Andybill's 2013/14 Breeding Thread

I am stealing this idea. Started pairing beginning of October and have started getting some locks recently. So far I have recorded 1 solid lock from Butter X Mojave, and Enchi X Calico but have not been able to get a pic. Today I had my camera ready and was happy to see this:
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The Enchi came from Ed at Wild Morphs (Freakie_frog on the forums) and is the brother to Doolittle's enchi stud and the pied came from Garrick Demeyer. All of the females I am pairing this season are virgins so fingers crossed for some serious luck. I will be updating this thread as my season progresses. I will try to get pics of the other pairings as they happen. Thanks for looking!

Those little enchi boys sure know how to get the job done! Congrats!

Thanks for calling it the 2013/14 season. There are some that have started pairing now,but call it the 2014 season. Guess they can't put together the fact that pairing is part of the season.http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys/smiley-score010.gif

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Originally Posted by grcforce327

Thanks for calling it the 2013/14 season. There are some that have started pairing now,but call it the 2014 season. Guess they can't put together the fact that pairing is part of the season.http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys/smiley-score010.gif

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I suppose since it is breeding for 2014s it is the 2014 season but seeing as the season (for me atleast) starts in 2013 I like to include it in my labeling. ;)

Nice idea ;)

I like the Enchi x Pied pairing. We may have to talk come spring ;)

Glad your season is starting off so well! Can't wait to see how it all goes! Keep us updated :) wanna see some gorgeous babies.


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Originally Posted by coreydelong

Nice idea ;)

I like the Enchi x Pied pairing. We may have to talk come spring ;)

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Enchi pied stuff is super cool so I had to get this going. I want to keep a pair for myself but if enough people are interested I suppose I can just keep a male. ;)

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Originally Posted by AlexisFitzy

Glad your season is starting off so well! Can't wait to see how it all goes! Keep us updated :) wanna see some gorgeous babies.


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Thanks! I also have an enchi female who I hope to put this enchi boy to come January. Nothing crazy but still some really cool projects to add for the future.

Very nice, sir andrew! :gj:

I'm a huge enchi pied fan and hope you hatch out all enchi hets!

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Originally Posted by Mike41793

Very nice, sir andrew! :gj:

I'm a huge enchi pied fan and hope you hatch out all enchi hets!

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I second the motion!!

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Originally Posted by coreydelong

I second the motion!!

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Its not for andy's benefit... I'm selfish and want a male enchi het to prove out my cinny girl!!! LOL

Enchi cinny pieds mmmmm!!!

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Originally Posted by Mike41793

Its not for andy's benefit... I'm selfish and want a male enchi het to prove out my cinny girl!!! LOL

Enchi cinny pieds mmmmm!!!

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No... not for Andy's benefit at all.

Send your Cinny here and I can prove her out for you with "Holmes". He just looks mean, but he's a baby ;)

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Originally Posted by Mike41793

Its not for andy's benefit... I'm selfish and want a male enchi het to prove out my cinny girl!!! LOL

Enchi cinny pieds mmmmm!!!

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Well I am selfish and want a male to prove out himself. Haha! Lets just hope she gives me some eggs first!

Congrats and good luck!

This thread has awesome written all over it. Good luck Andrew! :gj:

I like all these threads, giving a little insight on what people on working on this year. I would make one but no one wants to see all my normal females locking up LOL Good luck this season!

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Originally Posted by KING JAMES

I like all these threads, giving a little insight on what people on working on this year. I would make one but no one wants to see all my normal females locking up LOL Good luck this season!

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We all like locks. Post up your thread!! It's a great way to track your progress in one place. Don't be shy ;)

Nothing real spectacular but fun anyway. Got this lock a few days ago. Butter X Mojo.
http://i1250.photobucket.com/albums/...ps44753a16.png

:snake: I have a pair that I have seen locked 4 times and I just separated them when should I put him back in or should I? and I have pics of the lock up but don't know how to upload. my 1st breeding so super excited.

I usually give my guys 4 or 5 days off before sticking em in with another girl. I pair on Fridays and they are back in their individual tub by the end of the day on sunday.

ok thank you very much. I want to upload pics of my locks but it asks for a jpg or whatever link how do I put that in to upload it?

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Originally Posted by Andybill

I usually give my guys 4 or 5 days off before sticking em in with another girl. I pair on Fridays and they are back in their individual tub by the end of the day on sunday.

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Big pro males (800g- 1000g) will see three girls straight. They usually are locked the morning after pairing, so it is common they see 3 females in 6 days.

Beginner males (650g- 800g) will see 2 females straight.

Rookies that maintain 500g- 650g will see 1-2 females straight depending on eating habits.

I give them all a few days rest and offer a meal before deciding to pair again. It has been working for me so far.

Been a while since I updated this but just a couple of things happening for me this month. Its looking like I will only be pairing 3 girls this season but these two are exciting for me.
Enchi X Pied (1900g) 2nd lock.
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Enchi X Calico (2200g). Couldn't tell if this was a solid lock at first but noticed later he had her locked down! 2nd lock first photo opp...
http://i1250.photobucket.com/albums/...ps90358e8f.png
Thanks for looking. :)

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Originally Posted by Andybill

Enchi pied stuff is super cool so I had to get this going. I want to keep a pair for myself but if enough people are interested I suppose I can just keep a male. ;)


Thanks! I also have an enchi female who I hope to put this enchi boy to come January. Nothing crazy but still some really cool projects to add for the future.

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No you DEFINITELY want to keep a pair, if not a 1.2, I have a champ enchi x pied pairing this season that I am very hopeful for. Locks are looking good though.


As for the breeding part this is how I do it, works for me so..... Males see up to 8 females a year (doesn't happen often I try to limit to 6, but depending on planned projects.....)

I feed Wednesdays, clean and pair to female 1 Friday, pair to female 2 Sunday, separate Tuesday, feed Wednesday and so on

Looks like your off to a great start. Keep us updated.

It has been some time since I last updated this. No new photos of pairings to post for now. I decided to put my spinnerblast to my Mojave for the remainder of the season and haven't seen a lock yet. I have felt follicles in all 3 females with the calico and the Mojave having the largest and around 6 or 7 each maybe more I am still learning to palpate so we will see how close I come. Calico is now refusing food and spending all her time on the cool end so that's good.

In other news I have been working on a project with Brian Breikss from Breaking Balls.
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This is my 2012 toffino spider male that Brian has had for the past 4 months or so. He has been somewhat of a pain in the butt. It took him a couple months to get eating and was only eating mice for a while. Last week the guy took a live weaned rat and this is him downing a f/t small! No locks from this guy yet either. :( Brian is a very capable breeder so I am confident that he will get going soon. We plan to pair him to all 3 of Brian's Albinos so fingers crossed we get a couple of clutches. Hell I would just be happy with a lock. He is a little over 700g in this pic and now that he is on rats should be gaining some size again. Thanks for reading I hope I didn't bore you guys to death! :D

PHOTO courtesy of Brian. ;)

He's so pretty! Hope he gets going for you.

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Originally Posted by DooLittle

He's so pretty! Hope he gets going for you.

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At this point I just need to see one lock! But a clutch or two would be really special! If it works out I will be holding back 2 toffino females. It has been a bit frustrating with this guy but we have had some small victories and hope to keep progressing each week! Just keeping a positive mental attitude!

So this season was a bit of a bust. Of the girls I was pairing all but 1 absorbed and the toffino spider didn't lock at all. He has since put on a few hundred grams and will be staying with Brian for another season. We are both pretty optimistic about him this season. Brian will be putting him to 2 big albinos so let's hope this is his year. :) Yesterday I woke to 5 good ones from my 2012 Cinnamon who was paired to my butter male. So happy to have some eggs and cant wait to see some babies!
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Thanks for looking! Keep an eye out for my 2014/15 Breeding thread. Let's hope I have better luck! :please: :D

Nothing wrong with some Xmas babies....Congrats

Pop penes after pairing if you don't see a lock. If the male locked one pene will be larger and more reddish/purple with no sperm plug. The pene he did not use will still have a sperm plug when you pop him ;)