% of Females that become gravid
I am just curious to hear from some of you with experience about how many of your females usually take. I am talking about properly sized females that were bred well. I have 12 females breeding well this season and I am wondering what a good number to realistically hope for is.
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I know a lot of guys that consider 50% excellent ... LOL ... I generally run 85% - 90%
-adam
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Thanks, I'll be pretty happy if I can get close to 90%.
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Originally Posted by pfan151
Thanks, I'll be pretty happy if I can get close to 90%.
Good luck! :sweeet:
-adam
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It takes two to tango! It's not only up the female. You should have at LEAST two males! I have seen females and males be choosy about who they will breed with. I think the odds have alot to do with the amount of snakes in the party! If you have one male your odds are not gonna be as good!
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Originally Posted by westcoastjungle
It takes two to tango! It's not only up the female. You should have at LEAST two males! I have seen females and males be choosy about who they will breed with. I think the odds have alot to do with the amount of snakes in the party! If you have one male your odds are not gonna be as good!
Two males is good advice (actually in some of my breeding groups I'm running 3 or 4 homozygous males to a large group of females) ... but 1 on 1 (or 1 on multiple) still works if you know how to get them going ... I run 85% - 90% whether I breed one male or multiple males ... I collect my breeding results by "breeding group" so it's easy to break down an individual groups stats to see what's going on.
-adam
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Originally Posted by Adam_Wysocki
Two males is good advice (actually in some of my breeding groups I'm running 3 or 4 homozygous males to a large group of females) ... but 1 on 1 (or 1 on multiple) still works if you know how to get them going ... I run 85% - 90% whether I breed one male or multiple males ... I collect my breeding results by "breeding group" so it's easy to break down an individual groups stats to see what's going on.
-adam
Barry White, cheap wine and flowers?
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Originally Posted by westcoastjungle
Barry White, cheap wine and flowers?
that would be my suggestion...
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Barry White, cheap wine and flowers?
If it works ;) ... but it just really takes years of working with these animals and especially the individuals in your collection ... I've said it a million times and a lot of people don't get it, but all of the advice, books, tip, tricks and whatever are worthless if you don't KNOW YOUR ANIMALS as individuals ... no two are a like ... learn each animals little "quirks" and sooner or later you'll get the percentages you want year in and year out. ;) :D
-adam
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Originally Posted by Adam_Wysocki
If it works ;) ... but it just really takes years of working with these animals and especially the individuals in your collection ... I've said it a million times and a lot of people don't get it, but all of the advice, books, tip, tricks and whatever are worthless if you don't KNOW YOUR ANIMALS as individuals ... no two are a like ... learn each animals little "quirks" and sooner or later you'll get the percentages you want year in and year out. ;) :D
-adam
So true. All mine are very different and I have become familiar with their individual eating, breeding and all around behavior/habits.
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Originally Posted by westcoastjungle
It takes two to tango! It's not only up the female. You should have at LEAST two males! I have seen females and males be choosy about who they will breed with. I think the odds have alot to do with the amount of snakes in the party! If you have one male your odds are not gonna be as good!
I wish I could have 2 males for everything but some of the morphs are too expensive for me to buy 2. So far all of my females have been bred at least 4 times. The only female that is being a little stuck up is of course the Het Lavender female that I want to produce the most. My het Lav male will lock up for a full day with any other female I put him with but when it comes to the het lav female I have seen 4 locks but they were all short ones. He will line up his tail all day long but she just doesn't let him get in position. I just switched her to aspen from newspaper a couple weeks ago and that seems to be helping. I don't know if it's just a coincidence but she seems to be more receptive to him since the switch.
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Originally Posted by pfan151
I don't know if it's just a coincidence but she seems to be more receptive to him since the switch.
Change is good for lots of things when it comes to ball pythons. ;)
-adam
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Originally Posted by Adam_Wysocki
I've said it a million times and a lot of people don't get it, but all of the advice, books, tip, tricks and whatever are worthless if you don't KNOW YOUR ANIMALS as individuals ... no two are a like ...
-adam
This is the best tidbit of info I've seen in a long time, so true......too many people dont understand that what works for you, me or anyone else, might not necessarily work for them. These animals are individuals, just like every person on this forum ;) Great post Adam! :)
