Strange year?

I talked to a couple breeders at the Repticon show in Orlando Fl. this weekend and a couple of them said this has been a strange year as far as breeding goes. Some snakes went off early while others are just now ovelating. What is your take?

Marty

In my limited experience, I would have to agree. Everyone is going late this year, some are not receptive at all to breeding. It's just had a weird feel to it this year.

Maybe they knew about HR 669 and it scared them a bit :D:salute:

i have spoken to quite a a few breeders myself and i have also heard of a ton of smaller clutch sizes .

where their girls were throwing 10 eggs every year ,this year they threw 6 or 7...

it seems this year is very off from the norm .. hopefully that means next year will be slamming ..

Compare to last year I am actually doing better, only 2 more clutches to be laid 1 due any day and the last one due in 45 days.

I am early compare to last season of course it is not like I am hatching a bunch of stuffs either.

We seem to be about four weeks behind schedule. However, the clutch sizes seem to remain pretty average so far, as well as individual egg weight seems to be pretty normal. As for clutch count, it looks as though we will produce about 30% more clutches this year, which will put us within 2 clutches plus/minus of my goal set at the beginning of breeding season.

NOTE: we are bit later on clutches, but I also started breeding three weeks later than last year, if that means anything.

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Originally Posted by TheVipersHouse

i have spoken to quite a a few breeders myself and i have also heard of a ton of smaller clutch sizes .

where their girls were throwing 10 eggs every year ,this year they threw 6 or 7...

it seems this year is very off from the norm .. hopefully that means next year will be slamming ..

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Wonder if that's why my 6 egg girl from last year, who was bigger this year, threw just 4 eggs (116 gram eggs, mind you - but still).

ok nice so im not the only one, this year my females have been breedinbg later, ovulating later, etc. it has been a weird season for me as well!

I'm also way way behind at this time last year I had two clutches cooking.

I agree the people I have talked too say their snakes are just now ovulating. I have a female due to lay eggs on May 31 and another female just now starting to develope folicles. So I blame Texas's messed up weather patterns. Snows one day and the next it is 70-80 degrees. We are getting a late spring also just now getting all of Aprils rain.

well i just had a female lay on the 9th of this month , 1 due to lay any time now , and a female that just got folicles , and the temps have been up and down around here to . this year is just being stupid for some reason lol..

I already have 5 clutches on the ground and two have hatched. I also have other girls that are still building so who knows.

They go when they want to;)

It's all about the weather. It was a pretty dry summer and fall on the eastcoast anyway. I'm going to continue to pair them up.

I have had already 3 clutches in the bator and 2 of the clutches were 21 and 22 days post shed.Also had my corn drop 23 eggs a few days ago and is already in shed again.Two other females just ovulated and still getting hookups since november when i started.

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Originally Posted by Kenchap

It's all about the weather. It was a pretty dry summer and fall on the eastcoast anyway. I'm going to continue to pair them up.

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your right on! its been just like that here in colorado!

I started 6 weeks later than last year and I am in So Cal for whatever that means??? I have 17 clutches on the ground with the first due to hatch on the 22nd. It is ovulation city here :banana: and looks to be so for the next couple weeks.

On a nice note, I have lowered my rack temps to 84 from 90 last season while keeping my ambient unchanged -- 84-88 day and 78-80 night. So far slug 5 percentage down after limited clutches. 72 good eggs 9 slugs. Many 4, 5, and 6 egg PERFECT clutches I would be fine if this percentage holds the rest of the year -- I have decided to give breeding year round a go. California summer temps -- day and night -- will be the main hurdle. We will see. :)

I agree, it does seem slightly off. My girl has yet to ovulate and a breeder I know was saying he has yet to get ANY clutches, and he has quite a few snakes.

Are you guys keeping with the schedule for temp drops ect? or are you extending the season, temperature-wise?