Hey guys my plan was to start buying some snakes over the coming year in anticipation to begin breeding next year, however i now have 3 female normals (was originally buying 2 but seller was let down by another buyer so i had the 3) 1 is proven, at 2kg, 2 are unproven. I got these off a reptile vet whos moving abroad so as you can imagine these girls have been well brought up (at least i hope lol). So i thought id get a male sharpish and try and go this year. And then i decided on spending the money i have instead of on one double/multi gene male, on two males 2 improve my chances of getting some eggs as that is my sole aim this year(just hatch a clutch, ANY clutch). I dont have any snake keeping friends in the real world so to speak so no one to turn to when i run into inevitable problems! So really want experience hands on! Ive never even seen a snake egg lol
Which leads me to my question: How many snakes wont/dont breed??
Ive bought 1 male cinnamon who was pretty cheap, hes 1.1kg and the owner hadnt had him long and as far as he knows he hasnt bred before(or tried). So i was hoping to get another proven male, as im thinking this would be better.
Trouble is ive found a pastel(which is a gene i defo want for the future) whos around a kilo and has never been paired but isnt particularly cheap(or expensive for that matter). I dunno wether to hold out and wait for a proven male though?
Bare in mind i wanna get a male asap so i can quarantine for as long as possible prior to breeding in december (i now ppl say u can do it ne time of year but seems its the most popular time by far so gonna go with that i think)
Oh and btw when i say "i decided" anywhere in the above post/ramble what i mean is you guys helped me to reach the right decision, youve been a great help so far, so thanks a lot!!
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