No locks yet?! :(

Its been one month for me into the breeding season and I havnt witnessed any locks yet.
Im breeding a male lesser to two normals and a pied male to a pastel.
I've only been able to check up on them maybe twice a day or less to see any locks but so far...nothing.
The snakes lay with eachother and "cuddle" but thats about all I see. Am I just being impatient? Maybe someone out there has never seen a lock and then all the sudden that female is gravid later? :D I'd love to feel better about it lol.

Patience, grasshopper! It's still early. ;)

And yes, I had a female lay eggs this past season that I never saw lock.

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Originally Posted by Annarose15

Patience, grasshopper! It's still early. ;)

And yes, I had a female lay eggs this past season that I never saw lock.

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:P lol patience is not one of my strong suits.

I know its early...I just had to vent. :) thanks for making me feel better!

I haven't had any locks either. I just separated all my pairs since some are going into shed and to try feeding. I'm sure you'll get your lockups before too long :)

well I sure hope so!
I'm very excited to get some little baby lessers and some pastel het pieds!
Maybe my little snakies are just private lovers. :P

Wow it is one month in?? LOL I just started cooling down, I put a few males in, but this is just the romance period. Yes, I got a couple of locks, but not a lot. They will play for a couple of months sometimes, before they go at it.

Good luck with the male pied. Mine wouldnt lock last year at all, and this year he is not even cuddling.

LOL all will be good :)

Patience my friend. I waited long time last year for a lock over 2 months and being a newbee was all excited when they finally did, then she never did produce for me. This year so far I've been lucky within 15 min. I had a lock with one female and then within 5 min I had a lock with the other female. But last year was toooootally a different story. I waited and waited and waited until I was about crazy!!!!

They will do it, do it when they are good and ready. You can't make them go, well except the obvious temp changes and such, until they are ready.

Besides like everybody has said, it is still early. :)

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Originally Posted by freezingdwarf

Wow it is one month in?? LOL I just started cooling down, I put a few males in, but this is just the romance period. Yes, I got a couple of locks, but not a lot. They will play for a couple of months sometimes, before they go at it.

Good luck with the male pied. Mine wouldnt lock last year at all, and this year he is not even cuddling.

LOL all will be good :)

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well its one month in to breeding season for me anyways lol. thanks I really hope I get some action soon!

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Originally Posted by Scaleyz

Patience my friend. I waited long time last year for a lock over 2 months and being a newbee was all excited when they finally did, then she never did produce for me. This year so far I've been lucky within 15 min. I had a lock with one female and then within 5 min I had a lock with the other female. But last year was toooootally a different story. I waited and waited and waited until I was about crazy!!!!

They will do it, do it when they are good and ready. You can't make them go, well except the obvious temp changes and such, until they are ready.

Besides like everybody has said, it is still early. :)

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I will squeal like a little girl when I witness the first lock. :)

Last year I witnessed a lot of locks, got all excited, and then... nothing. This year I am trying to not get so excited, LOL. So far this year I have seen locks from pastel x yellow belly, and cinny ph g-stripe x het g-stripe. So far nothing from fire x sulfur. All you can do is cross your fingers and tap your foot! :D

leave the male in with the female an extra day sometimes i leave my males in with the females 1 day extra and it seems to work im on a 3 day sched, and sometimes go to 4, and it seems to work when there laying on top of eachother, i dont do it to often but i would give it a shot:taz:

Better start training your patience my friend. You have that ovulation wait, then prelay shed, then ~30 wait for eggs, then that dreaded 55 day wait...all about patience when dealing with such delicate animals

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Originally Posted by ImBooBy

Better start training your patience my friend. You have that ovulation wait, then prelay shed, then ~30 wait for eggs, then that dreaded 55 day wait...all about patience when dealing with such delicate animals

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But the LEAST I want to see is a lock! lol
That would hold me over until ovulation.
I know its crazy how rewarding it is once those little heads start pipping.

So apparently I spoke just a couple days soon! Because guess what I got to see tonight!
My 700g lesser male locking with my 2800g normal female! Oh man I was seriously on cloud nine! Im so happy about this!
I didnt take the pictures, theyre kind of crappy but they get the job done! WOO HOO! :banana::banana::banana:
This will totally hold me over until ovulation!!! :P
http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x...1088992562.jpg

http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x...1088931144.jpg

Congrats! He looks like a hatchling compared to her, haha.

I know he looks ridiculous next to her! shes a porker! :D

Impatient :P

It's still early. I just started getting locks last week. Although it is possible they have locked and you missed it, just be patient and you will see locks before you know it!

Congo rats! :D

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Originally Posted by wax32

Congo rats! :D

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thanks! :D

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Originally Posted by mues155

thanks! :D

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Congrats on your lock! This is my first year breeding as well. What I did was lowered my temps mid-September, started pairing October 1st and already have logged in my computer 4 locks between my Normal x Fire (lasted more than 6 hrs), 3 locks with my Caramel Albino X Fire (lasted more than 10hrs, one more than 18hrs), 2 locks with my Spider X Caramel and 1 lock with my Normal X Spider. So, for my first year im doing pretty good. I lower the temps night time to 81 and then day time to 92-93. They are on flexwat, so I allow a few degrees in between them and the actual temp in the bin. My humidity is at 65. I put the male in there for 3 days, if I see a lock I leave him in until he is done. If no lock is seen, then I remove him and give him one day to rest. So far so good, but until I see ovulation, I will keep pairing! :D