Help! No interest in breeding!

Hey, wondering if anyone could give me some tips or advice. I have a male regular albino bp aged 4 weighing 2100g and a female Cinnamon Albino aged 3 weighing 1700g.. I can't seem to get them to breed, any tips would be appreciated, not sure if it's because my male is just lazy because of age and weight. The female is currently staying in her cool hide, everytime I put them together they either lay together or opposite ends of the viv (4ft) they show no interest. I would like to breed her this year having waited for her to get to 3rd winter and proper weight normally. Any help be appreciated thanks, pictures if need be.

I have also wondered this in the past so I'm curious to see if there is a "magic trick" you can do to get them to breed when they don't seem interested. I doubt that there will be but it'll be interesting to see any responses.

If your male is just stubborn and doesn't seem interested you can just put him with a nother mal for 10-15 mintues to get him more interested. You could also put another males shed in with your breeder male.

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Mm, problem is I don't have another male only a younger female... Might have to wait till next year breeding season but such a long wait lol typical males lol thanks

Do you know another person who can provide a fresh shed from a male? Also, there are certain weather patterns that seem to promote amorous behavior. If there is a low pressure system approaching, (aka Stormy weather) that may be a better time to give them a go. The reality is that you are putting two animals together who just may not dig one another. Think of it as an arranged marriage. Sometimes they work and sometimes they are a disaster in the making. You can't force chemistry.

I don't :o & Mm never thought of it like that aha, well with the crap weather over here in the UK consistently cold & raining hopefully a storm triggers.. Ima keep pairing them until end of January if nothing then il stop, thinking of moving them to tubs not sure if that will make a difference? Thanks for replys

It's also possible you may be missing the breeding and locks. You can wait until she sheds also to begin again pairing them. After a shed by the female is when pheromonal stimulation is high and the male may be more inclined and aroused. :D

I would also double-check their sexes to make sure you don't have two males or two females.

It's very early, most of my males aren't breeding yet. Be patient and keep trying every other week or so.

Thankyou for the response really useful, didn't know that about the shed interesting. Yeah the male just had a shed normally the female does a week or two after... The male has missed 3meals so not sure if this is for any reason whereas the female is eating a medium rat every 7days.. Temps & humidity all good ranges. But possibility I've missed a lock maybe but not sure as do check every few hours :)

Mm not sure how to double check that, they were both bred by GeneticGems at the time and they guaranteed the sex but who knows ay.. if I knew how to probed I'd double check to 100% confirm myself but don't wanna risk injury

I always double check the sex, three of my males became females...

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Mm not sure how to double check that, they were both bred by GeneticGems at the time and they guaranteed the sex but who knows ay.. if I knew how to probed I'd double check to 100% confirm myself but don't wanna risk injury

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Have you seen this video. You can buy probe's on line I think. ----> https://ball-pythons.net/forums/show...hlight=probing

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If your male is just stubborn and doesn't seem interested you can just put him with another male for 10-15 mintues to get him more interested. You could also put another male's shed in with your breeder male.

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This is interesting. The basic premise being to make the animal aware of competition. Works with other species too, including humans :)

Could you comment on employing the reverse, i.e. if the female doesn't seem interested put her with another female for 10-15 minutes &/or put another female's shed in with her. Thanks!

Perhaps playing this in your snake room will get them in the mood??

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6QZn9xiuOE

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I would also double-check their sexes to make sure you don't have two males or two females.

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It's very early, most of my males aren't breeding yet. Be patient and keep trying every other week or so.

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a 2100 grams 4 years old male is quite big I would definitely re-sex it and if it is a male hopefully he is well proportionate and not fat, fat males has low interest in breeding.

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a 2100 grams 4 years old male is quite big I would definitely re-sex it and if it is a male hopefully he is well proportionate and not fat, fat males has low interest in breeding.

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My female first picture, male in second he was about to shed so looks dull.. But doesn't look overweight think he's 2100g as he is rather long... but he's recently gone on hunger strike as of 3weeks ago but I'm trying him today with a medium rat

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I would give him time; as was pointed out, it's still early in the season. I started pairing last weekend since we had a strong low pressure system blow through so I figured I'd take advantage. Got two locks and caught one courting this morning. The rest - even the proven breeder males - are on opposite sides of the tub from the female.

It's still super early. temps in most places are just now getting cool enough all day round to really spur breeding. But if that's a male its a big ole boy, the thing to remember too is that the female while she may be old enough and big enough she my not be sexually mature. I've had females be to weight for 3+ years and not produce clutch's. Breeding aint as easy as microwave popcorn, just give them some time.

Up here in Michigan I don't even bother pairing til around Christmas, many years of trying earlier showed me what a waste of time it was.