By interested I mean you haven't seen any locks in a very long time and they are constantly on opposite sides of the tub/cage.Originally Posted by Xotik
"Interested"You mean not trying to eat each other, right?
You don't want to keep switching him from one female to the other, you want to give him a few days off. I'm pairing my boy Zar with all three of my breeding females and if he locks right away I will put him with another female as soon as he is finished, but once he's done with the second one he goes back into his own tub for 3-4 days and I offer food on the second day. You don't want to just breed one female and wait until she is gravid before breeding the other because one might ovulate before the other and you could miss your chance for the year. Reproduction with ball pythons starts with females building folicals (spelling?) and then they ovulate and those become eggs. If she hasn't been breeding there is a good chance she will re-absorb the folicals instead of ovulating (they also do this some times even if they have been bred).Because I'm only using Icky to breed to Sable and Tortuga, should I switch him 3 days with Sable, 3 days with Tortuga, back to Sable, back to Tortuga, or should I breed him to one until shes gravid, then switch to the other? I'm not in any hurry to breed, and I'm keeping my excitement on the back burner to the safety of my pets. I'm just on a quest for knowledge
I'm not planning on back-breeding, but I'll keep it in mind if need be. I've kinda assumed there wasn't much error for in/line/back breeding. Less hips to get dysplasia!
They're pretty!Also - I've got pictures up of everybody but Sable (I'm a bad mommy!) HERE. If you want to take a look
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