my first year breeding

I have been putting my female pastel and male together for awhile and have continuously noticed locks, but I wasn't able to get a good picture until now. This will be my first year breeding so I am kind of nervous.
http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u...Picture719.jpg

Dont be nervous, they will do all the work;)

Congrats on the action:gj:

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Originally Posted by slither9192

I have been putting my female pastel and male together

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Say what?

To me it looks like that pastel is a male and the normal is a female...

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Originally Posted by RKO

Say what?

To me it looks like that pastel is a male and the normal is a female...

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Yea that does look like a normal to me too

Is this because of the size difference? The female is 1560g and the male is 2360g. The male is 5-6 years old and the female is 2 years old.

http://i297.photobucket.com/albums/m...reeding001.jpg usualy the females ontop, thats my female pastel, notice shes ontop. Not 100 percent sure about the ontop thing but i would ask someone else just to make sure. all my females are always on top, never saw a male ontop.:taz:

Hmmm, I did look around and notice that too. Well that would mean both my snakes were mis-sexed. I took them both to NERD and they said the pastel was female, however I remember a while ago I tried popping her and she looked male, but I have never really popped a snake before.

Hmmm....looks like pastel male and normal female to me. I hope you didn't pay pastel female / normal male prices....?

JonV

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Originally Posted by nevohraalnavnoj

Hmmm....looks like pastel male and normal female to me. I hope you didn't pay pastel female / normal male prices....?

JonV

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Well, I did pay female price for the pastel, but I got the male free a couple years ago. Should I try sexing either of them, both, or just leave them and see which one ovulates? :confused: Let me also add that the pastel didn't eat last week and she has never missed a meal and has the feeding response equal to my RTB.

Sounds like he is saying he is breeding a female pastel to a normal male

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Originally Posted by FIREball

Sounds like he is saying he is breeding a female pastel to a normal male

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As far as I am aware that is what I am doing. Unless I find out the pastel is actually male.
So what do you guys think, should I try popping them, or is that kind of stressful on a breeding snake? Would they still breed if their both male? I just cant imagine both of them being mis-sexed.

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Originally Posted by slither9192

As far as I am aware that is what I am doing. Unless I find out the pastel is actually male.
So what do you guys think, should I try popping them, or is that kind of stressful on a breeding snake? Would they still breed if their both male? I just cant imagine both of them being mis-sexed.

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Im sure the female is a pastel and normal is a male, I think people thought you were breeding 2 pastels together the way your original post was worded.

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Originally Posted by FIREball

Im sure the female is a pastel and normal is a male, I think people thought you were breeding 2 pastels together the way your original post was worded.

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I think people thought the pastel female was a male because it was on the bottom, when normally the female is on the top.

The way that they are locked would indicate that the pastel is a male and the normal is a female.

Alright well I'm going to try popping the pastel in the next couple of days.

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Originally Posted by FIREball

Im sure the female is a pastel and normal is a male, I think people thought you were breeding 2 pastels together the way your original post was worded.

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No. Basically just what rabernet said is what I was thinking...

this year will be my first breeding season, but I too heard that female tails are ontop, here's a pic of my first lock:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...s/S6302110.jpg