"Power feeding" BG's perspective.

[OhhWatALoser]

Instead of starting a new thread about this, I figured I would just resurrect this one since what I found seems to apply here. Basically, it is an ad I found on KS, and to protect the identity of the poster, I will only post the pic and text of the ad. I'm not trying to criticise the poster, I just think it may be a good example of power feeding for the sake of breeding. Honestly, I wasn't aware that a 5 month old, 600g male was ready to breed. Maybe some of the breeders could put out some opinions on this...

Rob

males can breed when ever they feel like it, I've seen 400 gram male breed and someone on this forum claim to have bred a 350 gram 4 month old. all males have to do is start the baby process. females have the make the babies big difference. given my male was older about 7 months but he was breeding at 550 grams and im sure he would of done it sooner.

nothing wrong with that snake

[Vypyrz]

males can breed when ever they feel like it, I've seen 400 gram male breed and someone on this forum claim to have bred a 350 gram 4 month old. all males have to do is start the baby process. females have the make the babies big difference. given my male was older about 7 months but he was breeding at 550 grams and im sure he would of done it sooner.

nothing wrong with that snake

Thanks for explaining that...

I guess the only reason for getting a young males weight up then would be in case he goes off feed for the breeding season. But, I've also heard some people say that it can make them "lazy lovers". So I guess in the end, it depends on the individual snake...

[OhhWatALoser]

Thanks for explaining that...

I guess the only reason for getting a young males weight up then would be in case he goes off feed for the breeding season. But, I've also heard some people say that it can make them "lazy lovers". So I guess in the end, it depends on the individual snake...

their talking about 1500+ gram males, I've always been told to try to keep males in the 500-1000 range. but biggest male i got is around 800 right now... so I donno personally, but im going to try to keep him in that range.

but im sure if he grew and ended up being 4.5 feet or bigger he might be underweight at 1000 grams...seem like you be aiming more for a toned male rather than a weight range. guess ill find out.