Should I start pairing or wait?

Hey guys hope everyone is having a good weekend. I've got a question regarding breeding my bps this year.

My plan was to start pairing them on October 1st. This had been the plan for a few months. Once my school semester is over in December i will be moving out of my parents house and getting my own place.

If i started pairing now and then moved out in the end of december would that move effect my snakes? I cant remember where i read it but i read that a move like that could cause the female to reabsorb the follicles or something along those lines i believe. Does that mean that they wouldnt breed for me this year if that happened? In your opinion should i wait to start pairing until i move out or do you think it would not really disrupt the process that much?

Im not trying to sound greedy here like "I NEED my females to lay for me this year ASAP!". Im just excited since this is my first year breeding and wouldnt wanna make a mistake that could be avoided if i just wait a few extra months. Obviously my preference would be to start pairing sooner than later because im excited, but i could wait if i had to.

Ive already had 2 people tell me to just start pairing now and that it shouldnt be a huge deal. I'd love to hear others opinions! :)

Ive moved twice during breeding seasons, both times my pairs continued to lock but it took a lot longer for my girls to lay. This season I still have a girl to lay and another to ovulate.

I say go for it mike. But it's only a few more months if you do wait....so it's up to you if you can handle it ;)

Im sure i could handle it, i have quite a bit of talent in the self control dept lol. But i mean if i dont necesarily HAVE to wait then id much rather just start pairing and enjoying the breeding process.

The other thing i should add too is that the move wouldnt be more than like an hour bc im most likely gunna transfer to a state school to keep my education costs down. Anddd i live in CT where you can get to anywhere in an hour or two anyways lol. Im not sure if that would make a difference but yea, it wouldnt involve shipping or a long drive or anything! :)

I had several females absorb their follicles after moving them earlier in the year.
I can't say for sure it was the move, since a few others ovulated after I moved and dropped or are still going to drop eggs.

Huh. Well so far its kinda a 50/50 split then i guess lol.

I shoulda made this a poll :/

Me personally, I'd hold off on pairing. I don't have a whole lot of breeding experience, but I do know my first season I didn't even start pairing until like January. I had one female out of the two I bred lay, the other girl was on her third year in a row, so it wasn't really a surprise she didn't go.

My reasoning is this, since it is to be my first year breeding, it would be nice if everything went my way. So, is it really worth the possibility of loosing out on the season by pairing now? Or does waiting a little while longer and really increasing my odds of everything working out my way make more sense? For me, it's not a hard choice to make. I'm still new enough to the breeding game that I want to do everything I can to increase my chances of healthy females, healthy eggs, and healthy babies. Goodness knows with the problems I had this year, it's a wonder I didn't swear off breeding. But, I raised birds for 20 years, and I know full well that you have to be prepared for the worst, and hope for the best.

I wish you all the best in your move, and your future breeding projects!

Gale

I think you should go for it! In my experience it hasn't been a problem at all. In fact, I have a good friend I do breeding trades with. Last year he brought me 6 females. 2.5 hr drive and every one of them laid eggs for me within 6 months of bringing them down. Some of them were within 3 months. So yea, I think your okay, but that's just my opinion.

if your ready to stat pairing i would say go for it. my logic for it is that if the move is stressfull enough to cause problems with them breeding it will probably be enogh for them not to go anyways. this is just my thoughts and i have no facts to back it up so take it with a grain of salt

This year was my first year breeding, and I waited until January to start pairing. I wanted to give them a few months to "cool down" before I tried to pair. It's a matter of opinion. I say, wait a few more months just in case.

[QUOTE=shadow120;1928495]if your ready to stat pairing i would say go for it. my logic for it is that if the move is stressfull enough to cause problems with them breeding it will probably be enogh for them not to go anyways. this is just my thoughts and i have no facts to back it up so take it with a grain of salt[/QUOTE]

x2! Shadow has a good point!

So, no personal breeding experience yet, but I would wait. No sense starting something, them stressing them out. I would just let them settle in then start.

Moving to your own place you say? Space for a boa you say???? I'm just sayin'..........:D

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Thanks alot for the input guys, I think im just going to wait. I'd rather be safer than sorry and itll only allow my girls to put on more weight.

Also im still not 100% sure my normal is a female soooo my potential clutch number is technically only 2. I'd really like to get both (definite) girls to lay for me and i think waiting would give me the best chances! :)

Doolittle- we'll see :rollseyes:

If I was you mike I would wait, or you could wait till next year and we can have our first breeding season the same year lol:gj:

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Originally Posted by 1nstinct

If I was you mike I would wait, or you could wait till next year and we can have our first breeding season the same year lol:gj:

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I'm patient but i dont know if im THAT patient lol. Plus by next year hopefully i got a few multi gene-ers to compete with you big boy. Remember im only pairing single gene animals together this year ;)

Yeah good point lol, I have my PH albino female who's 2000+ grams who I want to pair with my pied so I can start breeding sooner lol. I deff tried to only get 2+ gene animals so I don't have any single geners. I figured any single gene animals I like I will just hold back.

I'm in the same boat here Mike. My females are reaching age and weight but I'm moving in the spring to a place where I'm actually allowed to have them and will be able to take care of the breeding properly. Part of me wants to just pair them and hope they don't lay until after I move. The part of me using my brain is making sure I wait.

You can prob get +1 eggs worth of weight on them before spring. Maybe that +1 egg is gonna be your 2 gene animal. Use that to trick the impatient part of you into waiting.

You know my opinion already :P

While moving is stressful for snakes, its not like no one has ever done it before. And you are moving them to their exact same enclosures so it's not like they will be in a completely foreign place.

I might be moving in the next couple months, but only like 10 minutes from where I currently live. I started pairing my normal in May. I just want to get a head start on my frist clutch, so that when this season rolls around I am not completely clueless when I have 3 more clutches :)

Moving them to a different tub in the same rack can throw them off :P
Personally I would wait, but that's just me and my experience moving females that have been bred.

It comes down to your choice. I personally would wait a little. Patience is the key to a successful breeding program. I know that waiting is really hard to do, but in the long run it will pay you back many times over. Good luck in deciding.