Breeding size females

I've had my female lesser since may of 2010. She's currently at 1200 grams. I know females should be around 1600 grams and about 3 years old to breed but I wanted to get some opinions from all of you. Would you pair or wait?

If she´s eating right, I´ll do it. If she starts developing follicles she´ll eat like hell, and gain some weight. ;)

I would on the other hand wait :). Better be safe then sorry :)

I would go by weight more than age.
I dont think they have a calender out in the bush :confusd:
She will know if she is ready to go or not.:gj:

I would breed her, most likely as soon as you pair her she's going to want every rat you own.
If she's eating well then she'll either go or she won't go.

I would breed her as well. Some females just never get large. I would rather pair a lighter but chunky female at 1200 than a heavier skinny girl at 1700.

When looking at weights you have to consider their weight to length ratio as well. Ask yourself, 'does she have enough fat reserves? Does she have a healthy body condition to endure the whole breeding process?' I have a 1900 g female I will not pair yet. She is of 'proper weight' to some, but she is still very skinny and long. Not appropriate for breeding imo. She needs to bulk up more. And I'm currently breeding a 1350 g girl because shes a smaller shorter snake than the 1900, but has a much better body condition and reserves.

And if the snake isn't ready, it wouldn't breed.


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I'm with most others. Breed her, if she's ready she will go. Good luck! :)

Sounds good. I was going to pair either way but wanted some confirmation before to ease my mind. Thanks for all the input.

I would also go for it as long as she's eating.

Well it looks like we're off to good start. I put them in together and the following morning saw this...
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Not the greatest picture but it looks promising.

hope she will go for you:D

Both of my females were at 1250g when I started pairing them. My ghost had been off feed for 2 months and always a hit or miss feeder (usually skipped every other offering). When I went to feed her after pairing her for the first time (witnessed a lock) it was the first time she LITERALLY JUMPED (I think her whole body was in the air for a moment) out of the tub to rip the rat off the tongs. The tail and foot came off on the tongs because she hit it so hard. She has been hitting that aggressively every offering (has not missed a meal including in shed) since then.

DO IT! Her body knows if she is capable of producing. I read a LOT of threads before deciding to start pairing and the overall consensus is that there is not much to lose by simply pairing the snakes together if she's over a year old and over 1000 grams. Whether or not you get eggs is another story. All I know as of now is that pairing my females made them have insane feeding responses. Good luck.

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Originally Posted by MrLang

I read a LOT of threads before deciding to start pairing and the overall consensus is that there is not much to lose by simply pairing the snakes together if she's over a year old and over 1000 grams. Whether or not you get eggs is another story.

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I think most would say 17-18 months old and over 1200 grams and eating.
I know a few do it that early, but honestly 1 year old is too young and 1000 grams is pretty small, too small imo.

Oh wow that's awesome! Congrats and good luck!

Yea we're definitely crossing our fingers. It's been almost three years comming for this project.

Second lock:
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My girl is at 2700+, should I pair her?!? Lol trollololol sorry


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0.1 BCI (Kiyoko)

Ummm...Yea I think its safe at that point. Lol

I have successfully bred a fall 09 female @ 930 grams she went up to almost 1200 grams 3 days before she laid. She dropped to 765 grams post lay. She laid 4 nice eggs all candled perfect.

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Gratz on the locks, she looks good. I am weighing my pin every week, she's around 1000g and is my garbage disposal, if she keeps gaining as she has been I hope to try her in late January.

Nice locks, I have a pretty skinny girl that I'm sure will take awhile to get up to size as well.

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Originally Posted by Sama

Gratz on the locks, she looks good. I am weighing my pin every week, she's around 1000g and is my garbage disposal, if she keeps gaining as she has been I hope to try her in late January.

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I'm in almost the exact same boat and doing the same with my YB. Not sure if she'll be ready by Jan, but hopefully by late this season. If you don't mind me asking what year is your girl, and just curious what size tub do you have her in?

She's currently tipping the scales at 1280 grams and I got her in a 41 qt sterelite tub.