How Will I Be Able To Breed This Pair?

[iCandiExotics]

I have a male 10' 80g Het Albino and a female 09' 650g Het Albino and Im wondering how I can up her to 1500g and the male to 500g by late next season.
Can someone let me know what I should be doing to be able to breed them ?

Thanks in advance

-Daniel

[Oxylepy]

Wait the season for 10-11 or for 11-12?

The male may not be able to breed this up coming season, you might be able to get the female to size by March with a 10-15% or 15-20% feeding schedule, but she may not want to breed.

If it's the 11-12 breeding season you want them sized up for a simple 10-15% feeding schedule upgrading weekly would easily get them there.

[iCandiExotics]

Wait the season for 10-11 or for 11-12?

The male may not be able to breed this up coming season, you might be able to get the female to size by March with a 10-15% or 15-20% feeding schedule, but she may not want to breed.

If it's the 11-12 breeding season you want them sized up for a simple 10-15% feeding schedule upgrading weekly would easily get them there.

I really want them for 10 - 11 season.
Would a good 2 feedings a week do it ? But bigger meals ?

-Daniel

[redstormlax12]

I dont see why the need to be rushed? Breeding is about patience. Rushing the animals to a good breeding weight can be detrimental to their health, but is not proven. But just because the female is up to weight doesnt mean she is ready to breed. She must also be sexually mature. She may be 1800 grams but maybe she is just fat, and fat snakes dont breed.

[RichsBallPythons]

Males can start breeding as small at 300grams but i start at 500 minimum before their ready.

Females i will start pairing in October at 1100-1200g and during winter they begin to eat like hogs while developing and end up around 1600+ before ovulation.

Do not push it with larger meals, just feed smaller prey items every 4-5 days rather larger meal every 7 days.

I feed males wean rats every 7 days and females small rats ever 5 days.

[Oxylepy]

Yeah there is the issue of ability to breed.

You could feed twice a week but I would suggest 10% per feeding if you go that route, or just once a week with 20% (if you really need to boost the snakes up in size). After your snake hits 1000g you're looking at giving them 200g/week which means extremely rapid growth, after which you can then reduce the amount they eat and give them some breathing room.

The issue isnt about getting them to size, though, as that probably wont be all that difficult by March, it's about whether or not they will/can breed at that point.

[merdcme]

your female will also probably (most of mine did) hit "the wall". that will agrivaite you to high heavens and (depending how long she stays there) kill your chances at breeding her right away. i had like 15 girls do it this past year at the same time. at first i thought there was something wrong but they eventually got over it and are all feeding regularly now. but i wasnt able to breed them because of this. it takes time. i really dont think you can force them to do anything they dont want to. they'll be ready when they decide to be

[iCandiExotics]

Thanks all. Just wondering if anyone knows the link to 8 Balls breeding thingy that teaches you all about breeding.

-Daniel

[catawhat75]

It is no longer online. I may have it saved somewhere, I will check.

[SlitherinSisters]

For this coming season? I would forget it. It's best to wait till the female is at least 1,300 AND on her third winter. I wouldn't push her into obesity just to get a small, possibly slugged, clutch out of her this season. 650 grams is a LONG way from 1,300, 1,500 ideally.

I've got three girls that I'm hoping will get up to weight and each of them are right at 1,000. They are all 08s. Notice I said hoping, they might not get there this year.

Also, your male is really small, and may not mature by this winter. I've got a 217 gram mojo that I'm hoping against all odds will start producing sperm plugs by December. He is an 09, but was a tough feeder.

There's always next year!!! Don't rush it and put your animals at risk just to breed a year early. URIs are rampant in breeding bps.