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View Poll Results: How big do let your males get?
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Under 1000g
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1000-1500g
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1500+ (Grow as normal)
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IMO, anyone who doesn't feed their males as much as they'll eat is just a money hungry breeder with nothing in mind but profit. They're only going to be selling it after two seasons anyway when the "next big thing" takes its place in the rack...
Blunt but my opinion.
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Re: Breeder Males Size
I personally have males over 1500g with my mojave being around 2500g and I have never had a problems with "being lazy" they are actually my best breeders and have seen very few slugs if any from the females they have been bred to. I find my bigger boys are just straight up studs locking with every female their put to and not having to worry about them not eating is a plus.. 
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Kaa, my old BP "love machine," got so big and fat that he looked like a breeder female. He never met a female ball python that he didn't want to service. He ate normally all through breeding season. If you took him out of the female's cage for 10 minutes he was ready for a meal.
I never tried it but it wouldn't have floored me if he had eaten while he was in a lock.
They're individuals.
Last edited by Redneck_Crow; 07-28-2011 at 09:24 AM.
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Re: Breeder Males Size
 Originally Posted by Redneck_Crow
I never tried it but it wouldn't have floored me if he had eaten while he was in a lock.
Your not sposta eat when your "locked"?
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I never really thought about it before but we don't withhold food. That seems kinda like the pet stores telling people to feed twice a year to keep them small and manageable. I will say we are currently are feeding once every 5-7 days appropriate sized prey, but I guess I could see us going to every 10 days for the big girls and boys, but that would be it for us.
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I feed all mine just as often as I do my females. No special treatment. My 1800g spider male was all over my pastel today without issues in the first 10 minutes, not lazy at all.
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Re: Breeder Males Size
Males and females all eat on the same schedule here. I have also found that some males don't grow as quick as other males. My females on the other hand will out grow any of my males for some reason.
Too many snakes to list. Ball pythons, Gtp's and Boa's. It easier to say it that way.
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Good thread. I've been wondering about this myself.
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