yes I do quarantine. It was very very temporary and am now keeping an eye on both of them make sure nothing happens. From what I have noticed she is very healthy and weighing in at 1881 empty

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Unless you purchased her from a friend and know how she was kept and saw her daily and know her health etc. She should be quarantined!!! Its a must to insure the safety of your other snake. I always quarantine mine nothing less than 90 days, some people only do 60 days.

You will still be in the time frame for breeding, and you won't be taking any health risks for either of your snakes. Just a thought since I don't have the info :confused:

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I normally always do quarantine, was a minor exception and focusing on both the snakes, she will be quarantined for 60-90 days. And I am keeping close eye on both of them Just in case.

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Well at first for a bit they were together because I had some adjustments to do on my rack. But yes I do quarantine. It was very very temporary and am now keeping an eye on both of them make sure nothing happens. From what I have noticed she is very healthy and weighing in at 1881 empty

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Glad to hear it, yeah I didn't know if you did or not. I didn't have any info. I hope your project goes really well. I love to read how well peoples projects go, I hope to be one of them.

( I know not quarantining her from start was bad of me but it wasn't very long and like I said I am keeping an eye on both.)
I am sure you will have great success I hope to see pics of eggs and babies from you!
And thanks for the good lucks :)

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I normally always do quarantine, was a minor exception and focusing on both the snakes, she will be quarantined for 60-90 days. And I am keeping close eye on both of them Just in case.

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Quarantine is a must, checking their poop is a must! watching and listening for signs of upper respiratory and any discoloration of the mouth for any mouth rot or any type of parasites or mites etc. So much to look for in that time frame but well worth the quarantine, better to be safe than sorry.

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( I know not quarantining her from start was bad of me but it wasn't very long and like I said I am keeping an eye on both.)
I am sure you will have great success I hope to see pics of eggs and babies from you!
And thanks for the good lucks :)

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I've done stupid crap too, but i won't do it again, live and learn. Hope all goes well, hope your breeding project gets off to a good start :gj:

Nice! Female normal x Male spider is going to be my first breeding project = P Im attempting to power feed my girl till shes the right weight but shes still quite a ways off. I wish you lots of little spiders and a healthy mother afterwards = D

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Nice! Female normal x Male spider is going to be my first breeding project = P Im attempting to power feed my girl till shes the right weight but shes still quite a ways off. I wish you lots of little spiders and a healthy mother afterwards = D

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Thank you, I also have a VERY nice pastel female that I ooooh so wish was up to weight this season but she's not quite up to weight yet :(. I will be breeding her to this male spider of mine to oh he's gonna be such a busy lil one. But I do have some ideas, just found a friend of mine that has a well I'm not gonna spoil it cause it might not happen, but might have a nice male to add to my collection and if it happens. BOY will everything change :D.

When you power feed how often do you feed? Just curious, I feed every 7 days, thats my power feed and they poop every 2 to 3 days. The cleaning is endless with these balls gotta love that trait. Check out the pictures of my pastel she is a knock out!

Good luck with your plans!! :gj: :) :banana:

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Thank you, I also have a VERY nice pastel female that I ooooh so wish was up to weight this season but she's not quite up to weight yet :(. I will be breeding her to this male spider of mine to oh he's gonna be such a busy lil one. But I do have some ideas, just found a friend of mine that has a well I'm not gonna spoil it cause it might not happen, but might have a nice male to add to my collection and if it happens. BOY will everything change :D.

When you power feed how often do you feed? Just curious, I feed every 7 days, thats my power feed and they poop every 2 to 3 days. The cleaning is endless with these balls gotta love that trait. Check out the pictures of my pastel she is a knock out!

Good luck with your plans!! :gj: :) :banana:

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Well I just found out ive been feeding her the wrong size meal but she's been eating between one and three times per week. They were pinkies so im not horribly suprised, but im upping her to rat pups so im not sure how frequently she'll take a meal yet. Though im going to attempt to remain feeding her every friday and offering her a meal on tuesdays. And a spider pastel would be sweet! I hope that works out for you.

I have to say though my dream as a breeder is to breed my own blue eyed Luec. or a super yellowbelly. I havent really decided which route I want to take.

*EDIT*-I just took a look at that pastel! She's friggin gorgeous! That theres gonna be a hot combo.

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Well I just found out ive been feeding her the wrong size meal but she's been eating between one and three times per week. They were pinkies so im not horribly suprised, but im upping her to rat pups so im not sure how frequently she'll take a meal yet. Though im going to attempt to remain feeding her every friday and offering her a meal on tuesdays. And a spider pastel would be sweet! I hope that works out for you.

I have to say though my dream as a breeder is to breed my own blue eyed Luec. or a super yellowbelly. I havent really decided which route I want to take.

*EDIT*-I just took a look at that pastel! She's friggin gorgeous! That theres gonna be a hot combo.

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Wow that is an unusual feeding and yes I would say the feeding is a tad bit wrong. Rule of thumb is the girth of the snake is what they can eat. Nothing larger than their girth and that is what they eat. 3 times per week thats very time consuming changing to a rat pup definately a better way. My power feeding went from feeding them once every 2 weeks to once a week. Then my female normal that is paired up now was lunging at me wanting more and placing herself on the cooler side. So I would offer her another medium rat at the same time, if she ate it she ate it and she did. Good luck with the change in size of food for your snake, it will make your life allot easier for sure, I've never heard about feeding every 3 days, but then again I don't know everything and never claim to either.

I have to admit I dont want to gloat but I do think my pastel is rather smok'n. I bought her from my buddy Ben Seigel she seems to not have a whole lot of brown and has retained allot of high yellow which is awesome. So I can't wait to see what she produces. Maybe later on this season she will be ready but I don't think so, she is worth the wait tho. :D